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

    COBLE, HOWARD (a Representative from North Carolina)
      Amendments
        Copyrights:  duration of protection (H.R. 2589), H1448 [24MR], H1466
            [25MR]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2256 [23AP]
      Analyses
        Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act (H.R. 3210),
            E163<bullet>-E165<bullet> [12FE]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, H8507 [23SE]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Lee Jay Stone, Not Only a Man of Football, Add Penfield, Asheboro
            (NC) Courier-Tribune, E349<bullet> [11MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Aviation:  establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the
            centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright
            Brothers, (see H.R. 2305), H1299 [18MR]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate, (see H.R.
            3808), H3013 [7MY]
        Clinton, President:  reimburse Federal Government for costs incurred
            by the Office of Independent Counsel, (see H. Res. 532), H8035
            [17SE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1159 [12MR], (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]
        ------ provide protection from personal intrusion for commercial
            purposes, (see H.R. 3224), H496 [12FE]
        Dept. of Justice:  clarify method for filling vacancies subject to
            Senate confirmation, (see H.R. 3420), H1020 [10MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H2813
            [5MY]
        Drugs:  use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, (see H. Res. 372),
            H678 [26FE], (see H.J. Res. 117), H2706 [30AP]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  child custody order enforcement,
            (see H.R. 1690), H578 [24FE]
        Federal agencies and departments:  review of efficiency and need for
            certain agencies, (see H.R. 2939), H386 [5FE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2237 [22AP]
        Foreign trade:  limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
            3633), H3744 [21MY]
        Gardner, Ava:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
            H241 [3FE]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see H.R. 2377), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H65 [27JA]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H851 [4MR]
        Public safety officers:  establish national medal for those who act
            with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
            H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H100 [28JA]
        Social Security:  prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners,
            (see H.R. 530), H1643 [26MR]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4880 [19JN]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
            and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H579 [24FE]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H631 [25FE]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H8084 [18SE]
        Terry Sanford Federal Building, Raleigh, NC:  designate, (see H.R.
            3982), H4054 [3JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas
            emissions, (see H. Res. 211), H65 [27JA]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Copyrights:  limitations on liability relative to on-line material,
            (see H.R. 3209), H495 [12FE]
        Courts:  enforcement of child custody and visitation orders, (see
            H.R. 4164), H5403 [25JN]
        Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:  restore the stenographic
            preference for recording depositions, (see H.R. 4221), H5593
            [15JY]
        Government:  authorize alternative dispute resolution systems, (see
            H.R. 3528), H1378 [23MR]
        Patent and Trademark Office:  funding for salaries and expenses,
            (see H.R. 3723), H2317 [23AP]
        Small business:  establish minimum standards of fair conduct in
            franchise sales and franchise business relationships, (see H.R.
            4841), H10917 [14OC]
        Tariff:  acetic acid, (5-chloro-8-quinolinyl)oxy-,1-methyhexyl
            ester, (see H.R. 3359), H902 [5MR]
        ------ acetic acid, 2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(tetrahydro-3-oxo-1H, 3H-
            1,3,4 thiadiazolo 3,4-a pyridazin-1-ylidene) amino phenyl thio-,
            methyl ester, (see H.R. 3360), H902 [5MR]
        ------ calcium oxytetracycline, (see H.R. 3363), H902 [5MR]
        ------ chloroacetone, (see H.R. 3362), H902 [5MR]
        ------ dialkylnaphthalene sulfonic acid sodium salt, (see H.R.
            3365), H902 [5MR]
        ------ ethyl 2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy) ethyl carbamate, (see H.R. 3369),
            H902 [5MR]
        ------ 4-cyclopropyl-6-methyl-2-phenylamino-pyrimidine, (see H.R.
            3367), H902 [5MR]
        ------ O,O-dimethyl-S-5-methoxy-2-oxo-1,3,4-thiadiazol-3 (2H)-yl-
            methyl- dithiophosphate, (see H.R. 3368), H902 [5MR]
        ------ 1-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-2-(3,3,3-
            trifluoropropyl)-phenylsulfonyl-urea, (see H.R. 3370), H902
            [5MR]
        ------ orthonitrophenyl, (see H.R. 3361), H902 [5MR]
        ------ O-(6-chloro-3-phenyl-4-pyridazinyl)-S-octyl-carbonothioate,
            (see H.R. 3366), H902 [5MR]
        ------ propanoic acid, 2-4-(5-chloro-3-fluoro-2-pyridinyl)oxy-
            phenoxy-2-propynyl ester, (see H.R. 3357), H902 [5MR]
        ------ sodium N-methyl-N oleoyl taurate, (see H.R. 3364), H902 [5MR]
        ------ streptomycin sulfate, (see H.R. 3356), H902 [5MR]
        ------ 3-4,6-bis(difluoromethoxy)-pryimidin-2-yl-1-(2-methoxy-
            carbonylphenylsulfonyl) urea, (see H.R. 3371), H902 [5MR]
        ------ 3-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-1-2-(2-
            chloroethoxy)-phenylsulfonyl-urea, (see H.R. 3372), H902 [5MR]
        ------ trifluoromethylaniline, (see H.R. 3354), H902 [5MR]
        ------ 2,4 dichloro 3,5 dinitro benzotrifluoride, (see H.R. 3358),
            H902 [5MR]
        ------ 2-chloro-N-[2,6-dinitro-4-(tri-fluoromethyl)phenyl]-N-ethyl-
            6-fluorobenzenemethanamine, (see H.R. 3355), H902 [5MR]
        ------ (2S, 4R)/(2R, 4S)/(2R, 4R)/(2S, 4S)-1-[2-4-(4-chloro-
            phenoxy)-2-chlorophenyl-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl-methyl]-1H-
            1,2,4-triazole, (see H.R. 3373), H902 [5MR]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 3210), H495 [12FE]
        Trademark Act:  amend to provide protection for trade dress, (see
            H.R. 3163), H385 [5FE]
      Conference reports
        Digital Millennium Copyright Act (H.R. 2281), H10048-H10073 [8OC]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H683 [2MR], H6457 [27JY]
      Letters
        Copyright Term Extension Act:  by, H9949 [7OC]
        Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act:  by, E1207<bullet>-E1209
            [23JN]
        Digital Millennium Copyright Act:  by, Committee on the Judiciary
            (House), H7096-H7098 [4AU]
      Motions
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), H10461 [10OC]
      Remarks
        Asheboro, NC:  tribute to Southwestern Randolph High School
            cheerleaders, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        Bono, Sonny:  tribute (H. Res. 338), H11 [27JA]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11819 [18DE]
        Coast Guard:  anniversary, E1535<bullet> [4AU]
        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), H7601 [11SE]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H11027 [16OC]
        Copyrights:  clarify ownership of termination interests and
            contractual obligations relative to motion picture residual
            payments, H1466 [25MR], E753<bullet> [5MY]
        ------ duration of protection (H.R. 2589), H1458 [25MR], H1462
            [25MR], H1466 [25MR], H1478 [25MR], H1479 [25MR], E753<bullet>
            [5MY]
        ------ duration of protection (H.R. 2589), corrections in
            engrossment, H1483 [25MR]
        ------ duration of protection (S. 505), H9950 [7OC]
        ------ limitations on liability relative to on-line material (H.R.
            3209), E160<bullet> [12FE]
        ------ prevent the misappropriation of collections of information
            (H.R. 2652), H3400 [19MY], H3403 [19MY]
        ------ protection of certain original designs of vessel hulls (H.R.
            2696), H1243 [18MR], H1247 [18MR]
        ------ reform music licensing practices and fees, H1462 [25MR],
            H1478 [25MR], H1479 [25MR]
        Courts:  confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
            proceedings, H2269 [23AP]
        ------ enforcement of child custody and visitation orders (H.R.
            4164), H5437 [14JY], H5438 [14JY], H5439 [14JY]
        ------ improve operation and administration of Federal courts (H.R.
            2294), H1252 [18MR], H1253 [18MR]
        ------ limit Federal authority to force State and local governments
            to assess, levy, or collect taxes, H2258 [23AP]
        ------ limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders (H.R. 3718), H3404 [19MY], H3407 [19MY]
        ------ provide that persons closely related to certain judges may
            not be appointed as judges to the same court (S. 1892), H9985
            [7OC], H9986 [7OC]
        Elon College, NC:  tribute to Western Alamance High School boys'
            tennis team, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        Federal courts:  allow the face and voice of witnesses to be
            disguised during broadcast coverage of trial proceedings, H2268
            [23AP]
        ------ improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252), H2243
            [23AP], H2246 [23AP], H2257 [23AP], H2258 [23AP], H2264 [23AP],
            H2268 [23AP], H2269 [23AP]
        ------ limit protective orders and sealing of cases and settlements
            relative to public health or safety, H2264 [23AP]
        Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:  restore the stenographic
            preference for recording depositions (H.R. 4221), E1312<bullet>
            [15JY]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1047 [11MR]
        Government:  authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R.
            3528), H10457 [10OC], H10458 [10OC]
        ------ authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R. 3528),
            H2066 [21AP], H2068 [21AP], H2069 [21AP]
        Greensboro, NC:  tribute to Greensboro Day School girls' soccer
            team, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        ------ tribute to Northwest Guilford High School boys' baseball
            team, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        High Point, NC:  tribute to High Point Central High School girls'
            soccer team, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Winston-Salem,
            NC:  designate (H.R. 2379), H5440 [14JY]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H10461 [10OC]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 59),
            E1276<bullet> [26JN]
        Madrid Protocol:  implementation of agreement on the international
            registration of trademarks (H.R. 567), H2755 [5MY], H2756 [5MY]
        Morocco:  U.S. policy, E1568<bullet> [7AU]
        Patent and Trademark Office:  funding for salaries and expenses
            (H.R. 3723), H3040 [12MY], H3041 [12MY], E671<bullet> [23AP]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts (H.R. 1197), H10260 [9OC], H11028 [16OC], H11029 [16OC]
        Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
            transportation trust funds, H1890 [1AP]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 3046), H10459 [10OC]
        ----- provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), H10461 [10OC]
        ----- provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), insert H.R. 3046 language in lieu,
            H10461 [10OC]
        Ramseur, NC:  tribute to Eastern Randolph High School boys' baseball
            team, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        Small business:  establish minimum standards of fair conduct in
            franchise sales and franchise business relationships (H.R.
            4841), E2162<bullet> [14OC]
        States:  minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
            projects, H1890 [1AP]
        Supreme Court Historical Society:  acceptance of voluntary services
            (S. 2143), H6898 [3AU], H6899 [3AU]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2157 [22AP]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals (H.R. 3210), E162<bullet> [12FE]
        Trademark Act:  amend to provide protection for trade dress (H.R.
            3163), E117<bullet> [5FE]
        Trademark Law Treaty:  implementation (S. 2193), H10334 [9OC],
            H10336 [9OC]
        Trademarks:  prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or
            alteration of product identification codes (H.R. 3891), H9113
            [28SE]
        Transportation:  develop a national interstate motor carrier
            registration system, H1902 [1AP]
        ------ funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs,
            and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1890 [1AP], H1902 [1AP]
        Votes:  position on missed, H1824 [31MR], E1372<bullet> [21JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), H7074 [4AU], H7091 [4AU], H7102
            [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), H8507 [23SE]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10615 [12OC],
            H10619 [12OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), H7074 [4AU], H7091 [4AU],
            H7102 [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), H8507 [23SE] implementation (H.R.
            2281), conference report, H10615 [12OC], H10619 [12OC]
        World War II:  tribute to ``Lion 4'' unit, E1192<bullet> [22JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1774 [30MR]
      Reports filed
        Alternative Dispute Resolution Act:  Committee on the Judiciary
            (House) (H.R. 3528) (H. Rept. 105-487), H2119 [21AP]
        Child Custody Order Enforcement:  Committee on the Judiciary (House)
            (H.R. 1690) (H. Rept. 105-546), H3742 [21MY]
        Collections of Information Antipiracy Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2652) (H. Rept. 105-525), H3104 [12MY]
        Copyright Term Extension Act:  Committee on the Judiciary (House)
            (H.R. 2589) (H. Rept. 105-452), H1298 [18MR]
        Digital Millennium Copyright Act:  Committee of Conference (H.R.
            2281) (H. Rept. 105-796), H10075 [8OC]
        Enlarge Jurisdiction of Federal Courts Relative to Class Action
            Lawsuits:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3789) (H.
            Rept. 105-702), H7583 [10SE]
        Federal Court Operations and Administration Improvement:  Committee
            on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2294) (H. Rept. 105-437), H1158
            [12MR]
        Federal Courts Operation and Administration Improvements:  Committee
            on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1252) (H. Rept. 105-478), H2051
            [1AP]
        Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection Act:
            Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2921) (H. Rept. 105-
            661), H7583 [10SE]
        Patent and Trademark Office Salaries and Expenses Funding:
            Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3723) (H. Rept. 105-
            528), H3104 [12MY]
        Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act:  Committee on the Judiciary
            (House) (H.R. 3891) (H. Rept. 105-650), H6510 [28JY]
        Vessel Hull Design Protection Act:  Committee on the Judiciary
            (House) (H.R. 2696) (H. Rept. 105-436), H1111 [11MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty
            Implementation:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2281)
            (H. Rept. 105-551), H3970 [22MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty Implementation:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R.
            2281) (H. Rept. 105-551), H3970 [22MY]
      Summaries
        Judicial Reform Act (H.R. 1252):  Coble Technical Amendment, H2257
            [23AP]
      Tributes
        Slack, Andrew, E1008<bullet> [3JN]
        Smith, Edward C., E1713<bullet> [14SE]
        Stone, Lee J., E349<bullet> [11MR]