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

    PETRI, THOMAS E. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4962 [22JN], H5015 [23JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2437 [28AP], H2438
            [28AP], H2568 [29AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
            Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Antitrust policy:  treatment of video programming for multichannel
            distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H6487 [27JY]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2706 [30AP]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
        Battle of Midway National Memorial:  establish, (see H.R. 2800),
            H4479 [10JN]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ establish a budget reserve account for emergencies, (see H.R.
            457), H6820 [30JY]
        CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        China, People's Republic of:  accession to the World Trade
            Organization and provide a remedy for inadequate trade benefits
            extended to the U.S., (see H.R. 1712), H5493 [14JY]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H4165 [4JN]
        Colleges and universities:  allow use of age-based incentives for
            the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see H.R. 3473),
            H1236 [17MR]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1021 [10MR]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H7178 [4AU]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H4835 [18JN]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H7428 [7AU]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H5737 [16JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4374),
            H9188 [29SE]
        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 policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people, (see H. Res. 267), H386
            [5FE]
        Education:  role in character development and teaching of moral
            values, (see H. Con. Res. 127), H101 [28JA]
        Employment:  minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for
            houseparents, (see H.R. 4778), H10352 [9OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
            [11FE]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        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), H5594 [15JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H2931 [6MY],
            (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Housing:  remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing,
            (see H.R. 3435), H2056 [1AP]
        Immigration:  increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
            children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
            H7413 [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), H7000 [3AU]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Local government:  reduce postal rates for certain mailings required
            by Federal and State regulations, (see H.R. 906), H1021 [10MR]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3972 [22MY]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H6281 [23JY]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1445 [24MR]
        OSHA:  exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used
            to identify safety and health violations by employers, (see H.R.
            2869), H3024 [11MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 2183), H329 [4FE]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H6454 [24JY]
        Social Security:  prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners,
            (see H.R. 530), H1643 [26MR]
        Taxation:  allowable credits and deductions in determining
            alternative minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes
            paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance
            for the employee, (see H.R. 3776), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H10077 [8OC]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
            and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H386 [5FE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical
            corrections, (see H.R. 3978), H4054 [3JN]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5493 [14JY]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H4629 [16JN]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see H. Con.
            Res. 223), H578 [24FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H7178 [4AU]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H7178 [4AU]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H101 [28JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Social Security:  establish and maintain individual investment
            accounts, (see H.R. 4076), H4711 [17JN]
        Taxation:  exempt auxiliary power units from excise tax imposed on
            heavy trucks, (see H.R. 3275), H630 [25FE]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H1701 [30MR], H3025 [12MY], H4881 [22JN],
            H6881 [3AU], H8085 [22SE], H9085 [28SE], H10669 [13OC]
      Lists
        Supporters of H.R. 4519, authorize Presidential consent to the third
            party transfer of the Bowman County (U.S.S.) to the USS LST Ship
            Memorial, Inc., E2155 [14OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5002 [23JN], H5004 [23JN],
            H5006 [23JN], H5015 [23JN]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7194<bullet> [5AU]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11797 [18DE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5002 [23JN], H5004 [23JN], H5006
            [23JN]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1998 [1AP], H1999 [1AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
            illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
            service, H3588 [20MY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7194<bullet>
            [5AU]
        Education:  auction rights for financial institutions to make
            student loans relative to interest rates, H2519 [29AP], H2569
            [29AP], H2570 [29AP]
        Flags:  authorize the flying of the POW/MIA flag (S. Con. Res. 99),
            H3966 [22MY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2519 [29AP], H2569
            [29AP], H2570 [29AP]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5002 [23JN], H5004
            [23JN], H5006 [23JN], H5015 [23JN]
        Petroleum:  reduce gasoline tax, H2026 [1AP]
        ------ use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation
            trust funds, H1888 [1AP]
        Point of order, H6728 [29JY], H6731 [29JY]
        States:  minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
            projects, H1888 [1AP]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1888 [1AP], H1998
            [1AP], H1999 [1AP], H2013 [1AP], H2017 [1AP], H2026 [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3947 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct conferees,
            H3588 [20MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical corrections (H.R. 3978),
            H3981<bullet> [3JN]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5540<bullet> [15JY]
        Wheaton, Gerald D.:  Army Bronze Star recipient, E1779<bullet>
            [23SE]
      Tributes
        Ten Haken, Dale, E1860<bullet> [1OC]