    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    CHRISTIAN-GREEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H5738 [16JY]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294), H4961
            [22JN]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H578 [24FE]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Children and youth:  facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by
            National Child Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ tribute to child care professionals, (see H. Res. 279), H579
            [24FE]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4055 [3JN]
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
            Res. 287), H6187 [22JY]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish, (see H.R. 3007), H4711
            [17JN]
        Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans:
            establish, (see H.R. 40), H5593 [15JY]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H7617 [11SE]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H6070 [21JY]
        Courts:  applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
            the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
            H10010 [7OC]
        ------ confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
            proceedings, (see H.R. 3577), H6070 [21JY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  improve food safety research, education, and
            technology and require the use of a designated team to rapidly
            respond to food safety emergencies, (see H.R. 3148), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        Dept. of Commerce:  provide grants to improve job skills in specific
            industries, (see H.R. 3270), H630 [25FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorize use of military helicopters in State
            and local law enforcement and rescue operations, (see H.R.
            2896), H6070 [21JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  collection of information relative to the use of
            mentally disabled children and individuals in biomedical and
            behavioral research, (see H.R. 4135), H11696 [20OC]
        ------ establish program relative to exchange of sterile hypodermic
            needles, (see H.R. 2212), H447 [11FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  compensate certain Indian tribes for known
            errors in tribal trust fund accounts and establish a process for
            settling disputes, (see H.R. 3782), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R. 3875), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
            commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240),
            H5859 [17JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  determination of service connection for
            certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
            warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
            3279), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ establish a chiropractic services division, (see H.R. 4421),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H8627 [24SE]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
            3269), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H4880 [19JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H6453
            [24JY]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of bone mass
            measurements, (see H.R. 2699), H5593 [15JY]
        50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act:  include District of
            Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
            Islands, (see H.R. 3673), H2054 [1AP]
        Firearms:  provide grants to improve safety and study effects of
            developing technology on firearms safety, (see H.R. 3895), H6070
            [21JY]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H4629
            [16JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H4550 [11JN]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3014 [7MY],
            (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
            memorial in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 1390), H3105
            [12MY]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ insurance coverage of bone mass measurements, (see H.R.
            2693), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ limit disclosure in connection with health care coverage and
            prohibit discrimination in employment based on genetic
            information, (see H.R. 3299), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        House of Representatives:  transition for new Members, (see H.R.
            3053), H5405 [25JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        Human rights:  trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 239), H5859 [17JY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Insurance:  establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
            determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with
            the patient, (see H.R. 4093), H7585 [10SE]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H7495 [9SE]
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act:  Federal land acquisitions
            funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
            conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H9537
            [5OC]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H904 [5MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicaid:  treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
            industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H10011 [7OC]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H6453 [24JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H101 [28JA]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6282 [23JY]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H6282 [23JY]
        NSF:  demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of
            mathematics, science, and information technology, (see H.R.
            3496), H5737 [16JY]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Philippines:  authorize the transfer of ownership of one the bells
            taken from the the town of Balangiga to the people of the
            Philippines, (see H. Res. 312), H2120 [21AP]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H6070 [21JY]
        Public welfare programs:  disregard payment of earned income tax
            credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
            for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
            programs, (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4078), H4962
            [22JN], (see H.R. 4086), H5297 [24JN]
        Schools:  ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
            4224), H7495 [9SE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7415 [6AU]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
            (see H.R. 2695), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ credits for employers for costs incurred to combat violence
            against women, (see H.R. 1071), H497 [12FE]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1021 [10MR]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H2707
            [30AP]
        ------ treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational
            assistance and interest on education loans, (see H.R. 1632),
            H241 [3FE]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H2707 [30AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
            [6AU]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
            accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H6070 [21JY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6071 [21JY]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H5405 [25JN]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7584
            [10SE]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H1444
            [24MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H6070 [21JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H6070 [21JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Taxation:  promote job creation and expand small businesses in
            economically-distressed communities, (see H.R. 3643), H2052
            [1AP]
        Virgin Islands:  allow self-determination of number of members on
            the legislature and number of such members constituting a
            quorum, (see H.R. 4313), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in the former
            Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S. Independence Day,
            (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN], (see H. Res. 495), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands as a
            Federal court, (see H.R. 3642), H2052 [1AP]
      Remarks
        African Liberation Day:  observance, H3757 [22MY]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11588 [20OC]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11743<bullet> [17DE]
        Bandelier National Monument:  modify boundary (S. 1132),
            consideration (H. Res. 604), H11558<bullet> [20OC]
        Bankruptcy:  impact of reforms on economically-disadvantaged
            individuals, H4374<bullet> [10JN]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4374<bullet> [10JN]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments,
            H4374<bullet> [10JN]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, E1159<bullet> [18JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6502
            [28JY]
        Children and youth:  reduce school violence, H10673 [13OC]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10089<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11801 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2913<bullet> [6MY]
        Committee on House Oversight (House):  investigation of voter
            irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H.
            Res. 355), H462<bullet> [12FE]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7606<bullet> [11SE],
            H7607 [11SE]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6028<bullet> [21JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  clarify policy on grants to States who
            suspend certain disadvantaged business enterprise programs in
            compliance with court orders, H1913<bullet> [1AP]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 605),
            H11588 [20OC]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            H3391<bullet> [19MY]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), H2669<bullet> [30AP]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs (H.R. 3717), H2470 [29AP], H2474<bullet> [29AP]
        ----- prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 409), H2448 [29AP]
        Drugs:  promote drug-free workplace programs (H.R. 3853), H4978
            [23JN]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10673 [13OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H1432 [24MR], H1433 [24MR], H1436 [24MR], H1437 [24MR], H1438
            [24MR]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1050 [11MR]
        ----- authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
            Africa (H.R. 1432), consideration (H. Res. 383), H1034 [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade
            laws (H.R. 4342), H7070 [4AU]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
            (H.R. 4856), H11581 [20OC]
        Guam:  clarify local judicial structure and the office of Attorney
            General (H.R. 2370), H9464<bullet> [5OC]
        Guyana:  elections (H. Con. Res. 215), H2362<bullet> [28AP]
        Health:  establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans, H10903 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H10903 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H6374 [24JY], H6410<bullet> [24JY] protection of
            enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250),
            consideration (H. Res. 509), H6301 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2913<bullet> [6MY]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Virgin Islands, H9175 [28SE]
        Immigration:  extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
            relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
            2578), H1486 [25MR]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), H4264 [9JN],
            H4265<bullet> [9JN]
        ------ Land and Water Conservation Fund stateside program funding,
            H6028<bullet> [21JY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1617<bullet> [26MR]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res.
            588), H10373<bullet> [10OC]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H807 [4MR]
        ------ eligibility to vote in self-determination referenda for
            certain U.S. citizens residing outside Puerto Rico, H815 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H807 [4MR], H815 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), consideration (H. Res. 376),
            H769 [4MR]
        Roads and highways:  designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main
            Street'' (S. 2133), consideration (H. Res. 604), H11558<bullet>
            [20OC]
        Taxation:  creation of a new class of bonds for new school
            construction (H.R. 2695), H1432 [24MR], H1433 [24MR], H1436
            [24MR], H1437 [24MR], H1438 [24MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction (H.R. 3320), H1432 [24MR]
        ------ treatment of rum produced in the Virgin Islands and Puerto
            Rico, H10664 [12OC]
        Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month:  observance, E965<bullet> [22MY]
        Territories:  children's health care funding, H10664 [12OC]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1913<bullet> [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3956<bullet>
            [22MY]
        Virgin Islands:  allow self-determination of number of members on
            the legislature and number of such members constituting a quorum
            (H.R. 4313), H11558<bullet> [20OC]
        ------ commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in the former
            Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S. Independence Day (H.
            Res. 495), H5387 [25JN], H5388 [25JN]
        Votes:  personal explanation, H7607 [11SE]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H475<bullet>
            [12FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1296 [18MR]
        Special order:  granted, H3482 [19MY], H7428 [7AU], H10665 [12OC],
            H10916 [14OC]
      Tributes
        Dellums, Representative, H197 [3FE]
        Dennis, Gary and Sharman, H7427 [7AU]
        Stokes, Representative, H6233 [23JY]