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

    PORTER, JOHN EDWARD (a Representative from Illinois)
      Addresses
        Non-Benign Neglect--America and the Developing World in the Era of
            Globalization:  James G. Speth, E2191<bullet>-E2193<bullet>
            [15OC]
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3673 [21MY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7921 [16SE], H7985 [17SE]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
        ------ H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
            H6213 [23JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Burma's Desperate Generals, Washington (DC) Post, E1514<bullet>
            [3AU]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Antitrust policy:  treatment of video programming for multichannel
            distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H4479 [10JN]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1112 [11MR]
        Belarus:  human rights violations relative to most-favored-nation
            status, (see H. Con. Res. 237), H904 [5MR]
        CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H11042 [16OC]
        Chicago Board of Trade:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 451), H4242 [5JN]
        Chinese Student Protection Act:  extend provisions to certain aliens
            who entered the U.S. without inspection, (see H.R. 2728), H1236
            [17MR]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H3488 [19MY]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H578 [24FE]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H5493
            [14JY]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H7290 [5AU]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
            called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H10353 [9OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  assign personnel to assist the INS and the
            Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
            functions, (see H.R. 2922), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ procurement of domestic goods and services, (see H. Con. Res.
            266), H3625 [20MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
        Dos Palos, CA:  conveyance of certain lands to the Dos Palos Ag
            Boosters, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 111), H1854 [31MR]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see H.R. 2870), H1159 [12MR]
        Ecuador:  human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
            353), H4550 [11JN]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H5405 [25JN]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2707 [30AP]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5297
            [24JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ support developmental alternatives for child labor, (see H.R.
            4506), H7495 [9SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5957 [20JY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2424 [28AP]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H497 [12FE]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 39), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ trafficking of women and girls for forced prostitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 239), H2744 [4MY]
        India:  independence anniversary, (see H. Res. 22), H7415 [6AU]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H2055 [1AP]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H3971
            [22MY]
        Iraq:  development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
            519), H10833 [13OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H65 [27JA]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H7415 [6AU]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
            H2814 [5MY]
        John H. Sengstacke Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4787), H10513 [10OC]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 205),
            H7429 [7AU]
        ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
            Res. 561), H10353 [9OC]
        Latin America:  prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced
            weapons, (see H.R. 2345), H7178 [4AU]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Libya:  reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N.
            sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals
            wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am
            Flight 103, (see H. Res. 246), H65 [27JA]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1237 [17MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3247
            [13MY]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
            Res. 304), H6070 [21JY]
        Mongolia:  most-favored-nation status, (see H.R. 2133), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ normal trade relations status, (see H.R. 4807), H10667 [12OC]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
        Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2798), H1337 [19MR]
        National Environmental Education Act:  extend programs, (see H.R.
            3441), H2319 [23AP]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H4165 [4JN]
        National Institute of Dental Research:  anniversary, (see H. Con.
            Res. 289), H4325 [9JN]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1445 [24MR]
        Nigeria:  promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890),
            H7915 [16SE]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see H.R. 1595), H100
            [28JA]
        Paraga, Dobroslav:  support efforts to bring about increased respect
            for democratic and human rights in Croatia, (see H. Res. 375),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H6820 [30JY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5405 [25JN]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
        Religion:  protect certain charitable contributions, (see H.R.
            2604), H386 [5FE]
        Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:
            designate, (see H.R. 2799), H1337 [19MR]
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4595), H8035 [17SE]
        Sierra Leone:  human rights violations, (see H. Res. 559), H10012
            [7OC]
        Small business:  protection from litigation excesses, (see H.R.
            3382), H1854 [31MR]
        Social Security:  establish the Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H902
            [5MR]
        Sosa, Sammy:  tribute, (see H. Res. 536), H7803 [15SE]
        Supreme Patriarch Karekin I:  tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
            centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
            (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2813 [5MY]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
            extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H678 [26FE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H7414 [6AU]
        ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
            contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H756 [3MR]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of
            the Armed Forces relative to active duty time spent away from
            home, (see H.R. 3861), H4712 [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  preserve State and local authority to regulate
            the placement, construction, and modification of certain
            facilities, (see H.R. 3016), H2423 [28AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H755 [3MR]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H851 [4MR]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
            [6AU]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations, (see H.R. 4274), H5956 [20JY]
      Remarks
        Allstate Foundation:  tribute, E1350<bullet> [20JY]
        American Society for Microbiology:  anniversary, E1260<bullet>
            [26JN]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11661<bullet> [20OC]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2216 [22AP]
        Aung San Suu Kyi:  treatment by Burmese officials, E1514<bullet>
            [3AU]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7995 [17SE], H7996 [17SE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2505<bullet> [29AP]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate (H.R. 3808),
            E1022<bullet> [4JN]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6102 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11899 [18DE]
        ------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
            Square during visit to the People's Republic of China (H. Con.
            Res. 285), H4122<bullet> [4JN]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, H10137 [8OC],
            H10141<bullet> [8OC]
        Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6996 [3AU]
        Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations (H.R. 4103), conference
            report, H9134<bullet> [28SE]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            H1599<bullet> [26MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Purchaser Road Credit Program funding, H6038
            [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6038 [21JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11661<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10137<bullet> [8OC], H10141<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
            564), H9284 [2OC], H9286 [2OC], H9287 [2OC]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), H1311<bullet> [19MR]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
            3824), H4590<bullet> [16JN]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, H1599<bullet> [26MR]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7951 [17SE], H7995 [17SE], H7996
            [17SE]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1659<bullet> [27MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4100<bullet> [4JN]
        Glenview, IL:  anniversary of Glenview Senior Citizen Club,
            E1557<bullet> [5AU]
        Health:  revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (H.R. 2202), H3429<bullet> [19MY]
        Hun Sen:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
            genocide in Cambodia (H. Res. 533), H10453<bullet> [10OC]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H8587
            [24SE]
        Iran:  human rights violations of Bahais, E1615<bullet> [7AU]
        Medical Library Association:  anniversary, E294<bullet> [4MR]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7995 [17SE], H7996 [17SE]
        NIH:  biomedical research funding, H2387<bullet> [28AP]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3281<bullet> [14MY]
        Opportunity, Inc.:  tribute, E1838<bullet> [28SE]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9747<bullet>
            [7OC]
        Rolling Meadows, IL:  tribute to Rolling Meadows High School
            participants at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
            and Technology (FIRST) competition, E1162<bullet> [18JN]
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate (H.R.
            4595), H9118<bullet> [28SE]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2163<bullet> [22AP]
        Turkey:  human rights violations, H3031 [12MY]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, H1599<bullet> [26MR]
        Votes:  correction, H7708<bullet> [15SE]
        ------ position on missed, H362<bullet> [5FE], H4945<bullet> [22JN],
            H6588<bullet> [29JY], E1047<bullet> [5JN], E1333<bullet> [17JY]
        Wheeling, IL:  tribute to Wheeling High School participants at the
            For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
            (FIRST) competition, E1162<bullet> [18JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H2235 [22AP]
      Reports filed
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies
            Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4274)
            (H. Rept. 105-635), H5956 [20JY]
      Tributes
        Bartsch, Clara, E709<bullet> [29AP]
        Kahn, Sanford G., E1948<bullet> [8OC]
        Speth, James G., E2191<bullet> [15OC]
        Weisman, Stephen A., E1531<bullet> [4AU]