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

    KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see H.R. 619), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
            H.R. 1202), H4961 [22JN]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7585 [10SE]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5737 [16JY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H678 [26FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H2424 [28AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5297 [24JN]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, (see H.R. 3440),
            H1111 [11MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8461 [22SE]
        Employment:  make parental leave for birth parents equitable to
            adoptive and foster parents, (see H.R. 1573), H100 [28JA]
        ------ minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees,
            (see H.R. 2888), H241 [3FE]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood, (see H.R. 4257), H7585 [10SE]
        Federal firefighters:  hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity
            with other civil service employees and public sector
            firefighters, (see H.R. 1166), H1168 [16MR]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H10513 [10OC]
        Gardner, Ava:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
            H4880 [19JN]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
            H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
            for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
            H6820 [30JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H5594 [15JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2319
            [23AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3625
            [20MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        Insurance:  coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from
            mastectomies, (see H.R. 164), H6487 [27JY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1112 [11MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H755 [3MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3014 [7MY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7617 [11SE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H1550
            [25MR]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE], (see H.R. 4646), H9083 [26SE]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H2119 [21AP]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H8627 [24SE]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H6281 [23JY]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H329 [4FE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H2236 [22AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4835 [18JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3366 [18MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4835 [18JN]
        Privacy:  protection of Social Security numbers and other personal
            information, (see H.R. 1813), H64 [27JA]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7585 [10SE]
        Railway Labor Act:  applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight
            crews during operations outside the U.S., (see H.R. 991), H904
            [5MR]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 45), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to
            trust funds, (see H.R. 2586), H241 [3FE]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R.
            3815), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            acquisition of computer hardware and software, (see H.R. 4184),
            H5404 [25JN] provide incentives to elementary and secondary
            teachers for technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H5404
            [25JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H4712 [17JN]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H1159 [12MR]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5859 [17JY]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see H. Con.
            Res. 223), H578 [24FE]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H8932
            [25SE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Congress:  prohibit inclusion of legislative provisions and
            nonemergency spending in emergency appropriations legislation,
            (see H.R. 3576), H1699 [27MR]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
            2344), E1532<bullet> [4AU]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4988 [23JN], H5004 [23JN],
            H5006 [23JN], H5008 [23JN], H5014 [23JN]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11654<bullet> [20OC]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11730 [17DE]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con.
            Res. 227), H1266 [18MR]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1460<bullet> [29JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10095<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11834 [18DE]
        Committee on Education and the Workforce (House):  provide special
            authority relative to investigation of the International
            Brotherhood of Teamsters (H. Res. 507), H6762 [30JY], H6764
            [30JY]
        Congress:  prohibit inclusion of legislative provisions and
            nonemergency spending in emergency appropriations legislation
            (H.R. 3576), E501<bullet> [27MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H4988 [23JN], H5004 [23JN], H5006
            [23JN], H5008 [23JN], H5014 [23JN]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11654<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6271 [23JY]
        Earth Day:  observance, E631<bullet> [22AP]
        Ellwanger, Meghan A.:  An Income of Her Own (organization) Business
            Plan Competition winner, E2069<bullet> [11OC]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4918 [22JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report,
            H9139<bullet> [28SE]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1763<bullet>
            [30MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            H9157 [28SE], H9160<bullet> [28SE]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H2980 [7MY], H2981
            [7MY]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11730 [17DE]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H8541
            [24SE]
        Mississippi River:  environmental management program funding, H4918
            [22JN]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H4988 [23JN], H5004
            [23JN], H5006 [23JN], H5008 [23JN], H5014 [23JN]
        Olympic games:  tribute to Wisconsin participants, E208<bullet>
            [24FE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H389
            [11FE], H2980 [7MY], H2981 [7MY], H3493 [20MY], H4066 [4JN],
            E79<bullet> [3FE], E100<bullet> [4FE], E118<bullet> [5FE],
            E172<bullet> [12FE], E213 [24FE], E292<bullet> [4MR],
            E334<bullet> [10MR], E364<bullet> [12MR], E399<bullet>
            [17MR], E407<bullet> [18MR], E432<bullet> [19MR], E483<bullet>
            [26MR], E500<bullet> [27MR], E543<bullet> [1AP], E611<bullet>
            [21AP], E641<bullet> [23AP], E696<bullet> [29AP], E794<bullet>
            [7MY], E828<bullet> [12MY], E849<bullet> [13MY], E857<bullet>
            [14MY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3782
            [22MY], H4814 [18JN], H4815 [18JN], H6941 [3AU], H7321 [6AU],
            E316<bullet> [5MR], E351<bullet> [11MR], E623<bullet> [22AP],
            E689<bullet> [28AP], E738<bullet> [1MY], E755<bullet> [5MY],
            E781<bullet> [6MY], E897<bullet> [19MY], E1006<bullet> [3JN]
            ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485), E452<bullet>
            [24MR], E468<bullet> [25MR], E528<bullet> [31MR]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), H583 [25FE],
            E272<bullet> [3MR]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens (H.R. 34), H1745 [30MR]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), E213<bullet> [24FE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H7892 [16SE], H7894 [16SE], H7895
            [16SE], H7928 [17SE], H8539 [24SE]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6271 [23JY]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H7892 [16SE], H7894 [16SE], H7895 [16SE], H7928 [17SE],
            H8539 [24SE], H8960 [26SE]
        Trane Co.:  EPA Energy Star Buildings Ally of the Year Award
            recipient, E485<bullet> [26MR]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H4566 [15JN], H6486 [27JY], H6997 [3AU]
      Reports
        Bosnia Fact-Finding Trip:  Congressional Delegation on Bosnia, H1267
            [18MR]
      Tributes
        Capps, Representative, E407<bullet> [18MR]
        Fazio, Representative, H8541 [24SE]
        Hamilton, Representative, H9168 [28SE]
        Proxmire, William, E399<bullet> [17MR]