BOSWELL, LEONARD L. (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5297 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]

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), H5826 [25JY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H5778 [24JY]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

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

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

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: establish Office of Enforcement and Border Affairs (see H.R. 2588), H8265 [30SE]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H6918 [4SE]

Education: provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (see H.R. 1233), H3204 [22MY]

———State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1186 [19MR]

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), H6707 [31JY]

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

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see H.R. 1161), H1909 [28AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H6707 [31JY]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8265 [30SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H524 [12FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3797 [12JN]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8300 [1OC]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5132 [10JY]

House Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the House floor to use supporting services on the floor (see H. Res. 135), H1988 [29AP]

Immigration: regulations relative to certain foreign students (see H.R. 2172), H9039 [22OC]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H5177 [11JY]

Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H2590 [13MY]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8633 [7OC]

———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H9039 [22OC]

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

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H5826 [25JY]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

National Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 1318), H6707 [31JY]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

Pilot Records Improvement Act: clarify (see H.R. 2626), H9559 [24OC]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H8300 [1OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183, 2777), H5485 [17JY], H9800 [30OC]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H2351 [7MY]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H2091 [30AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H524 [12FE]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3576 [6JN]

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H5177 [11JY]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H286 [4FE]

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

———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 2613), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H9730 [29OC]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 1583), H3070 [20MY]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 791), H629 [25FE]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

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), H9502 [23OC]

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10957 [13NO]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2446 [8MY]

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]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H8633 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (see H. Res. 42), H393 [6FE]

Medicaid: post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (see H.R. 1269), H1437 [10AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1189 [20MR], H1393 [10AP]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5560 [22JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2710 [15MY], H3194 [22MY]

Budget: reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5611 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2994 [20MY]

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9623 [29OC]

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (H. Res. 42), H351 [6FE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (H. Res. 93), H2186 [6MY]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2367 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5157 [11JY]

Education: vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5537, H5538 [22JY]

Medicaid: post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (H.R. 1269), H1393 [10AP]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5157 [11JY]

Vocational education: use of on-site workforce coordinators to work with local business communities to determine curriculums, H5537 [22JY]

WIC: funding, H5560 [22JY]

Tributes

Capps, Walter H., H9787 [30OC]