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

    FRANKS, BOB (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Amendments
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4505 [11JN], H4507 [11JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Animals:  prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals,
            (see H.R. 1202), H447 [11FE]
        Appropriations:  constitutional amendment on line-item veto, (see
            H.J. Res. 124), H5594 [15JY]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1021 [10MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H2055 [1AP]
        Budget:  provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
        Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
            the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
            H. Con. Res. 224), H631 [25FE]
        Coastal Heritage Trail Route:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R.
            2125), H100 [28JA]
        Computers:  ensure that prisoners are not permitted unsupervised
            access to any interactive computer service, (see H.R. 3729),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H5594 [15JY]
        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), H631
            [25FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H11696 [20OC]
        ------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade
            arrest, (see H.R. 3438), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children, (see
            H.R. 3494), H1298 [18MR]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
        ------ prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions
            of higher education, (see H.R. 715), H100 [28JA]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), corrections in enrollment of conference report,
            (see H. Con. Res. 354), H11695 [20OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  require notification and allow local law
            enforcement agencies to investigate crimes and search for
            missing patients at VA medical facilities, (see H.R. 4609),
            H9346 [2OC]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Drugs:  encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase
            and use of over-the-counter drug products, (see H. Res. 151),
            H10833 [13OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H5064 [23JN]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports, (see H.R. 3582), H1776
            [30MR]
        ------ require electronic preservation and filing of reports by
            certain persons and require such reports to be made available
            through the Internet, (see H.R. 3174), H385 [5FE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2814 [5MY]
        Foreign countries:  funding for the construction of U.S. chancery
            facilities in Berlin and Jerusalem so that comparable rates of
            construction and occupation of the facilities are ensured, (see
            H.R. 4181), H7494 [9SE]
        Foreign policy:  allow attachment of certain property of foreign
            states in execution of judgements for acts of terrorism, (see
            H.R. 4292), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7585 [10SE]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H579 [24FE]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
            4340), H8932 [25SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5494 [14JY]
        Germany:  jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H4629 [16JN]
        Health:  liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H64 [27JA]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5594
            [15JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Insurance:  assure patient choice and access to services for
            enrollees in group health plans and health insurance coverage,
            (see H.R. 3547), H4241 [5JN]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H3014
            [7MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H579 [24FE]
        Italian Americans:  prepare report detailing injustices suffered
            during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the
            President, (see H.R. 2090), H8932 [25SE]
        Law enforcement officers:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            officers killed in the line of duty, (see H. Con. Res. 41),
            H11705 [21OC]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see H. Res. 422), H3106 [12MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1550 [25MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2424
            [28AP]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H3105 [12MY]
        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), H9179
            [28SE]
        Naval Armed Guard Service:  appreciation to veterans for service
            during World War I and World War II, (see H.J. Res. 99), H2319
            [23AP]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6820 [30JY]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H7415 [6AU]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3106 [12MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H6453 [24JY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3489 [19MY]
        Railroads:  authorize activities under Federal railroad safety laws,
            (see H.R. 3805), H3013 [7MY]
        Rural areas:  pilot program to facilitate the protection and
            preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
            Atlantic States, (see H.R. 3566), H2931 [6MY]
        Social Security:  level of benefit payment in the month of the
            beneficiary's death, (see H.R. 322), H5859 [17JY]
        States:  establish notification procedures relative to release of
            convicted sex offenders, (see H. Con. Res. 125), H3972 [22MY]
        Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H631 [25FE]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ clarify the income and gift tax consequences of catching and
            returning record home run baseballs, (see H.R. 4522), H7493
            [9SE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1299 [18MR]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1337
            [19MR]
        ------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
            and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
            equipment, (see H.R. 3304), H3247 [13MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3749), H3024 [11MY], (see H.R. 3888), H3312 [14MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  provide for a judicial and administrative
            remedy for disputes arising under certain agreements with
            foreign entities, (see H.R. 3578), H1699 [27MR]
        Turkey:  anniversary of the burning of Smyrna, (see H. Con. Res.
            148), H6454 [24JY]
        ------ claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H755 [3MR]
        ------ end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3972 [22MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2318
            [23AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1159 [12MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H7415 [6AU]
        World War II:  encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
            restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
            557), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war
            crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H2120 [21AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Chesimard, Joanne:  extradition to the U.S. from Cuba, (see H. Con.
            Res. 244), H1236 [17MR]
        Computers:  installation of filtering or blocking programs in
            schools and libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177),
            H445 [11FE]
        ------ require Federal regulation of online privacy protections to
            apply to all Federal agencies, (see H.R. 4632), H8931 [25SE]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H1776 [30MR]
        Ecology and environment:  cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
            sites, (see H.R. 4094), H4879 [19JN]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H3013 [7MY]
        New Jersey:  waive repayment of funds used for constructing high
            occupancy vehicle lanes, (see H.R. 4528), H7494 [9SE]
        Power resources:  provide a transition to market-based rates for
            power sold by the TVA and Federal Power Marketing
            Administration, (see H.R. 3518), H1336 [19MR]
        Taxation:  allow certain senior citizens a deduction for State and
            local real property taxes and provide for the establishment of
            senior citizen real property tax accounts, (see H.R. 4713),
            H10010 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of dependent care expenses, (see H.R. 3176), H445
            [11FE]
        Woodbridge, NJ:  extend New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, (see H.R.
            4527), H7494 [9SE]
      Remarks
        Asian Americans:  racial stereotyping relative to campaign
            fundraising investigations, E271<bullet> [3MR]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1515<bullet> [3AU]
        Chesimard, Joanne:  extradition to the U.S. from Cuba (H. Con. Res.
            244), H1175 [17MR]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11891 [18DE],
            H12008<bullet> [19DE]
        Computers:  installation of filtering or blocking programs in
            schools and libraries with Internet access (H.R. 3177),
            E134<bullet> [11FE]
        Crime:  establish penalties for the use of interstate facilities to
            target children for sexually explicit messages or contacts,
            H10573 [12OC]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4495 [11JN], H4506 [11JN], H4507 [11JN], H4508 [11JN]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H10573 [12OC]
        ------ reporting requirements for Internet service providers
            relative to child pornography, H4506 [11JN], H4507 [11JN], H4508
            [11JN]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals (H. Con. Res. 254), H7654<bullet> [14SE]
        Diseases:  increase awareness and develop treatment for
            fibromyalgia, E505<bullet> [27MR]
        FAA:  implementation of ocean routing of airplanes to alleviate
            noise pollution in New Jersey, H10565 [12OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H400<bullet>
            [11FE], E512<bullet> [30MR]
        Franklin Township, NJ:  anniversary, E509<bullet> [30MR]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate (H.R.
            3810), H7462 [9SE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4682 [17JN]
        Woodbridge, NJ:  anniversary of Colonia Country Club, E1468<bullet>
            [30JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H3482 [19MY]
      Tributes
        Anderson, Howard S., E1924<bullet> [6OC]
        Doby, Larry, E1362<bullet> [21JY]
        Harrington, Michael X., H3736 [21MY]
        Zanowic, Paul C., E1181<bullet> [19JN]