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

    SPENCE, FLOYD (a Representative from South Carolina)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3560 [20MY], H3669 [21MY], H3673 [21MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Church and/or State--In the Name of Freedom, Court Takes Away
            Religion, Austin Cunningham, Orangeburg (SC) Times and Democrat,
            E2180<bullet> [15OC]
        Cohen Takes Aim at Readiness--Leaders Fear Return to Hollow Force
            Days, Jon R. Anderson, European Stars and Stripes (publication),
            H2783 [5MY]
        Please, Impeach My Commander and Chief, Daniel J. Rabil, Washington
            (DC) Times, H11952<bullet> [18DE]
        Please, Impeach My Commander in Chief, Daniel J. Rabil, Washington
            (DC) Times, H11939 [18DE], H12006<bullet> [19DE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7617 [11SE]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1112 [11MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H904 [5MR]
        ------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
            H.R. 2537), H11042 [16OC]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H3625 [20MY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and
            intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see H.R. 2923), H3105
            [12MY]
        Dept. of HUD:  modernize requirements and establish consensus
            process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
            standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1854 [31MR]
        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), H6999 [3AU]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6698 [29JY]
        Education:  dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
            the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H4712 [17JN]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
            of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for
            security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes, (see H.R.
            27), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H3247 [13MY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2056 [1AP]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H9346 [2OC]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4835 [18JN]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H6282 [23JY]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ 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. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H7178 [4AU]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1112 [11MR]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
            handguns, (see H.R. 218), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see H. Res. 422), H3013 [7MY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3972 [22MY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H6487 [27JY]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H3366 [18MY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H2813 [5MY]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4327), H6453 [24JY], (see H.R. 4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Panama Canal:  negotiation of a new agreement relative to the
            presence of U.S. Armed Forces, (see H.R. 4858), H11694 [20OC]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7617 [11SE]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H1445 [24MR]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H5405 [25JN]
        Social Security:  computation rule application to workers attaining
            age 65 in or after 1982, (see H.R. 146), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
            limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H1021
            [10MR]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H9275 [1OC]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H1021 [10MR]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of the
            Selected Reserve, (see H.R. 3668), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H1699
            [27MR]
        ------ termination of certain contributions to the Survivor Benefit
            Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H1777 [30MR]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's, (see H. Res. 356),
            H446 [11FE], (see H. Res. 360), H497 [12FE]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region, (see H. Res. 612), H11768 [17DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing military activities appropriations
            and prescribing personnel strengths, (see H.R. 3616), H2051
            [1AP]
        Tariff:  audio system electrical transformers, (see H.R. 3402), H903
            [5MR], (see H.R. 3507), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures, (see H.R.
            3403), H903 [5MR], (see H.R. 3508), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ loudspeakers parts, (see H.R. 3401), H903 [5MR], (see H.R.
            3509), H1336 [19MR]
      Conference reports
        Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and
            Prescribing Personnel Strengths (H.R. 3616), H8097-H8460 [22SE]
      Letters
        Dept. of Defense funding:  Committee on National Security (House),
            H3469 [19MY]
        Posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor to Theodore Roosevelt:  by,
            S12917 [21OC]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  by, H7846 [16SE]
      Memorandums
        Unfunded Requirements of the Military Services:  by, Committee on
            National Security (House), H3468 [19MY]
      Motions
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H6202 [23JY]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H11721 [17DE]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3692 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
            maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol, H3575
            [20MY]
        ------ prohibit funding for assignment of duty at the U.N. Rapidly
            Deployable Missions Headquarters, H3578 [20MY]
        ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
            Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11722 [17DE], H11723 [17DE], H11741
            [17DE]
        Beaufort County, SC:  tribute to Learning With Laptops Program,
            E1258<bullet> [26JN]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4197 [5JN]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H3560 [20MY]
        ------ U.S. policy, H3556 [20MY]
        China, Republic of:  cooperation with U.S. relative to the
            development and acquisition of defensive military articles,
            H8569 [24SE]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11939 [18DE],
            H11951<bullet> [18DE], H12006<bullet> [19DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile
            defense systems (H.R. 2786), H1721 [30MR]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H2782 [5MY], H3467
            [19MY], H3556 [20MY], H3560 [20MY], H3575 [20MY], H3578 [20MY],
            H3666 [21MY], H3675 [21MY], H3677 [21MY], H3679 [21MY], H3681
            [21MY], H3692 [21MY], E1105<bullet> [11JN] authorizing
            appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel
            strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration (H. Res. 441), H3497 [20MY]
            authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), motion to instruct
            conferees, H6122 [22JY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H8075 [18SE]
            authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            H8563 [24SE], H8565 [24SE], H8569 [24SE]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H360<bullet> [5FE]
        ------ fiber optic sensor technology funding, E1105<bullet> [11JN]
        ------ funding, H4197 [5JN]
        ------ theater missile defense programs funding, H6122 [22JY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            H2958 [7MY]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11722 [17DE], H11723 [17DE]
        National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, H2783 [5MY]
        Nuclear weapons:  proliferation, H2782 [5MY]
        Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
            relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
            People's Republic of China, H3556 [20MY]
      Reports filed
        Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Appropriations:  Committee on
            National Security (House) (H.R. 2786) (H. Rept. 105-468), H1642
            [26MR]
        Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and
            Prescribing Personnel Strengths:  Committee on National Security
            (House) (H.R. 3616) (H. Rept. 105-532), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 3616) (H. Rept. 105-736), H8461
            [22SE]
      Tables
        Military service unfunded priorities, H3469 [19MY]
      Tributes
        Cunningham, Austin, E2179<bullet> [15OC]
        Dellums, Representative, H208<bullet> [3FE]
        Kelly, John, E1458<bullet> [29JY]
        Moore, William F. (Frank), E1654<bullet> [9SE]
        Solomon, Representative, E2078<bullet> [11OC]
        Waters, Ronald, E1146<bullet> [17JN]