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

    DOOLITTLE, JOHN T. (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3674 [21MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3324 [14MY], H4633 [16JN], H4634 [16JN], H4865 [19JN],
            H5457 [14JY], H5843 [17JY], H7312 [6AU]
      Appointments
        National Council on the Arts, H387 [11FE]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        I Am a Weary American, Paul N. Johnson, Los Altos (CA) Town Crier,
            E808<bullet> [11MY]
        Kuldip Nayar Flayed for ``Anti-India'' Remarks, News India-Times
            (Indian newspaper), E1752<bullet> [17SE]
        Minorities Commission Condemns Rape of Nuns, Burning Punjab News
            (publication), E1896<bullet> [2OC]
        Nuns' Rape Case--Moopanar Hits Out at VHP, Burning Punjab News
            (publication), E1896<bullet> [2OC]
        VHP Wants Foreign Missionaries To Leave, Hindustan Times
            (publication), E1896<bullet> [2OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  constitutional amendment on right to life, (see H.J. Res.
            40), H5957 [20JY]
        Agriculture:  labeling of imported meat and meat food products
            containing imported meat, (see H.R. 1371), H497 [12FE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and
            intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see H.R. 2923), H851
            [4MR]
        ------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
            requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
            federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H579 [24FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H579 [24FE]
        China, People's Republic of:  prohibit U.S. export of missile
            equipment and technology, (see H.R. 3886), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, (see H.
            Res. 438), H3625 [20MY]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H4962 [22JN]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H904 [5MR], (see H.R.
            3265), H1159 [12MR]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H6511 [28JY]
        Dept. of Education:  abolish, (see H.R. 1812), H578 [24FE]
        ------ prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H101 [28JA]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of Labor:  establish advisory panels relative to occupational
            safety and health, (see H.R. 2871), H1159 [12MR]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H6187 [22JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
        Ecology and environment:  comprehensive management strategy to save
            the tundra from depredation by the mid-continent lesser snow
            goose, (see H. Con. Res. 175), H2814 [5MY]
        Education:  allow local areas to develop elementary and secondary
            education programs that meet their needs, (see H.R. 2992), H755
            [3MR]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H755 [3MR]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H100 [28JA]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H5064 [23JN]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H447 [11FE]
        European Union:  canned fruit subsidy, (see H. Res. 406), H2055
            [1AP]
        ------ unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef, (see H.
            Con. Res. 212), H1112 [11MR]
        Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
            [30AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
            [11FE]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
            of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H6282
            [23JY]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H2056 [1AP]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H5494 [14JY], (see H.R. 4154), H8932 [25SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6487 [27JY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies, (see H.R.
            716), H578 [24FE]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ require peer review of scientific data used in support of
            Federal regulations, (see H.R. 3234), H496 [12FE]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5494 [14JY]
        Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3120), H386 [5FE]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
            H.R. 3254), H631 [25FE]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        ------ development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
            519), H8528 [23SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
            H2707 [30AP]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1237 [17MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        Medicare:  election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude
            payment for abortion services, (see H.R. 4228), H6880 [31JY]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H5737 [16JY]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7178
            [4AU]
        Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge:  protect endangered
            species and other wildlife using the refuge and safeguard refuge
            land around Minneapolis, MN, from physical or auditory
            impairment, (see H.R. 4729), H10011 [7OC]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards, (see H.R. 8), H4165 [4JN]
        National forests:  suspend development of a roadless area policy
            pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
            affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H677 [26FE]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  establish peer review of
            standards, (see H.R. 2661), H4479 [10JN]
        OSHA:  allow employers to use alternative means of meeting safety
            and health rules, (see H.R. 2875), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ clarify liability of employers at multiemployer worksites,
            (see H.R. 2879), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements, (see H.R. 2864),
            H1159 [12MR]
        ------ exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used
            to identify safety and health violations by employers, (see H.R.
            2869), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ identify and notify the specific industries to which
            regulations and compliance standards apply, (see H.R. 2873),
            H1159 [12MR]
        ------ prohibit any employee performance measures relative to number
            of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties
            assessed, (see H.R. 2877), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
            sheets, (see H.R. 4037), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ waiver or abatement of penalties for small businesses if
            violations are corrected in a specified time, (see H.R. 2881),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Political campaigns:  partial removal of limitations on
            contributions to candidates whose opponents exceed personal
            contribution limitations, (see H.R. 3313), H1643 [26MR]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
            citizens in order to create national medical history database,
            (see H.R. 4281), H7495 [9SE]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
        Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
            [30AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H631 [25FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H631 [25FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7415 [6AU]
        Social Security:  provide for accounts funded by surpluses in the
            budget and available for private investment in indexed funds,
            (see H.R. 3456), H2707 [30AP]
        Tariff:  televisions, (see H.R. 3602), H8627 [24SE]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H447 [11FE]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H579 [24FE]
        ------ allow physicians and dentists to use the cash basis of
            accounting for income tax purposes, (see H.R. 4132), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2932
            [6MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, (see H.R. 18), H9084 [26SE]
        ------ increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
            lowest rate, (see H.R. 3151), H755 [3MR], (see H.R. 3175), H755
            [3MR]
        ------ increase personal income tax exemption, (see H.R. 3149), H755
            [3MR]
        ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
            contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H6999
            [3AU]
        ------ reduce tax rate for single filers, eliminate marriage penalty
            and change date for filing of Federal income tax returns, (see
            H.R. 2718), H241 [3FE]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and
            secondary education, (see H.R. 1816), H851 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
            [7AU]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, (see H.R. 3102),
            H678 [26FE]
        ------ treatment of petroleum storage facilities, (see H.R. 3992),
            H8461 [22SE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H3488 [19MY]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H8528
            [23SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's, (see H. Res. 356),
            H446 [11FE], (see H. Res. 360), H497 [12FE]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        California:  authorize the construction of temperature control
            devices at Folsom Dam, (see H.R. 4079), H4834 [18JN]
        ------ provide outlet modifications to Folsom Dam, study
            reconstruction of Northfork American River Cofferdam, and
            transfer all right, title, and interest in and to the Auburn
            Dam, (see H.R. 4111), H5063 [23JN]
        El Dorado Irrigation District:  convey the Sly Park Dam and
            Reservoir, (see H.R. 4048), H4549 [11JN]
        Endangered species:  protection of the California spotted owl and
            its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
        Public works:  conveyance of various reclamation project facilities
            to local water authorities, (see H.R. 4389), H7177 [4AU]
      Letters
        Self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation homeland,
            Punjab, Khalistan:  Gurmit S. Aulakh, Council of Khalistan,
            E658<bullet> [23AP]
      Press releases
        Four Nuns Raped in India:  Council of Khalistan, E1895<bullet> [2OC]
      Remarks
        Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act:  invalidate entire legislation if
            any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4805
            [18JN], H4813 [18JN]
        California:  authorize the construction of temperature control
            devices at Folsom Dam (H.R. 4079), H7765 [15SE]
        Courts:  limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders, H2277 [23AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3678 [21MY], H3681 [21MY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6981 [3AU]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7537<bullet> [10SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), H4448 [10JN], H4452 [10JN]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2277 [23AP]
        Forest Service:  road construction funding, H1674 [27MR]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1655 [27MR], H1674 [27MR]
        India:  civil liberties violations of Sikhs, E1895<bullet> [2OC]
        ------ condemn rape of nuns in Madhya Pradesh, E1895<bullet> [2OC]
        ------ human rights violations of ethnic groups, E1751<bullet>
            [17SE]
        ------ self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation
            homeland, Punjab, Khalistan, E658<bullet> [23AP]
        ------ U.S. policy, E1751<bullet> [17SE]
        Irrigation:  extend contracts for irrigation projects in Nebraska
            and Wyoming (H.R. 2795), H7764 [15SE]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 59),
            H5590<bullet> [15JY], E1258<bullet> [26JN]
        LSC:  funding, H6981 [3AU]
        Native Americans:  tribute to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
            Indians, E1739<bullet> [16SE]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H4796 [18JN]
        Political campaigns:  application of term ``express advocacy''
            relative to communications providing voting records or positions
            taken by candidates for public office, H4865 [19JN], H4866
            [19JN], H4867 [19JN], H4868 [19JN], H4869 [19JN], H4870 [19JN],
            H5452 [14JY], H5454 [14JY], H5455 [14JY], H5457 [14JY], H5458
            [14JY], H5464 [14JY], H5467 [14JY], H5951<bullet> [20JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits, H1688 [27MR],
            H3307-H3309 [14MY], H3631 [21MY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3776
            [22MY], H4686 [17JN], H4687 [17JN], H4688 [17JN], H4691 [17JN],
            H4692 [17JN], H4693 [17JN], H4789 [18JN], H4799 [18JN], H4805
            [18JN], H4812 [18JN], H4813 [18JN], H4814 [18JN], H4815 [18JN],
            H4816 [18JN], H4865 [19JN], H4866 [19JN], H4867 [19JN], H4868
            [19JN], H4869 [19JN], H4870 [19JN], H5452 [14JY], H5454 [14JY],
            H5455 [14JY], H5457 [14JY], H5458 [14JY], H5464 [14JY], H5467
            [14JY], H5951<bullet> [20JY], H7305 [6AU], H7307 [6AU], H7308
            [6AU], H7309 [6AU], H7311 [6AU], H7312 [6AU], H7314 [6AU], H7315
            [6AU]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), H1688 [27MR]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H7307 [6AU],
            H7308 [6AU]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H1751 [30MR],
            H4702 [17JN]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4799
            [18JN]
        Political ethics:  disclosure of personal information about
            individuals associated with investigations of President Clinton,
            H7926 [17SE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), H5546 [15JY]
        Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
            relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
            management activities (H.R. 2886), H3033 [12MY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  anniversary of ``Operation Homecoming'',
            E166<bullet> [12FE]
        Votes:  position on missed, H6216 [23JY], E1355<bullet> [20JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H4048 [3JN]
        Special order:  granted, H3102 [12MY]
      Tributes
        Johnson, Representative Sam, E166<bullet> [12FE]
        Richardson, Frank K., E1687<bullet> [10SE]
        Riggs, Representative, H11007 [15OC], H11008 [15OC], H11009 [15OC],
            H11010 [15OC], H11011 [15OC], H11012 [15OC]