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
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
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: improve access and use (H.R. 1739), E2063
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
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
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
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
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
Transportation: national policy for infrastructure, H2105
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H4847, H4849 [8JY]
Votes: correction, H6825
———position on missed, E1832
Tributes
Federing, Eric K., E1603
Horral, Helen, E563