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

    UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)
      Amendments
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4062 [3JN], H4063 [3JN], H5839 [17JY]
      Appointments
        Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3074 [12MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide
            under the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H4055 [3JN]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2237
            [22AP]
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, (see H. Con.
            Res. 320), H8627 [24SE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H579 [24FE]
        CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
            improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
            (see H.R. 4621), H8932 [25SE]
        Clinton, President:  reimburse Federal Government for costs incurred
            by the Office of Independent Counsel, (see H. Res. 532), H8035
            [17SE]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H2705 [30AP]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H1112 [11MR]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), corrections in enrollment of conference report,
            (see H. Con. Res. 354), H11695 [20OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H4548 [11JN]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people, (see H. Res. 267), H1021
            [10MR]
        Education:  allow a Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses,
            (see H.R. 3282), H676 [26FE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H7290 [5AU]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8932 [25SE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3014 [7MY]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H100 [28JA]
        FCC:  authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H679 [26FE]
        FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see
            H.R. 4383), H6999 [3AU]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1854 [31MR]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2056 [1AP]
        Health:  awareness and use of federally-supported research findings
            on the social and economic costs of sleep deprivation and sleep
            disorders, (see H. Con. Res. 250), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H7179 [4AU]
        Housing:  remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing,
            (see H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H6453 [24JY]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
            2955), H3105 [12MY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1777 [30MR]
        Insurance:  provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H2236 [22AP]
        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]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2120 [21AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  exemption from State laws prohibiting
            carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 218), H2055 [1AP]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  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), H6880 [31JY]
        Lighthouses:  establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
            program, (see H.R. 2970), H447 [11FE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8932 [25SE]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H578 [24FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4479 [10JN]
        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), H7915
            [16SE]
        National Days of Dialogue:  support in association with the national
            celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., (see H.
            Con. Res. 195), H330 [4FE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4479 [10JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3581), H1776 [30MR]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H6820 [30JY]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H4629 [16JN]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H9346 [2OC]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H497 [12FE]
        ------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
            530), H1643 [26MR]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ use of individuals other than merit-staffed or civil service
            employees in providing certain employment services, (see H.R.
            3994), H4164 [4JN]
        Taxation:  allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades, (see H.R. 3110), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
            motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designation of overpayments for use in biomedical research
            conducted through the NIH, (see H.R. 3563), H1642 [26MR]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1237 [17MR]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ 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 information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see H.R. 3127), H1379 [23MR]
        ------ treatment of benefits to retired coal miners, (see H.R.
            2231), H1379 [23MR]
        ------ treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
            connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H498 [12FE]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H2931 [6MY]
        Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
            encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
            networks, (see H.R. 3844), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3972 [22MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3247 [13MY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Weapons:  restrict the mail order sale of body armor, (see H.R.
            959), H5404 [25JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate, (see H.R.
            3808), H3013 [7MY]
        Embarcadero (vessel):  certificate of documentation, (see H.R.
            4557), H7617 [11SE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H3246 [13MY]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H630 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of Lake Champlain, (see H.R. 3544), H1444 [24MR]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3889), H3312
            [14MY]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H387 [11FE], H7811 [16SE]
      Letters
        Retirement of John E. Lobbia:  Michigan congressional delegation,
            E1312<bullet> [15JY]
      Remarks
        Baroda, MI:  unveiling of postage stamp highlighting organ donation
            awareness, E1559<bullet> [5AU]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate (H.R. 3808),
            H3994 [3JN]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6117<bullet> [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11904 [18DE]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 574), H9609 [6OC]
        Dowagiac, MI:  anniversary, E1355<bullet> [20JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8040 [18SE], H8041
            [18SE], H8043 [18SE], H8044 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8040 [18SE], H8041 [18SE],
            H8043 [18SE], H8044 [18SE]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1757 [30MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8787 [25SE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (H.R.
            3862), E847<bullet> [13MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6380<bullet> [24JY]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (H.R. 2202), H3428 [19MY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H5722 [16JY]
        Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
            transportation trust funds, H1900 [1AP]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3789 [22MY]
        Racial relations:  encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
            U.S., H1212 [17MR]
        States:  minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
            projects, H1900 [1AP]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors (H.R. 3889), E857<bullet>
            [14MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1900 [1AP]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H10009 [7OC]
      Tributes
        Belski, Anthony, E1066<bullet> [9JN]
        Brown, Garry E., E2265<bullet> [21OC]
        Freeland, Wes, E1872<bullet> [1OC]
        Griffin, Tony, E20<bullet> [27JA]
        Lewis, Representative John, H1212 [17MR]
        Lobbia, John E., E1312<bullet> [15JY]
        Solomon, Representative, H9609 [6OC]
        Wenham, Charlotte, E1069<bullet> [9JN]