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

    ROTHMAN, STEVEN R. (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H755 [3MR]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4961 [22JN]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H4325 [9JN]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H6453 [24JY]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10917 [14OC]
        Contracts:  allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
            disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H9179 [28SE]
        Copyrights:  duration of protection, (see H.R. 604), H329 [4FE]
        Courts:  establish or expand existing community prosecution
            programs, (see H.R. 863), H497 [12FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H498 [12FE]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ increase research of link between violence against animals
            and violence against humans, (see H. Con. Res. 286), H4479
            [10JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H4629 [16JN]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H2237 [22AP]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2707 [30AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4220),
            H7585 [10SE]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see H.R. 2545), H330 [4FE]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H5405 [25JN]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H7690 [14SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  recognize the importance of
            children and families, (see H. Con. Res. 302), H6070 [21JY]
        FDA:  establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
            H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H1236 [17MR]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H7494 [9SE]
        Gardner, Ava:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
            H4325 [9JN]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2814 [5MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H2237 [22AP]
        Human rights:  anniversary of the signing of the Universal
            Declaration of Human Rights, (see H. Con. Res. 185), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ expedite the declassification of certain documents relating
            to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see H.R.
            2635), H10833 [13OC]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
            surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
            cancer diagnosis, (see H.R. 616), H1299 [18MR]
        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), H2605
            [29AP]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H7415 [6AU]
        Italy, Republic of:  U.N. Security Council membership, (see H. Res.
            333), H2606 [29AP]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H4880 [19JN]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
            Res. 561), H9346 [2OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
            350), H5404 [25JN]
        Libya:  exception to foreign sovereign immunity relative to
            jurisdiction of U.S. courts for claims arising out of terrorist
            bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, (see H.R. 3026), H498 [12FE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H386 [5FE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments, (see H.R.
            1018), H447 [11FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H3625 [20MY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H578 [24FE]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        NIH:  expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone
            diseases, (see H.R. 2697), H497 [12FE]
        ------ expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H5492 [14JY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H4550 [11JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H4629 [16JN]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H64 [27JA]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H447 [11FE]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
            program, (see H. Res. 340), H1168 [16MR]
        Tariff:  wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H10353 [9OC]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4479 [10JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4325 [9JN]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H5405
            [25JN]
        ------ provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast
            and prostate cancer research fund, (see H.R. 209), H678 [26FE]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H7803 [15SE]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
            Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
        Turkey:  anniversary of the burning of Smyrna, (see H. Con. Res.
            148), H679 [26FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2120 [21AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7585
            [10SE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H1777 [30MR]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5594 [15JY]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H3489 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4497), H7413 [6AU]
        OSHA:  require employers to notify local emergency officials of
            workplace emergencies, (see H.R. 4231), H5593 [15JY]
        Tobacco products:  prohibit use of vending machines other than in
            locations in which the presence of minors is prohibited, (see
            H.R. 3298), H677 [26FE]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
      Letters
        Armenian genocide anniversary:  by, E668<bullet> [23AP]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11733 [17DE]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, E668<bullet> [23AP]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4366 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4366 [10JN]
        Cangiolosi, Nick:  Boys' Town (organization) Humanitarian Award
            recipient, E1835<bullet> [28SE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6482<bullet> [27JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10020 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11797 [18DE]
        ------ State of the Union Message, H69 [28JA]
        Courts:  clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings
            and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H1136 [12MR]
        Crime:  establish toll-free telephone number for the reporting of
            stolen and abandoned motor vehicles (H.R. 501), H389 [11FE]
        Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6996<bullet> [3AU]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            H10258<bullet> [9OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  mass transit systems funding, H1023 [11MR]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7395
            [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7395 [6AU]
            scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502), H2655
            [30AP]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H855 [5MR]
        Epstein, Eleanor:  Bergen County, NJ, United Jewish Appeal
            (organization) honoree, E769<bullet> [6MY]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  observance, H1541<bullet> [25MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H5506 [15JY], H6075 [22JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            337), H584 [25FE]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (H.R. 1415), H246 [4FE]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Puerto Rico, E2037<bullet>
            [10OC]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran (H.R. 3743), H6920 [3AU]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11733 [17DE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 490), H5307 [25JN]
        Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2367 [28AP]
        Kempner, Jacqueline:  Bergen County, NJ, United Jewish Appeal
            (organization) honoree, E771<bullet> [6MY]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
            H3050 [12MY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10258<bullet> [9OC]
        New Jersey:  tribute to Korean War veterans, E1188<bullet> [22JN]
        ------ tribute to Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken High
            School, and Engineered Solutions participants at the For
            Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
            competition, E1163<bullet> [18JN]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1605 [26MR]
        Polish-American Heritage Month:  observance, E2134<bullet> [13OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4727 [18JN]
        Real property:  courts of appeals and district court jurisdiction
            relative to private property owner rights, H1136 [12MR]
        ------ private property owner rights (H.R. 992), H1136 [12MR]
        Saudi Arabia:  resolution of commercial disputes with Hill
            International, Inc., E1732<bullet> [16SE]
        Taxation:  tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction (H.R. 3320), H855 [5MR]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism (H. Con. Res.
            220), H2758<bullet> [5MY]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, H2125 [22AP]
        ------ prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in
            which the presence of minors is prohibited (H.R. 3298), H655
            [26FE], E247<bullet> [26FE]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2125 [22AP],
            H4727 [18JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), H1023 [11MR]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel (H.R. 3236), E167<bullet>
            [12FE]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (H. Con. Res. 295),
            H10455<bullet> [10OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H4078 [4JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1546 [25MR], H4048 [3JN]
        Special order:  granted, H674 [26FE], H6997 [3AU]
      Tributes
        Bernal, Sandra, E1374<bullet> [21JY]
        Calabrese, Gerry, E1192<bullet> [22JN]
        Cangialosi, Nick, E2229<bullet> [16OC]
        Franco, Louis, Sr., E1837<bullet> [28SE]
        Hamilton, Representative, H9172<bullet> [28SE]