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

    PETERSON, JOHN E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H7495 [9SE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3744 [21MY], H3746 [21MY], H3747 [21MY], H3748 [21MY],
            H3749 [21MY], H3750 [21MY], H3751 [21MY], H3753 [21MY], H3754
            [21MY], H5837 [17JY], H6803 [30JY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H3312 [14MY]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, (see H.
            Con. Res. 227), H1159 [12MR]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H3105 [12MY]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, (see H. Res. 438), H3312 [14MY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize, (see H.R.
            4271), H5859 [17JY]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H4629 [16JN]
        Correctional institutions:  test incarcerated persons for serious
            transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
            with corrections personnel, (see H.R. 2070), H2055 [1AP]
        Courts:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.R.
            4196), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ reform habeas corpus procedures relative to retrial of an
            accused, (see H.R. 2392), H100 [28JA]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see H.J. Res. 71), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims'
            rights, (see H.R. 1322), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3999), H5594 [15JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5405 [25JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  modernize requirements and establish consensus
            process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
            standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10353 [9OC]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ promote drug-free workplace programs, (see H.R. 3853), H4629
            [16JN]
        Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3939), H5594 [15JY]
        Education:  dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
            the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English,
            (see H.R. 3680), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H2814 [5MY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood, (see H.R. 4257), H5737 [16JY]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
            H2605 [29AP]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H579 [24FE]
        Firearms:  possession by persons convicted of a crime involving
            domestic violence, (see H.R. 1009), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ 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), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H4055
            [3JN]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H3247 [13MY]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H6880 [31JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R.
            4357), H7915 [16SE]
        Freeman Hankins Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4002), H5594 [15JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government regulations:  require congressional approval of certain
            proposed rules, (see H.R. 4085), H4834 [18JN]
        ------ require peer review of scientific data used in support of
            Federal regulations, (see H.R. 3234), H4055 [3JN]
        H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Aspinwall, PA:  designate, (see H.R. 2775), H755 [3MR]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2707 [30AP]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1168
            [16MR]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9537 [5OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2707
            [30AP]
        House Rules:  require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff,
            (see H. Res. 456), H4550 [11JN]
        Housing:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H4711 [17JN]
        Iraq:  material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
            relative to weapons inspections, (see H. Con. Res. 340), H10076
            [8OC]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8083 [18SE]
        IRS:  improve access and increase equity for taxpayers, (see H.R.
            2598), H3105 [12MY]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
            H2424 [28AP]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H241 [3FE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial, (see H. Res. 144), H3247
            [13MY]
        ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560),
            H3247 [13MY]
        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), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1550 [25MR]
        Max Weiner Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4003), H5594 [15JY]
        Medicaid:  treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
            industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H10011 [7OC]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H3744
            [21MY]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H7915 [16SE]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H64 [27JA]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7429 [7AU]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Nonprofit organizations:  exempt from certain liability requirements
            relative to rights-of-way on public lands, (see H.R. 3187),
            H3105 [12MY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H1699 [27MR]
        OSHA:  recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
            sheets, (see H.R. 4037), H6820 [30JY]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts, (see H.R. 1197), H9275 [1OC]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2319 [23AP]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H2318 [23AP]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3744 [21MY]
        Public lands:  use of alternative arrangements for windstorm-damaged
            national forests and grasslands in Texas, (see H.R. 4345), H6697
            [29JY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Roosevelt, Theodore:  posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor, (see
            H.R. 2263), H241 [3FE]
        Roxanne H. Jones Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4001), H5594 [15JY]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7428 [7AU]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H1021 [10MR]
        Taxation:  allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades, (see H.R. 3110), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ 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), H7585
            [10SE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H9722
            [6OC]
        ------ exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the
            computation of capital gains relative to the earned income
            credit, (see H.R. 1800), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ 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]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H447 [11FE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H1445
            [24MR]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
            insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
            tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H579 [24FE]
        ------ treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm
            rental income, (see H.R. 1261), H1299 [18MR]
        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), H3625 [20MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7690 [14SE]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4000), H5594 [15JY]
        Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century:  repeal the
            Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot
            Program, (see H.R. 4466), H7412 [6AU]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3106 [12MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H3488 [19MY]
        Valley Forge National Historical Park:  designate lands as the
            Valley Forge National Cemetery, (see H.R. 4365), H6879 [31JY]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3625 [20MY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6187 [22JY]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H4962 [22JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Education:  require local agencies to develop and implement random
            drug testing for secondary school students, (see H.R. 4378),
            H6879 [31JY]
        Medicare:  preserve access to home health services for the sickest
            and most frail, continue participation by cost-effective
            providers, and reduce fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 4495), H7413
            [6AU]
        ------ provide that funds received from a tobacco industry
            settlement shall be used for part A, (see H.R. 3172), H385 [5FE]
        ------ respond to requests of skilled nursing facilities for private
            accreditation in the same manner as for other providers of
            services, (see H.R. 4075), H4711 [17JN]
        National forests:  suspend development of a roadless area policy
            pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
            affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H677 [26FE]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H7181 [5AU]
      Essays: Voice of Democracy
        Kennedy, Matthew, E962<bullet> [22MY]
      Remarks
        Bellefonte, PA:  tribute to Bellefonte Area High School for
            participation in Central District History Day Project
            Competition, E729<bullet> [30AP]
        Budget:  treatment of any future budget surpluses, H844 [4MR]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H9191 [1OC]
        Clinton, President:  evaluation of administration, H846 [4MR], H2821
            [6MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  Drug Courts Program funding through rescissions
            in Economic Development Administration, H7125 [4AU]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding,
            H6018 [21JY], H6019 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6018 [21JY], H6019 [21JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7125 [4AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6245 [23JY], H6246 [23JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 574), H9608 [6OC]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267), H2762 [5MY]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6245 [23JY], H6246 [23JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H846 [4MR], H8043
            [18SE], H10674 [13OC], H10810 [13OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H10649 [12OC], H10674 [13OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8043 [18SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), H4455 [10JN]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees (H.R. 2888), H4472 [10JN]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood (H.R. 4257), H9123 [28SE]
        Gnoffo, Joyce A.:  Blind Worker of the Year award recipient,
            E228<bullet> [25FE]
        Gore, Vice President:  assessment of environmental proposals, H7499
            [10SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            H9155 [28SE], H9159 [28SE]
        Iraq:  U.S. policy, H9728 [7OC]
        National security:  national missile defense system, H9596 [6OC]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1613 [26MR]
        ----- treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1606 [26MR]
        Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week:  observance, E965<bullet> [22MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1786
            [31MR]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H5473
            [14JY], H6804 [30JY], H6806 [30JY], H6809 [30JY]
        ------ investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and
            expenditure practices, H1786 [31MR]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens, H5473 [14JY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs (S. 2364), H10745 [13OC]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H844 [4MR], H848
            [4MR]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, H584 [25FE]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2147 [22AP]
        ------ rates, H635 [26FE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H844 [4MR], H2147 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H844
            [4MR], H4973 [23JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, H1151 [12MR], H1242 [18MR]
        ----- conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any
            international agreement relative to Kyoto Protocol (H.R. 3807),
            H3031 [12MY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H10408<bullet> [10OC], H10966<bullet>
            [15OC]
        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, H6804 [30JY], H6806 [30JY],
            H6809 [30JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H674 [26FE], H1156 [12MR], H1640 [26MR],
            H7485 [9SE], H10511 [10OC], H10665 [12OC]
      Tributes
        McDade, Representative, H9251 [1OC]
        Riggs, Representative, H11010 [15OC]
        Solomon, Representative, H9608 [6OC]