BENTSEN, KEN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7365 [16SE], H7604 [22SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5183 [14JY], H5343 [16JY]

Appointments

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

Congress Ignoring Serious Population Problem, Werner Fornos, Houston (TX) Chronicle, H541 [13FE]

Congress Should Release World Family Planning Funds, Houston (TX) Chronicle, H541 [13FE]

Her Joy Is in the Journey—Rosalie Kuntz Revered by Pasadena Community, Pat Swanson, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E106 [21JA]

Restaurateur Janie Tijernia Dies at Age 88, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E427 [11MR]

Salute to Roy Cutbirth, Highlands (TX) Star Courier, E307 [25FE]

UST—From an Acorn on Montrose to a Splendid University, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E168 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H948 [12MR], H1019 [13MR]

———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H524 [12FE]

African Americans: celebrate end of slavery in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 56), H950 [12MR]

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

Aviation: prohibit smoking on domestic and foreign airline flights (see H.R. 552), H725 [4MR]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H4836 [26JN]

Children and youth: facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by National Child Protection Act (see H.R. 2488), H7527 [17SE]

———funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H6707 [31JY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H5487 [17JY]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H286 [4FE]

———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H6918 [4SE]

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

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8929 [21OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

Drugs: penalties relative to gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1530), H2168 [5MY]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]

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

Eximbank: reauthorization (see H.R. 1370), H1704 [17AP]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H8265 [30SE]

Federal Election Law Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 419), H768 [5MR]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H3274 [3JN]

———eligibility of certain appointees for competitive status for purposes of transfer or reassignment (see H.R. 1874), H4913 [8JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2699), H10768 [12NO]

Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 499), H349 [5FE]

Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1390), H9730 [29OC]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H5132 [10JY]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H7600 [18SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 366), H286 [4FE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5665 [23JY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H9865 [31OC]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H6798 [3SE]

Herzog, Chaim: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 73), H2488 [12MY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H1706 [17AP]

Housing: provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H1456 [14AP]

———State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see H.R. 1108), H1111 [18MR]

Hudson and Mohawk Rivers National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 545), H284 [4FE]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H725 [4MR]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H6406 [30JY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5569 [22JY]

———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10421 [8NO]

———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 1737), H8929 [21OC]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals who are sought for prosecution (see H.R. 2121), H9801 [30OC]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709, 2930), H9730 [29OC], H10418 [8NO]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H9039 [22OC]

———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9559 [24OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]

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

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1391 [9AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H589 [13FE]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H3660 [10JN]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H3169 [21MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H804 [6MR]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H6407 [30JY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]

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

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 8), H349 [5FE]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]

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]

Motor vehicles: install switches to deactivate air bags (see H.R. 1022), H888 [11MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3477 [4JN]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 2848), H10171 [6NO]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8055 [26SE]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H283 [4FE]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H525 [12FE]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H590 [13FE]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H4646 [25JN]

Passports: record place of birth as Jerusalem, Israel, on certain U.S. passports (see H.R. 1298), H2680 [14MY]

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

Public Health Service Act: improve research of children's health (see H.R. 1451), H1891 [24AP]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1989 [29AP]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H3924 [18JN]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1339 [8AP]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H586 [13FE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1795 [23AP]

States: establish notification procedures relative to release of convicted sex offenders (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5826 [25JY]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H3568 [5JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1186 [19MR]

———disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds (see H.R. 840), H890 [11MR]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1241), H1392 [9AP]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H1340 [8AP]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H1542 [15AP]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 876), H700 [27FE]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H950 [12MR]

———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 532), H283 [4FE]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H889 [11MR]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H1611 [16AP]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H628 [25FE]

Telecommunications: universal service support for schools and libraries (see H.R. 280), H768 [5MR]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (see H.R. 629), H392 [6FE]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H7528 [17SE]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

United Way (organization): anniversary of Texas gulf coast chapter (see H. Con. Res. 110), H4913 [8JY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H7600 [18SE]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H3568 [5JN]

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

Women: assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 1693), H4136 [21JN]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H3204 [22MY]

———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H5401 [16JY]

World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (see H.R. 2591), H9615 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: balance (see H.R. 397), H152 [9JA]

Health: establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (see H.R. 106), H142 [9JA]

Medicare: establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 566), H284 [4FE]

Taxation: capital gains rates (see H.R. 862), H699 [27FE]

———treatment of ethanol fuel (see H.R. 587), H346 [5FE]

Letters

Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, H4571 [25JN]

Obituaries

Knight, Ellis M.: Houston (TX) Chronicle, E555 [21MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions except in cases that threaten the life or physical health of the mother, H8658 [8OC]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1198 [20MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), Senate amendments, H8658 [8OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5727 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, H8393 [6OC]

Baylor College of Medicine: anniversary of Women's Health Initiative, E1991 [9OC]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7066 [9SE]

Black History Month: observance, H438 [11FE]

Budget: balance (H.R. 397), E86 [9JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4804 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6651 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4390 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4570 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6323 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4390 [25JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2971 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3505 [5JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), motion to instruct conferees, H3243 [3JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H911 [12MR]

Children and youth: importance of arts and humanities education programs, H941 [12MR]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H6323 [30JY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4263 [24JN]

Davis, Darrell: Baytown, TX, Fire Fighter of the Year honoree, E2387 [13NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: Children's National Research Center funding, H5727 [24JY]

Dept. of HUD: upgrade programs in Houston, TX, H5335 [16JY]

Dept. of State: waive nonimmigrant visa fees for children arriving for pre-arranged medical care, H8241 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5054 [10JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8241 [30SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6946 [5SE], H7066 [9SE], H7375 [17SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5335, H5343, H5344 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 261), H8667 [8OC]

Dougherty, Keith: Baytown, TX, Police Officer of the Year honoree, E2387 [13NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8180 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5742 [24JY]

EPA: prohibit importation of polychlorinated biphenyls, H5343, H5344 [16JY]

———prohibit the importation for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) at certain concentrations, H8667 [8OC]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8194 [30SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H541 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6838 [4SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6357, H6367 [30JY], H6838 [4SE], E1675 [5SE]

Harris County, TX: tribute to Lynchburg Ferry, E2295 [10NO]

Health: establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (H.R. 106), E50 [7JA]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 135), H8989 [22OC]

Hear O' Israel International, Inc.: tribute, E1659 [4SE]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (H.R. 1108), E508 [18MR]

Houston, TX: anniversary of True Vine Baptist Church, E1040 [22MY]

———tribute to Center for AIDS, E274 [13FE]

———tribute to Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corp. and Bank United (business) for receipt of Social Compact (organization) Outstanding Community Investment Award, E870 [7MY]

———tribute to Keep Houston Beautiful neighborhood cleanup campaign, E887 [8MY]

———tribute to Universoul Circus, E2178 [4NO]

Houston Astros (baseball team): tribute, H8059 [29SE]

Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 164), H8989 [22OC]

Israel: allocation of foreign aid, H6357 [30JY], E1675 [5SE]

Jones, Mike: Baytown, TX, Paramedic of the Year honoree, E2387 [13NO]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, E1217 [16JN]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1818), H5212 [15JY]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (H.R. 994), H7640 [23SE]

Lacy, Phillip W.: AIDS Action Foundation honoree, E1643 [3SE]

LaPorte Education Foundation: tribute to Education Celebration Event, E443 [12MR]

Medicaid: disproportionate share hospital payments, H4570 [25JN], H6323 [30JY]

Medicare: establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (H.R. 566), E140 [4FE]

———reform, H6323 [30JY]

Meili, Davide: relief (S. 768), H5289 [15JY]

Meili, Giuseppina: relief (S. 768), H5289 [15JY]

Meili, Michel Christopher: relief (S. 768), H5289 [15JY]

Meili, Mirjam N.: relief (S. 768), H5289 [15JY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H507, H508 [12FE]

Methodist Hospital of Houston: AIDS Action Foundation honoree, E1643 [3SE]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H969 [13MR]

Miller, Bertha Gordon: Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center Spirit of Life Award recipient, E1994 [9OC]

Morgan's Point, TX: tribute for designation as national historic district, E679 [16AP]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), H1839 [24AP]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H8989 [22OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5054 [10JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Robert F. Curl and Richard E. Smalley for chemistry, E382 [5MR]

Occidental Chemical Corp.: tribute to Houston chemical complex for receipt of Deer Park, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year award, E2020 [21OC]

OPIC: funding, H6367 [30JY]

Pasadena (CA) Citizen: anniversary, E2056 [23OC]

RADX Technology (business): donation of mammography screening system, E2298 [10NO]

Round Top, TX: anniversary of Royers' Round Top Cafe, E795 [30AP]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8079, H8080 [29SE]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8079, H8080 [29SE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H1839 [24AP]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4804 [26JN]

———capital gains rates (H.R. 862), H693 [27FE], E360 [3MR]

———child tax credit, H4804 [26JN]

———rates, H4804 [26JN], H6651 [31JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), consideration (H. Res. 274), H9050, H9053, H9055 [23OC]

———treatment of ethanol fuel (H.R. 587), E174 [5FE]

Texas: tribute to Pasadena-Bay Area Junior Forum, E2384 [13NO]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), H8520 [7OC]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, H7375 [17SE]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), H1565 [16AP]

University of St. Thomas: anniversary, E168 [5FE]

University of Texas: anniversary of Health Science Center, E1976 [8OC]

Wagoner, Margie, E1776 [17SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H697 [27FE], H5295 [15JY], H9035 [22OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Hear O' Israel International, Inc.: Houston, TX, City Council, E1659 [4SE]

Tables

Sliding scale capital gains proposal, H694 [27FE]

Tributes

Black, Norman W., E1537 [28JY]

Cooksey, M. Keith, E2196 [7NO]

Cutbirth, Roy, E307 [25FE]

Dye, Jeffery J., E1430 [15JY]

Gonzalez, Representative, H8580 [7OC]

Knight, Ellis M., E555 [21MR]

Kuntz, Rosalie, E106 [21JA]

McWhorter, Betty, H7532 [18SE]

Tejeda, Frank, H306 [5FE]

Tijernia, Janie, E427 [11MR]

Yongue, C.M., E1768 [16SE]