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

    CALLAHAN, SONNY (a Representative from Alabama)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6702 [29JY],
            H6823 [30JY], H7218 [5AU], H7219 [5AU]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
        ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, H6600
            [29JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Don't Attack Hyde for Indiscretions of Decades Ago, He's Paid His
            Dues, James Pinkerton, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E2004<bullet>
            [9OC]
        J. Reese Phifer, 82, Founder of Aluminum Screen Empire, New York
            (NY) Times, E2345<bullet> [18DE]
        One Man's Sweetest Legacy, Mobile (AL) Register, E2344<bullet>
            [18DE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide
            under the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H579 [24FE]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H904 [5MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        ------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
            H.R. 2537), H101 [28JA]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2318 [23AP]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H101 [28JA]
        Citizenship:  constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of
            individuals based solely on birth in the U.S., (see H.J. Res.
            26), H2120 [21AP]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H5405 [25JN]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H1299 [18MR]
        Crime:  prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H4055 [3JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 76), H100 [28JA]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1699 [27MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study effects of double-crested cormorants
            on commercial and recreational fish species and prepare
            population management strategy, (see H.R. 4754), H10076 [8OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H5405
            [25JN]
        Ecuador:  human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
            353), H385 [5FE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English, (see H.R. 3680), H3312 [14MY]
        Fish and fishing:  disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
            reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
            (see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H4835 [18JN]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H5737 [16JY], (see H.R. 4232), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ promote economic opportunities for families, (see H.R. 1040),
            H678 [26FE]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1445
            [24MR]
        ------ develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects, (see H.R. 1114), H497 [12FE]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        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]
        John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL:  designate, (see H.R.
            1804), H2055 [1AP]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3744
            [21MY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H447 [11FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
            [10SE]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
            objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
            (see H.R. 3645), H2052 [1AP]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H6820 [30JY]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H100 [28JA]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H100 [28JA]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H904 [5MR]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
            [22AP]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H63 [27JA]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national
            retail sales tax, (see H.R. 2001), H241 [3FE]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
            [7AU]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3014 [7MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations, (see H.R. 4569), H7802 [15SE]
        Tariff:  KL540, (see H.R. 3414), H1020 [10MR]
        ------ methyl thioglycolate, (see H.R. 3415), H1020 [10MR]
      Letters
        School of the Americas funding:  William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense,
            H8008 [17SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5199 [24JN]
        Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), H10581 [12OC],
            H10584 [12OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), H10864 [14OC]
        ------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H10581 [12OC]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7991 [17SE], H7999 [17SE]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11842 [18DE]
        Colombia:  provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
            enforcement efforts (H. Res. 398), H1719<bullet> [30MR]
        Customs Service:  enforcement of U.S.-Canada softwood lumber
            agreement, H5199 [24JN], H5690 [16JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  School of the Americas funding, H8007 [17SE]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees,
            including any appointed independent counsel, and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7240 [5AU]
        ------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7240 [5AU]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            H1600<bullet> [26MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5690 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
            485), H5312 [25JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7162 [4AU], H7163
            [4AU], H7164 [4AU], H7218 [5AU], H7219 [5AU], H7223 [5AU], H7225
            [5AU], H7226 [5AU], H7240 [5AU]
        Development Fund for Africa:  funding, H1069 [11MR], H1070 [11MR]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries, H8001 [17SE]
        Fish and fishing:  fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana,
            Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7219 [5AU],
            H7223 [5AU], H7225 [5AU], H7226 [5AU]
        Foreign countries:  prohibit funding for foreign security forces
            based on Dept. of State assessment of human rights violations,
            E1768<bullet> [18SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7946 [17SE], H7951 [17SE], H7956
            [17SE], H7957 [17SE], H7978 [17SE], H7980 [17SE], H7982 [17SE],
            H7983 [17SE], H7991 [17SE], H7999 [17SE], H8001 [17SE], H8005
            [17SE], H8007 [17SE], E1768<bullet> [18SE]
        Foreign policy:  allocation of economic assistance, H10923 [15OC]
        ------ authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
            Africa (H.R. 1432), H1069 [11MR], H1070 [11MR]
        IMF:  funding, H7978 [17SE], H7980 [17SE], H7982 [17SE], H7983
            [17SE]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7991 [17SE], H7999 [17SE]
        National Commission on Terrorism:  establish, H7978 [17SE]
        NOAA:  National Marine Fisheries Service funding, H7218 [5AU]
        ------ reduce National Marine Fisheries Service funding for Coast
            Guard enforcement of fishing regulations relative to drug
            interdiction activities, H7218 [5AU]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  enforcement of U.S.-Japan
            insurance agreement, H7162 [4AU], H7163 [4AU], H7164 [4AU]
        ------ funding, H7162 [4AU], H7163 [4AU], H7164 [4AU]
        Point of order, H7985 [17SE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8751<bullet> [25SE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H9343 [2OC]
      Reports filed
        Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
            Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4569)
            (H. Rept. 105-719), H7802 [15SE]
      Tables
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7946-H7950 [17SE]
      Tributes
        Hyde, Representative, E2004<bullet> [9OC]
        Long, D.H. (Buck), E918<bullet> [20MY]
        McAleer, Joseph A., Sr., E2344<bullet> [18DE]
        Phifer, J. Reese, E2345<bullet> [18DE]
        Vogel, William, E116<bullet> [5FE]