OBERSTAR, JAMES L. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H5750 [24JY]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H7201 [11SE]

Conferee: H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, H5048 [10JY]

———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Articles and editorials

Ripples of Discontent, Karl Vick, Washington (DC) Post, E2063 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H1890 [24AP]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]

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

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1429), H1890 [24AP]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H347 [5FE]

Aviation: require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see H.R. 2476), H7831 [24SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 45), H348 [5FE]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1542 [15AP]

———reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H767 [5MR]

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

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

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1838, 2204), H3659 [10JN], H5491 [21JY]

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

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H4087 [19JN]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H6799 [3SE]

Computers: restore freedom of speech to the Internet and protect children from unsuitable online material (see H.R. 774), H950 [12MR]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H3568 [5JN]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 284), H768 [5MR]

Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: repeal (see H.R. 284), H768 [5MR]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7118 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H5177 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization (see H.R. 2036), H4645 [25JN]

Disasters: reduce costs of disaster relief and emergency assistance (see H.R. 2446), H7199 [10SE]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 40), H590 [13FE]

———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), H151 [9JA]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2254 [6MY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H1340 [8AP]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

———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), H3204 [22MY]

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

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

Education: distribution of Impact Aid Program funds to local educational agencies (see H. Con. Res. 150), H9615 [28OC]

———improve teacher quality (see H.R. 2228), H5664 [23JY]

———provide administrative support and information to establish State prepaid tuition programs (see H.R. 855), H1112 [18MR]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1989 [29AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 1870), H3796 [12JN]

FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H2253 [6MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1262 [20MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H4913 [8JY]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H5916 [28JY]

Floods: facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators (see H.R. 1461), H1891 [24AP]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2090 [30AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see H.R. 581), H285 [4FE]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H1893 [24AP]

———ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H7008 [8SE]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see H.R. 1481), H1988 [29AP]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 444), H153 [9JA]

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

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H3274 [3JN]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 341, 2198), H150 [9JA], H5486 [17JY]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H3568 [5JN]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1854), H3798 [12JN]

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

Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H3070 [20MY]

Housing: provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H700 [27FE]

Human rights: anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see H. Con. Res. 185), H10957 [13NO]

———expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see H.R. 2635), H8727 [8OC]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481), H8834 [9OC]

———asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 825), H768 [5MR]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 662), H812 [10MR]

———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (see H.R. 2551), H7910 [25SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H2874 [16MY]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H1339 [8AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H245 [21JA]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H585 [13FE]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (see H.R. 2516), H7728 [23SE]

International relations: encourage efforts to reunite families separated during Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2785 [15MY]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorize the design and construction of parking garage additions and certain site improvements (see H.R. 1747), H3203 [22MY]

Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (see H.R. 2345), H6704 [31JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1128), H1186 [19MR]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H2883 [19MY]

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

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 686), H452 [11FE]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H2874 [16MY]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H9039 [22OC]

———pharmaceutical care services (see H.R. 1218), H3274 [3JN]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H804 [6MR]

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

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

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H8054 [26SE]

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

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8728 [8OC]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

Navy: eliminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System (see H.R. 1446), H6963 [5SE]

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

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

Pilot Records Improvement Act: clarify (see H.R. 2626), H8633 [7OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600), H7911 [25SE]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330), H4087 [19JN]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H1892 [24AP]

Public welfare programs: treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H1612 [16AP]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform programs (see H.R. 1430), H1890 [24AP]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H1440 [10AP]

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), H2785 [15MY]

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

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H1261 [20MR]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]

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

Russia: protection of religious rights (see H. Con. Res. 176), H9558 [24OC]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H1794 [23AP]

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

Small business: increase opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 168), H628 [25FE]

———provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1261 [20MR]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 45), H2784 [15MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]

———establish Transition to Work Program for individuals entitled to disability benefits (see H.R. 534), H3070 [20MY]

Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]

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

SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H812 [10MR]

States: enforcement of veterans' reemployment rights (see H.R. 166), H628 [25FE]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H1339 [8AP]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 291), H5916 [28JY]

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

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H5132 [10JY]

———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H1541 [15AP]

———treatment of dependency exemptions for adoptions (see H.R. 1741), H3274 [3JN]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H7281 [15SE]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see H.R. 878), H700 [27FE]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 791), H587 [13FE]

———treatment of organizations that conduct certain games of chance (see H.R. 620), H347 [5FE]

———treatment of tax payments from certain religious individuals relative to nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2660), H8832 [9OC]

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), H8300 [1OC]

Telecommunications: increase competitiveness of electronic interconnection industry (see H. Res. 110), H6707 [31JY]

Telephones: increase the forfeiture penalty for telephone service slamming and require providers of such service to report slamming incidents (see H.R. 2112), H4912 [8JY]

Tobacco products: treatment of taxes relative to payments made pursuant to tobacco industry settlement legislation (see H.R. 2387), H7200 [10SE]

Transportation: Federal role in developing a national intermodal surface transportation system (see H.R. 1268), H1437 [10AP]

———funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H6916 [4SE]

———improve safety (see H.R. 1720), H3201 [22MY]

———prohibit smoking in any federally funded transportation facility (see H.R. 1351), H1611 [16AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H1340 [8AP]

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

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H7365 [16SE]

———strengthen veterans' preference relative to employment opportunities (see H.R. 167), H628 [25FE]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H8320 [2OC]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4221 [23JN]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H724 [4MR]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H1794 [23AP]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2585), H8265 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 40), H285 [4FE]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (see H.R. 2066, 2205), H4646 [25JN], H5569 [22JY]

Aviation: prohibit smoking on domestic and foreign airline flights (see H.R. 552), H284 [4FE]

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: improve access and use (see H.R. 1739), H3202 [22MY]

Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1573), H2445 [8MY]

Federal employees: provide that services performed by air traffic supervisors and managers be creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 728), H523 [12FE]

Motor vehicles: length and weight limitations on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 551), H284 [4FE]

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

Water pollution: establish requirements and provide assistance to prevent nonpoint sources of pollution (see H.R. 550), H284 [4FE]

Remarks

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), H8973, H8975, H8978 [22OC], H9522, H9525, H9527, H9528 [24OC]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), consideration (H. Res. 270), H8968, H8969 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (S. 738), H10900, H10902 [13NO]

———labor protection and contracting regulations, H9522, H9525, H9527 [24OC]

———wage continuation and severance benefits for employees affected by a discontinuance, reduction, or relocation of service, H8973, H8975 [22OC]

Aviation: safety improvements at Dallas, TX, Love Field, H8748, H8751 [9OC]

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: improve access and use (H.R. 1739), E2063 [23OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3062 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 152), H2949 [20MY]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 129), H2105 [1MY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3490 [5JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5070, H5080, H5082, H5111 [10JY], H5151, H5152 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization (H.R. 2036), H8093, H8094 [29SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), conference report, H8748, H8751 [9OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7881 [25SE]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H7881 [25SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H537 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H3490 [5JN], H8503 [7OC]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), H560, H561 [13FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8503 [7OC]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5070, H5111 [10JY]

Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H3062 [20MY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H9474 [23OC]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (H.R. 2516), H8288 [1OC]

———extend (S. 1519), H10637 [12NO]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorize the design and construction of parking garage additions and certain site improvements (H.R. 1747), H3818 [17JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5151, H5152 [11JY]

NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (H.R. 1758), H3712 [11JN]

Public lands: Payment In Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H5080, H5082 [10JY]

Railroads: limitation on noneconomic damages that a railroad accident victim may recover, H8973 [22OC]

Taxation: reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), H602 [25FE]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (H.R. 2474), E1927 [2OC]

Transportation: national policy for infrastructure, H2105 [1MY]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H4847, H4849 [8JY]

Votes: correction, H6825 [4SE]

———position on missed, E1832 [24SE]

Tributes

Federing, Eric K., E1603 [1AU]

Horral, Helen, E563 [21MR]