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

    MARTINEZ, MATTHEW G. (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H332
            [4FE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7543 [10SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8057 [18SE]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, H3966 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2073, Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention
            Act, H9204 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, H8602 [24SE]
        National Education Goals Panel, H510 [24FE]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry, (see H.R. 3168), H385 [5FE]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H447 [11FE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  improve child care provided through Federal
            facilities and programs, (see H.R. 2982), H5493 [14JY]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5493 [14JY]
        China, Republic of:  participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H578 [24FE]
        Colleges and universities:  improve international education at
            postsecondary institutions, (see H.R. 3311), H754 [3MR]
        Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
            4629), H8931 [25SE]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1699 [27MR]
        Courts:  confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
            proceedings, (see H.R. 3577), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1445 [24MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H5493 [14JY]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3601), H1776 [30MR], (see H.R.
            3551), H2707 [30AP]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H447 [11FE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, (see H.R. 2145), H2055 [1AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  ensure individuals who undertake federally funded
            research and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements,
            (see H.R. 3758), H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5493 [14JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H4550 [11JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R. 3875), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
            commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240),
            H4835 [18JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  determination of service connection for
            certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
            warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
            3279), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ improve programs providing counseling and treatment for
            sexual trauma experienced by veterans, (see H.R. 2253), H1550
            [25MR]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see H.R. 2545), H5493 [14JY]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people, (see H. Res. 267), H1021
            [10MR]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
            training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
            4552), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Electronic Fund Transfer Act:  require additional disclosures
            relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international
            transactions, (see H.R. 3726), H3247 [13MY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood, (see H.R. 4257), H5737 [16JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  child abuse and neglect
            prevention, (see H.R. 1823), H755 [3MR]
        ------ establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child
            support obligations, (see H.R. 2925), H447 [11FE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN] increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
            Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
        FDA:  establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
            H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
        Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act:  repeal preemption
            provision, (see H.R. 4498), H9723 [6OC]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H1236 [17MR]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H1236
            [17MR]
        Firearms:  requirements for dealers and owners relative to gun
            safety devices to prevent access by children, (see H.R. 814),
            H2931 [6MY]
        Food:  establish independent agency responsible for safety,
            labeling, and inspection, (see H.R. 2801), H1379 [23MR]
        ------ improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 3052), H2120
            [21AP]
        ------ purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H5737 [16JY]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H2423 [28AP]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H579 [24FE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H9275 [1OC]
        FRS:  provide that Federal Reserve Banks be covered by certain
            regulations relative to labor-management relations, (see H.R.
            3067), H4479 [10JN]
        Guatemala:  investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and
            implementation of peace accords, (see H. Res. 421), H2931 [6MY]
        Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
            for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
            H5957 [20JY]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ 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), H5405
            [25JN]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H447 [11FE]
        Housing:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H445 [11FE]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H5405 [25JN]
        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), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
            mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H579 [24FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Kneeling Nun Mountain National Monument:  establish, (see H. Con.
            Res. 303), H5956 [20JY]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
            (see H.R. 2850), H1159 [12MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H579 [24FE], (see H.R. 3156), H1550 [25MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H2318 [23AP]
        ------ expand county-operated health insurance organizations
            authorized to enroll beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3014), H7494 [9SE]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5405
            [25JN], (see H.R. 3205), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7618 [11SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
        Mexico:  renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H7585 [10SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National forests:  ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity,
            and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests
            and roadless areas, (see H.R. 1376), H1112 [11MR]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H5593 [15JY]
        National Labor Relations Act:  require arbitration of initial
            contract negotiation disputes, (see H.R. 2848), H5593 [15JY]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H3014 [7MY]
        NIH:  improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
            3001), H6820 [30JY]
        Oceans:  develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities
            policy, (see H.R. 2547), H330 [4FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4056 [3JN]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H6697 [29JY]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            (see H.R. 2154), H2055 [1AP]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5957 [20JY]
        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), H4325 [9JN]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H909 [9MR]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H9275 [1OC]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H9346 [2OC]
        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), H755 [3MR]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H6698 [29JY]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children, (see H.R. 3459), H1158 [12MR]
        States:  require equal education funding throughout the State, (see
            H.R. 1234), H5737 [16JY]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
            opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H6070
            [21JY]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing,
            (see H.R. 1241), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2331 [27AP]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
            certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
            3942), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see H.R. 3774), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ treatment of tax payments from certain religious individuals
            relative to nonmilitary purposes, (see H.R. 2660), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ treatment of tobacco products, (see H.R. 3027), H4055 [3JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H5594 [15JY]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels,
            compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and
            enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research,
            (see H.R. 3028), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in
            which the presence of minors is prohibited, (see H.R. 3298),
            H677 [26FE]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H5405 [25JN]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H2318 [23AP]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for
            U.N. peacekeeping activities, (see H.R. 299), H7803 [15SE]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H1699 [27MR]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H8035 [17SE]
        Women:  constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights, (see H.J.
            Res. 66), H5494 [14JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1699 [27MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1699 [27MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs,
            (see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3311 [14MY]
        Education:  terminate social promotion in schools, (see H. Res.
            401), H1776 [30MR]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3311
            [14MY]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3311 [14MY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11664<bullet> [20OC]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2211<bullet> [22AP]
        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), H6483<bullet> [27JY]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9127<bullet>
            [28SE], H10796 [13OC]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs (H.R. 3666),
            E584<bullet> [2AP]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish (H.R. 3007), H7668<bullet>
            [14SE]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R.
            3880), E860<bullet> [14MY], E967<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7639 [14SE], H7640 [14SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10207<bullet> [8OC]
        Crime:  national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R.
            3), H7741 [15SE]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H348
            [5FE]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), consideration (H.
            Res. 348), H342 [5FE], H344 [5FE]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11664<bullet> [20OC]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities (S. 2432), H10286 [9OC]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), H2668<bullet> [30AP]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267), H2761 [5MY],
            H2764 [5MY]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7532 [10SE], H7543 [10SE], H7544 [10SE],
            H7545 [10SE], H7546 [10SE], H7550 [10SE], H7551 [10SE]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7528 [10SE]
        ------ family literacy services funding relative to bilingual
            education, H7550 [10SE]
        ------ Federal funding to local school districts relative to
            compliance with State laws on bilingual education, H7543 [10SE],
            H7544 [10SE], H7545 [10SE], H7546 [10SE]
        ------ improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), H10290 [9OC],
            H10291 [9OC]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H8039 [18SE], H8040
            [18SE], H8041 [18SE], H8042 [18SE], H8044 [18SE], H8045 [18SE]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, H8058 [18SE], H8059 [18SE], H8067 [18SE], H8068 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8039 [18SE], H8040 [18SE],
            H8041 [18SE], H8042 [18SE], H8044 [18SE], H8045 [18SE], H8058
            [18SE], H8059 [18SE], H8067 [18SE], H8068 [18SE]
        ------ terminate social promotion in schools (H. Res. 401), H4604
            [16JN], H4605 [16JN]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            H10201<bullet> [8OC]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, H6867 [31JY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood (H.R. 4257), H9124<bullet> [28SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H396 [11FE],
            H399 [11FE]
        ------ recognize importance of fathers in the raising and
            development of children (H. Res. 417), H4250 [9JN], H4253 [9JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860<bullet>
            [14MY], E967<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7639 [14SE], H7640 [14SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10207<bullet> [8OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            H9161<bullet> [28SE]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding (H. Res. 399),
            H4600 [16JN], H4601 [16JN]
        ------ permit State and local educational agencies to establish
            uniform disciplinary policies, H11664<bullet> [20OC]
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act:  authorizing
            appropriations (H.R. 1818), H7741 [15SE]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860<bullet> [14MY],
            E967<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7639 [14SE], H7640 [14SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10207<bullet> [8OC]
        Music and dance:  recognize the contributions of the cities of
            Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, and their people to the origins
            and development of country music (H. Con. Res. 214), H10275
            [9OC]
        ------ tribute to African-American music (H. Con. Res. 27), H10798
            [13OC]
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
            appropriations (S. 2073), H7741 [15SE]
        National Head Start Association:  anniversary, E1995<bullet> [9OC]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer (S. 2112), H7648 [14SE]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H5872 [20JY]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, H10200<bullet> [8OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1234 [17MR], H1334 [19MR], H4876
            [19JN], H9176 [28SE], H9270 [1OC], H9343 [2OC]
      Subpoena Notices
        Pasadena, CA, Superior Court, H2321 [27AP]
      Tributes
        Bradley, Tom, E1991<bullet> [9OC]
        Gonzalez, Representative, H10349<bullet> [9OC]
        Harman, Representative, E2322<bullet> [12NO]