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

    BILBRAY, BRIAN P. (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3670 [21MY]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7385
            [6AU]
      Appointments
        Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4824 [18JN]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Bilbray, Bliley Prep Smog Bill for Quick Floor Vote, Neil Franz,
            Environment & Energy (publication), H5897 [20JY]
        Bilbray Diverts Smelly River With Bulldozer; May Have Violated Law,
            Graciela Sevilla, San Diego (CA) Union, H10173 [8OC]
        Bilbray Pushes for Law on Border Emission Standards, Chris
            Diedoardo, San Diego (CA) Daily Transcript, H5896 [20JY]
        Bilbray Says State of Emergency Needed To Deal With Raw Sewage,
            Imperial Beach (CA) Star News, H10174 [8OC]
        Bilbray Urges Crackdown on Transborder Polluters--Bill Would Stop
            Vehicles at Border To Protect Air, Pat Broderick, San Diego (CA)
            Business Journal, H5895 [20JY]
        Border Breathes Sigh of Relief as Wilson Acts on Tijuana Sewage,
            Dwight C. Daniels, San Diego (CA) Union, H10176 [8OC]
        Border Smog Bill Wins Bipartisan Backing in House Commerce Markup,
            Neil Franz, Environment & Energy (publication), H5897 [20JY]
        Border Tour Boosts Bill To Compel Registration of Mexican Cars Here,
            Steve La Rue, San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, H5895 [20JY]
        County May Act To Ease Effects of Mexico Sewage, Ruth L. McKinnie,
            San Diego (CA) Tribune, H10174 [8OC]
        County To Ask Wilson's Help on Tijuana Sewage, Graciela Sevilla, San
            Diego (CA) Union, H10174 [8OC]
        Emergency Decree Might Unlock Help for Tijuana Sewage Problem,
            Graciela Sevilla, San Diego (CA) Union, H10173 [8OC]
        Emergency Sought on Pollution--Bilbray Seeks Fast Action on Cleanup
            of Tijuana River Valley, Graciela Sevilla, San Diego (CA) Union,
            H10173 [8OC]
        Health Crisis Declared Over South Bay Sewage, Ruth L. McKinnie, San
            Diego (CA) Tribune, H10175 [8OC]
        House Panel OKs Bill To Bar U.S. Entry of Cars Into Ozone
            Nonattainment Areas, Cheryl Hogue, Regulations, Law & Economics
            (publication), H5897 [20JY]
        Illegals Cross Sewage River-And Feds Ignore Both Problems, San Diego
            (CA) Tribune, H10175 [8OC]
        Imported Smog--Vehicles From Mexico Add to Problem, San Diego (CA)
            Union-Tribune, H5895 [20JY]
        Panel OKs Bill To Curb Border's Smog-Belchers, Dana Wilkie, San
            Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, H5896 [20JY]
        Sewer Project Foes Meet, San Diego (CA) Union, H10172 [8OC]
        Smog Intervention--Bill Would Aim at Nabbing Mexican Polluters, San
            Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, H5898 [20JY]
        State To Pay To Treat TJ Sewage, Daniel C. Carson and Graciela
            Sevilla, San Diego (CA) Union, H10175 [8OC]
        3 Officials Here Pledge To Fight Sewage Project, Kathryn Balint, San
            Diego (CA) Tribune, H10172 [8OC]
        Tijuana River Valley May Get Emergency Status on Sewage, Bernice
            Hirabayashi, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H10175 [8OC]
        Tijuana Sewage Is Flowing Faster, Killing Estuary, Michael Richmond,
            San Diego (CA) Tribune, H10171 [8OC]
        Wardens Quiz Bilbray on Bulldozing of Dike, Frank Klimko, San Diego
            (CA) Union, H10173 [8OC]
        Wilson Declares Sewage Emergency, Ron Roach, San Diego (CA) Tribune,
            H10175 [8OC]
        Wilson May Declare Crisis in South Bay, Ron Roach, San Diego (CA)
            Tribune, H10175 [8OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H3105 [12MY]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1299 [18MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        ------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
            H.R. 2537), H1021 [10MR]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2424
            [28AP]
        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]
        California:  designate all unreserved and unappropriated coastal
            rocks and islands as a component of the National Wilderness
            Preservation System, (see H.R. 3911), H3624 [20MY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Commission on Ocean Policy:  establish, (see H.R. 3445), H1158
            [12MR]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1445 [24MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H631 [25FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9179 [28SE]
        ------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2707 [30AP]
        Dept. of the Interior:  moratorium on oil and gas development on
            certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R.
            3875), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ prohibit charging of fees for certain uses of sand, gravel,
            and shell resources of the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R.
            3972), H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ repeal provisions of law authorizing payment of benefits for
            smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence
            developed during service, (see H.R. 4220), H5957 [20JY]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5405 [25JN]
        Drugs:  increase penalties for certain offenses and enhance law
            enforcement efforts, (see H.R. 3858), H3246 [13MY]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see H.R. 2870), H498 [12FE]
        Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H241
            [3FE]
        Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  reduce the cost of credit, (see
            H.R. 1059), H64 [27JA]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H9275 [1OC]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits,
            (see H.R. 2457), H755 [3MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Germany:  jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H4629 [16JN]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1445
            [24MR]
        ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
            individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 1679), H578
            [24FE]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H9275 [1OC]
        IMF:  ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H2707
            [30AP]
        Immigration:  assessment of civil penalties against illegal aliens
            and for persons smuggling aliens within the U.S., (see H.R.
            4251), H5736 [16JY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        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), H8528 [23SE]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1112 [11MR]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H64 [27JA]
        Law enforcement officers:  exemption from State laws prohibiting
            carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 218), H7585 [10SE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H9722 [6OC]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H678 [26FE]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H10833 [13OC]
        Medicare:  enhance and expand special enrollment periods for certain
            military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 3863), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ waiver of the late enrollment penalty for certain military
            retirees and dependents who live near certain military
            hospitals, (see H.R. 1738), H7494 [9SE]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H904 [5MR]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H1699 [27MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 468), H4712 [17JN] ethics reform and
            contribution limits (H.R. 3526), consideration, (see H. Res.
            467), H4712 [17JN]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3489 [19MY]
        ------ prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res. 452), H4165
            [4JN]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H5405 [25JN]
        Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H241
            [3FE]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H1112 [11MR]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative
            to certain military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 598),
            H7584 [10SE]
        SSA:  provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal
            earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals, (see
            H.R. 2669), H3972 [22MY]
        Taxation:  allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
            motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H579 [24FE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying
            limits on certain bonds, (see H.R. 2714), H386 [5FE]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2707
            [30AP]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5297
            [24JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H2423 [28AP]
        ------ 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), H909 [9MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H447 [11FE]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H329 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
            certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
            3942), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H4835 [18JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3972 [22MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
            H3311 [14MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H1643
            [26MR]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H1021 [10MR]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1445 [24MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H909 [9MR]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1445 [24MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1445 [24MR]
        World Summit for Children:  implementation of plan of action, (see
            H.R. 1427), H2055 [1AP]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5297 [24JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        California:  designate Otay Mountain region as wilderness, (see H.R.
            3950), H3970 [22MY]
        Fair Housing Act:  amend, (see H.R. 3206), H495 [12FE]
        Mexico:  inadequacy of sewage infrastructure facilities relative to
            flow of raw sewage into the U.S., (see H. Con. Res. 331), H9274
            [1OC]
        Navy:  require study on ordinance and munitions waste in San Diego
            Bay, (see H.R. 3631), H2052 [1AP]
      Excerpts
        ``Great Advances'' Report--Advances at the Unversity of Califonia,
            San Diego:  Science Coalition, E1917<bullet> [6OC]
      Letters
        Border Smog Reduction Act:  Larry Bowden, Mojave Desert Air Quality
            Management District, H5894 [20JY]
        ------ R. Michael Magee, American Federation of Government
            Employees, H5893 [20JY]
        ------ Robert Clark, National Treasury Employees Union, H5893 [20JY]
        ------ Roger F. Honberger, Riverside County, CA, Board of
            Supervisors, H5895 [20JY]
        Prohibit possession of tobacco products by minors in the District of
            Columbia:  Debra Kelley, American Lung Association, H7387 [6AU]
        ----- John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, H7387 [6AU]
        ----- Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
            (organization), H7387 [6AU]
      Petitions and memorials
        Riverside County, CA, Board of Supervisors:  Border Smog Reduction
            Act, H5895 [20JY]
      Press releases
        Supervisors Endorse Bill Requiring Vehicles Crossing U.S. Border To
            Be Smog-Certified:  San Diego County, CA, Board of Supervisors,
            H5894 [20JY]
      Remarks
        Bono, Sonny:  tribute (H. Res. 338), H15 [27JA]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy (H. Con. Res. 301), H5889 [20JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), E2032<bullet>
            [10OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11898 [18DE], H11941 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2904 [6MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  assign personnel to assist the INS and the
            Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
            functions, H3696 [21MY], H3703 [21MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H3696 [21MY], H3703
            [21MY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
            Improvement Program funding, H1912<bullet> [1AP]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7386
            [6AU], H7387 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit possession of tobacco products by minors, H7386
            [6AU], H7387 [6AU]
        Ecology and environment:  national objectives priority assignments,
            H10531 [11OC]
        Health:  liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 872),
            H6740 [29JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2904 [6MY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            permission to file conference report, H9452 [5OC]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 490), H5306 [25JN]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10249 [9OC]
        Mexico:  effects of untreated raw sewage on California beaches,
            H5849 [17JY], H10531 [11OC]
        ------ inadequacy of sewage infrastructure facilities relative to
            flow of raw sewage into the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 331), H10169
            [8OC], H10177 [8OC], H10179 [8OC]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards (H.R. 8), H5892 [20JY], H5898 [20JY], H5900
            [20JY]
        ------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
            standards (H.R. 8), H9901 [7OC]
        Political campaigns:  application of term ``express advocacy''
            relative to communications providing voting records or positions
            taken by candidates for public office, H5458 [14JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4693
            [17JN], H4796 [18JN], H5458 [14JY], H5480 [14JY], H6807 [30JY]
        ------ prohibit use of White House meals or accommodations for
            fundraising, H5480 [14JY]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4796
            [18JN]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H798 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H798 [4MR]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), H5559 [15JY]
        ----- feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R. 3267),
            consideration (H. Res. 500), H5544 [15JY]
        San Diego, CA:  anniversary of Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group,
            E1712<bullet> [14SE]
        ------ designate Palomar Market Day, E1510<bullet> [31JY]
        San Diego County, CA:  closing of beaches due to contamination,
            H8975<bullet> [26SE]
        San Diego Magazine:  anniversary, E2066<bullet> [11OC]
        San Diego Padres (baseball team):  tribute, H10920 [15OC]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace (H.R. 2921), E509<bullet> [30MR]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  grant
            congressional consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 511), H6521 [29JY]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products (H.R. 3868),
            H3298<bullet> [14MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1912<bullet> [1AP]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens (H.R. 2538), H7511 [10SE]
        ----- determine validity of certain land claims involving the
            descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (H.R. 2538),
            consideration (H. Res. 522), H7508 [10SE]
        University of Califonia, San Diego:  research accomplishments,
            E1916<bullet> [6OC]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, H10249 [9OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H3461 [19MY], H10408<bullet> [10OC]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote, H6807 [30JY]
        ----- establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H470 [12FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H8081 [18SE], H8625 [24SE], H10511 [10OC]
      Statements
        South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant Opening:  by,
            H10176 [8OC]
      Tributes
        Frels, Harry D., E1920<bullet> [6OC]
        Rees, Clarence, E1712<bullet> [14SE]
        Riggs, Representative, H11010 [15OC]
        Stealy, Clair, E1712<bullet> [14SE]
        Wilson, Bud, E1678<bullet> [9SE]