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

    BLUMENAUER, EARL (a Representative from Oregon)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7180 [4AU]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance
            programs, (see H.R. 1438), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates, (see H.R.
            1864), H1445 [24MR]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H4961 [22JN]
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
            Res. 287), H5494 [14JY]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
        Conservation of energy:  development and implementation of a
            comprehensive energy conservation plan for the Congress, (see H.
            Con. Res. 280), H3743 [21MY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H3014 [7MY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H6697 [29JY]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H10353 [9OC]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H2932 [6MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authority relative to plant protection and
            quarantine, (see H.R. 3766), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ expand School Breakfast Program and provide greater access to
            snacks in school-based childcare programs, (see H.R. 3086), H678
            [26FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  establish pilot projects to test various best
            business practices for defense inventory management, (see H.R.
            1850), H5737 [16JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
            Programs funding, (see H.R. 4440), H7411 [6AU]
        Dept. of the Interior:  moratorium on oil and gas development on
            certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R.
            3875), H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5494 [14JY]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
        Education:  provide for various capital investments in technology
            education, (see H.R. 2994), H498 [12FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  community-based family resource
            and support grants appropriations, (see H.R. 4436), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        Federal employees:  provide benefits to domestic partners, (see H.R.
            2761), H7617 [11SE]
        Firearms:  ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition
            feeding devices, (see H.R. 3646), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ encourage States to require a holding period for students
            expelled for bringing a gun to school, (see H.R. 4146), H5402
            [25JN]
        ------ ensure child safety, (see H.R. 4444), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ provide grants to improve safety and study effects of
            developing technology on firearms safety, (see H.R. 3895), H7494
            [9SE]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 4442), H7411
            [6AU]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ require that handguns be equipped with child safety devices,
            (see H.R. 4441), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ revocation of dealer licenses for willful sales to minors,
            (see H.R. 4443), H7411 [6AU]
        Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
            manage dungeness crab fisheries, (see H.R. 3498), H1298 [18MR]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  allocation of economic assistance to Northern
            Ireland and border counties in Ireland, (see H.R. 4773), H10352
            [9OC]
        Government:  require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the
            national debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con.
            Res. 228), H2319 [23AP]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4165 [4JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 4439), H7411
            [6AU]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 83), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see H.R. 2202), H851 [4MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3105
            [12MY]
        House of Representatives:  transition for new Members, (see H.R.
            3053), H3247 [13MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H1236 [17MR]
        Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act:
            authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 4437), H7411 [6AU]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H3489 [19MY]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H10353 [9OC]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H850 [4MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
            350), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R. 2829), H2056
            [1AP]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1337 [19MR]
        Medicaid:  extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs, (see H.R. 4480), H7585 [10SE]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H631 [25FE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9275 [1OC]
        National Guard:  civilian youth opportunities program funding, (see
            H.R. 4438), H7411 [6AU]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H101 [28JA]
        Nuclear weapons:  recognize the security interests of the U.S. in
            furthering complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479),
            H9537 [5OC]
        Oceans:  develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities
            policy, (see H.R. 2547), H330 [4FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H2931 [6MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H678 [26FE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H4165 [4JN]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H447
            [11FE]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H1699 [27MR]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H2814 [5MY]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H8528 [23SE]
        Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see H. Con. Res. 322),
            H10668 [12OC]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H497 [12FE]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H579 [24FE]
        Taxation:  application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H10077 [8OC]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H579 [24FE]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            acquisition of computer hardware and software, (see H.R. 4184),
            H7617 [11SE]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
            4538), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see H.R. 3127), H579 [24FE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
            equipment, (see H.R. 3304), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 372), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H4479 [10JN]
        ------ end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6187 [22JY]
        Weapons:  production of Trident II missiles, (see H.R. 1814), H6186
            [22JY]
        ------ restrict the mail order sale of body armor, (see H.R. 959),
            H1112 [11MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3014 [7MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3014 [7MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Little Sandy River:  protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run
            Watershed Management Unit, (see H.R. 4525), H7493 [9SE]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H4324 [9JN]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11654<bullet> [20OC]
        Architect of the Capitol:  building guidelines relative to the
            National Preservation Act, E897<bullet> [19MY]
        BIA:  allocation of Indian Health Service contract support costs,
            E1398<bullet> [23JY]
        Budget:  proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989),
            H4185<bullet> [5JN]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9126 [28SE]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6103 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11971 [19DE]
        Coastal Barrier Resources System:  exclusion of certain Florida
            lands, H6162 [22JY]
        Crime:  notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State
            engaging in that relocation (H.R. 2181), H603<bullet> [25FE]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4498<bullet> [11JN]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5537<bullet> [15JY]
        ------ provide for telephone access to the FBI database that tracks
            the movement and whereabouts of sexual offenders, H4498<bullet>
            [11JN]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia (H.R.
            4006), H5410 [14JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6162 [22JY], E1398<bullet> [23JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11654<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7259<bullet>
            [5AU]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, H1856 [1AP]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation,
            H7259<bullet> [5AU]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, H4233 [5JN], H4245 [9JN], H4569
            [16JN], H5960 [21JY], H7001 [4AU]
        Firearms:  ensure child safety, H5960 [21JY]
        ------ gun control, H1170 [17MR]
        ------ requirements for dealers and owners relative to gun safety
            devices to prevent access by children, H3940 [22MY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8783
            [25SE], H9348 [5OC]
        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]
        Government:  promote livable communities through investment in
            transportation and improvement in land usage, H9085 [28SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2919 [6MY]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), E353<bullet> [11MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, H5325 [25JN], H5341 [25JN]
        ----- authorize participation in State and local government transit
            programs (H. Res. 37), H2060 [21AP], H3374 [19MY], H7418 [7AU]
        ------ Office Waste Recycling Program implementation, H5348<bullet>
            [25JN]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, H5960 [21JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), H5363<bullet> [25JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
            H3049 [12MY]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), H5341 [25JN], H5348<bullet> [25JN]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration (H. Res.
            489), H5325 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 550), H8544 [24SE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial (H. Res. 144), H8476
            [23SE]
        ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (H.R. 1560),
            H7446<bullet> [9SE]
        National Historic Preservation Fund:  extend authorization (H.R.
            1522), E897<bullet> [19MY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            E866<bullet> [14MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5485<bullet> [14JY]
        Portland, OR:  agreement between police and television stations
            relative to emergency situations, H1170 [17MR]
        ------ tribute to opening of light rail line, H9085 [28SE]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices (H.R. 1231), H503 [24FE], H2750
            [5MY]
        Puerto Rico:  self-determination (H.R. 856), E305<bullet> [5MR]
        Real property:  private property owner rights (H.R. 992),
            H1139<bullet> [12MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H260 [4FE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), consideration (H. Res. 500), H5542 [15JY]
        Sports:  eliminate professional league rules prohibiting public
            ownership of teams (H.R. 590), H2342 [28AP]
        Springfield, OR:  shooting of students at Thurston High School,
            H3940 [22MY]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8943<bullet> [26SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4674<bullet>
            [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act
            (H.R. 4018), H4569 [16JN], H5504 [15JY]
        ------ universal service support for schools, libraries, and health
            care facilities, H1116 [12MR]
        Telecommunications Act:  implementation, H1116 [12MR]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (H.R.
            3888), H10613 [12OC]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1382 [24MR], H1856
            [1AP], H1897 [1AP], H2025 [1AP]
        Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
            emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6774 [30JY]
        Votes:  correction, E1398<bullet> [23JY]
        ------ position on missed, E305<bullet> [5MR]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H3968 [22MY], H4048 [3JN], H4237 [5JN],
            H7428 [7AU], H9186 [29SE], H9270 [1OC], H10009 [7OC], H10074
            [8OC], H10349 [9OC], H10511 [10OC]
      Tables
        Comparison of recycled paper earnings between several Government
            agencies and the House of Representatives, H5348<bullet> [25JN]
      Tributes
        Fazio, Representative, H8544 [24SE]