HOBSON, DAVID L. (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 84, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, H3246 [3JN]

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

———H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6724 [3SE]

———H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

———H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6761 [3SE]

Articles and editorials

Budget a Result of Serious Work, Springfield (OH) News-Sun, H2975, H3013 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Aircraft: treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft (see H.R. 1521), H8438 [6OC]

Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright Brothers (see H.R. 2305), H6919 [4SE]

Bankruptcy: reform system to become a needs-based system (see H.R. 2500), H10956 [13NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H629 [25FE]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H6407 [30JY]

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

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H7528 [17SE]

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

Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 169), H889 [11MR]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7365 [16SE]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1893 [24AP]

Crime: penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 826), H628 [25FE]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H702 [27FE]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H2156 [1MY]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 2667), H8833 [9OC]

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

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

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 831), H1040 [17MR]

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H6963 [5SE]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H10957 [13NO]

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see H.R. 956), H2590 [13MY]

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), H452 [11FE]

Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H5022 [9JY], H5297 [15JY]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3201 [22MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1340 [8AP]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H1795 [23AP]

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

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]

Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 45), H3170 [21MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1340 [8AP]

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

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]

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

Little League Baseball, Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H5177 [11JY]

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

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H725 [4MR]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H1018 [13MR]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

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

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

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 511), H1795 [23AP]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1707 [17AP]

NLRB: determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the absence of a stipulation or consent (see H.R. 1595), H8833 [9OC]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace (see H. Res. 45), H3170 [21MY]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H1795 [23AP]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H768 [5MR]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1707 [17AP]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8728 [8OC]

Securities: quotation of securities transactions in decimals (see H.R. 1053), H1612 [16AP]

Taxation: allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (see H.R. 2462), H7262 [11SE]

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

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1261 [20MR]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H2351 [7MY]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H2091 [30AP]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H7365 [16SE]

Tobacco products: restrict the FDA from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law (see H.R. 768), H1988 [29AP]

Transportation: transfer taxing and spending authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see H.R. 1470, 3045), H1987 [29AP], H10953 [13NO]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9730 [29OC]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4913 [8JY]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H1440 [10AP]

Biographies

Williams, B. John, Jr., H191 [21JA]

Conference reports

Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 2015), H6029-H6298 [29JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3358-H3424 [4JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3277 [4JN]

Memorandums

Rules and Precedents Regarding Disciplinary Sanctions: by, H192 [21JA]

Remarks

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, H4304 [24JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4589 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6327 [30JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2974, H3012 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3510 [5JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H906 [12MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4304 [24JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5266 [15JY]

Gingrich, Representative: resolution of ethics charges (H. Res. 31), H190 [21JA]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H24 [7JA]

Insurance: health care administrative simplification, E2065 [23OC]

Medicare: reform, H4589 [25JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H24 [7JA]

Taxpayer Relief Act: restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), H10402 [8NO]

Statements

Resolution of Ethics Charges in the Matter of Representative Gingrich: B. John Williams, Jr., H192 [21JA]

Tributes

Brown, Clarence J., E1243 [18JN]