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

    BROWN, SHERROD (a Representative from Ohio)
      Articles and editorials
        Don't Taiwanese Children Count?, by, Washington (DC) Post,
            H10265<bullet> [9OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Alaska:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Algeria:  human rights violations, (see H. Res. 374), H2424 [28AP]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        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), H101 [28JA]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H1776 [30MR]
        Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
            designate, (see H.R. 4602), H8083 [18SE]
        China, People's Republic of:  ensure that U.S. persons do not
            conduct certain business with the People's Liberation Army or
            the People's Armed Police, (see H.R. 4433), H7495 [9SE]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy, (see H. Con. Res. 301), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ participation in the World Health Organization, (see H. Con.
            Res. 334), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ tribute to efforts relative to Asian financial crisis and for
            encouraging peace and stability in the region, (see H. Con. Res.
            270), H3247 [13MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H851
            [4MR]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H447
            [11FE]
        ----- implementation, (see H.R. 4308), H6186 [22JY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        ------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
            4531), H8528 [23SE]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ procurement of domestic goods and services, (see H. Con. Res.
            266), H2814 [5MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            (see H.R. 3511), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  collection of user fees for navigational
            assistance services, (see H.R. 3674), H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
            veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
            research priorities relative to certain service-related health
            consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4070),
            H5494 [14JY]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5494 [14JY]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H7690 [14SE]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1777
            [30MR]
        Ecology and environment:  ensure recovery of biological diversity,
            strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
            assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
            economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H447 [11FE]
        ------ facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests, (see
            H.R. 2870), H65 [27JA]
        Education:  reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H4712
            [17JN]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  reform provisions relative to child
            labor, (see H.R. 4450), H7495 [9SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  expand coverage and allow leave for
            parental involvement in educational and extracurricular
            activities, (see H.R. 234), H497 [12FE]
        Food:  improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
            [18JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5594 [15JY]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ 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. 3636), H4325 [9JN],
            (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H64 [27JA]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H4056
            [3JN]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
            H2706 [30AP]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H5494 [14JY]
        Health:  apply group health plan portability requirements to
            students covered under college-sponsored health plans, (see H.R.
            1281), H100 [28JA]
        ------ expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H64 [27JA]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see H.R. 2202), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H330 [4FE]
        Human rights:  trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 239), H2120 [21AP]
        Hun Sen:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
            genocide in Cambodia, (see H. Res. 533), H8529 [23SE]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H7290 [5AU]
        Income:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H6698 [29JY]
        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:  assure patient choice and access to services for
            enrollees in group health plans and health insurance coverage,
            (see H.R. 3547), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
            (see H.R. 4222), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative
            vendors in the administration of State children's health
            insurance plans, (see H.R. 3713), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H851 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H851 [4MR]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5859
            [17JY]
        Iron and steel industry:  impose a temporary ban on importation of
            certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, (see H.R.
            4762), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ 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]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        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), H386 [5FE]
        Machal (organization):  tribute to international corps of volunteers
            for efforts towards Israeli independence, (see H. Con. Res.
            268), H3625 [20MY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H579 [24FE]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H4835
            [18JN]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse, (see H.R. 3471), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4653), H10012 [7OC]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H9275
            [1OC]
        ------ coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments, (see H.R.
            1018), H7915 [16SE], (see H.R. 1329), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10011 [7OC], (see
            H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE], (see H.R. 4646), H9083 [26SE]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        NAFTA:  impact on employment and the economy, (see H.R. 3540), H3972
            [22MY]
        National Commission on Terrorism:  establish, (see H.R. 4536), H8932
            [25SE]
        National forests:  ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity,
            and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests
            and roadless areas, (see H.R. 1376), H2236 [22AP]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H64 [27JA]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H9275 [1OC]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        NIH:  improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
            3001), H4165 [4JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H5957 [20JY]
        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), H4479 [10JN]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H11023 [15OC]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H8084
            [18SE]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H385 [5FE]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H577 [24FE]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  designation of overpayments for use in biomedical
            research conducted through the NIH, (see H.R. 3563), H1642
            [26MR]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H755 [3MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H7494
            [9SE]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H8627 [24SE]
        Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
            encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
            networks, (see H.R. 3844), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ protect consumers from cramming of charges on telephone
            bills, (see H.R. 3990), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H755 [3MR]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy:
            designate, (see H.R. 2931), H1237 [17MR]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
        Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H5494 [14JY]
        ------ hosting of Organization for Security and Cooperation in
            Europe summit relative to human rights violations, (see H. Con.
            Res. 179), H101 [28JA]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H631 [25FE]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5494 [14JY]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H6282
            [23JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World War II:  encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
            restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
            557), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ recovery of insurance issued for victims of the Holocaust,
            (see H.R. 3121), H678 [26FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H497 [12FE]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Insurance:  coverage of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 4559), H7690
            [14SE]
        Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
      Letters
        Needle exchange programs:  by, H2463 [29AP]
      Remarks
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6096 [22JY]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy (H. Con. Res. 301), H5889 [20JY]
        ------ participation in the World Health Organization (H. Con. Res.
            219), H4281 [9JN], E178<bullet> [12FE]
        ------ participation in the World Health Organization (H. Con. Res.
            334), H10263 [9OC]
        ------ tribute to efforts relative to Asian financial crisis and for
            encouraging peace and stability in the region (H. Con. Res.
            270), H4281 [9JN]
        Chippewa Lake Village, OH:  observance of St. Patrick's Day as a
            legal holiday, E344<bullet> [10MR]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11910 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11910 [18DE]
        Consumers:  establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of
            Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-
            produced merchandise (H.R. 563), H9473 [5OC]
        Customs Service:  release of report on Mexican drug trafficking
            relative to NAFTA, H7002 [4AU]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem (H. Res.
            212), H10310 [9OC]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, H10360 [10OC]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), H10791 [13OC], H10795
            [13OC]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H. Res. 423), H3036
            [12MY], H3040 [12MY]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 409), H2446 [29AP]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10676 [13OC], H10840
            [14OC]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), consideration (H. Res. 383),
            H1035 [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8603
            [24SE], H8787 [25SE]
        Geauga County, OH:  anniversary of county fair, E1476<bullet> [30JY]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
            countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals (H. Res.
            418), H7675 [14SE]
        Health:  develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects (S. 419), H922 [10MR]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer (H. Res. 565), H10155 [8OC]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), H10768 [13OC], H10771 [13OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H6374 [24JY], H7183 [5AU]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (H.R. 2202), H3427 [19MY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7183 [5AU]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7746 [15SE]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (H.R. 1415), H245 [4FE]
        House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
            consider certain legislation (H. Res. 589), H10360 [10OC]
        Medicare:  treatment of prescription drugs (H.R. 4627), H9163 [28SE]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards (H.R. 8), H5898 [20JY], H5900 [20JY]
        ------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
            standards (H.R. 8), H9900 [7OC]
        NAFTA:  impact on drug trafficking, H7002 [4AU]
        National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service:  designate (H.
            Con. Res. 171), H3424 [19MY]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), H4262 [9JN]
        Racial relations:  encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
            U.S., H1212 [17MR], H1214 [17MR], H1216 [17MR]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8539 [24SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8539 [24SE]
        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 (H.R. 1428), H470 [12FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H6877 [31JY]
        Special order:  granted, H7688 [14SE], H8625 [24SE]
      Tributes
        Glenn, Senator, E1976<bullet> [9OC]
        Lewis, Representative John, H1212 [17MR]
        Perk, Ralph J., E1173<bullet> [19JN]