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

    DICKS, NORMAN D. (a Representative from Washington)
      Appointments
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select), H4901
            [22JN]
        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]
        ------ H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
            H6213 [23JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks, (see H.R. 2327), H3105
            [12MY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H3625 [20MY]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H3625
            [20MY]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H1299 [18MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H7584 [10SE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2707 [30AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10353 [9OC]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1159
            [12MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2236 [22AP]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H6187 [22JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        ------ equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R. 3956), H11042
            [16OC]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H851 [4MR]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5493
            [14JY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H2606 [29AP]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
            [21MY]
        Health care professionals:  require military physicians to possess
            unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
            education requirements, (see H.R. 3775), H2705 [30AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3744
            [21MY]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H4055 [3JN]
        Insurance:  coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from
            mastectomies, (see H.R. 164), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage
            or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H8084 [18SE]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        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), H5493 [14JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1643 [26MR]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
            H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs, (see H.R. 4480), H8528 [23SE]
        Medicare:  allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
            special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
            sites, (see H.R. 4160), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H7178 [4AU]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H498 [12FE], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4240 [5JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4595), H8035 [17SE]
        Taxation:  increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated
            in each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H579 [24FE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H497 [12FE]
        ------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 372), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H3625 [20MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H2237 [22AP]
        Thomas S. Foley U.S. Court House, Spokane, WA:  designate, (see H.R.
            4625), H8627 [24SE]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
            H3311 [14MY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H4165 [4JN]
        Washington:  transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of land
            between the Depts. of the Interior and Energy, (see H.R. 4129),
            H5297 [24JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Taxation:  treatment of private sector highway infrastructure
            construction, (see H.R. 3222), H496 [12FE]
      Proclamations
        Tribute to Karen Thorndike:  Port Angeles, WA, City Council,
            E2280<bullet> [21OC]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11650<bullet> [20OC]
        BIA:  allocation of Indian Health Service contract support costs,
            H6129 [22JY], H6130 [22JY]
        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), H6480<bullet> [27JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H4741 [18JN], H4747 [18JN], H4767 [18JN], H4768
            [18JN]
        CIA:  reporting of Federal crimes to the Dept. of Justice, H2978
            [7MY]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), H4767 [18JN], H4768 [18JN]
        ----- establish (H. Res. 463), consideration (H. Res. 476), H4741
            [18JN], H4747 [18JN]
        Dante B. Fascell North-South Center:  designate (H.R. 4757),
            E2290<bullet> [21OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            motion to instruct conferees, H6124 [22JY]
        ------ theater missile defense programs funding, H6124 [22JY]
        Dept. of Energy:  Fossil Energy Research and Development Program
            funding, H6125 [22JY], H6126 [22JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management
            Project funding, H6158 [22JY], H6159 [22JY]
        ------ reallocation of Forest Service timber management to watershed
            improvement and recreational management, H6049 [21JY]
        ------ Urban Park Recreation and Recovery Program funding, H6023
            [21JY], H6024 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5991 [21JY], H5995 [21JY], H5998 [21JY], H6023
            [21JY], H6024 [21JY], H6039 [21JY], H6049 [21JY], H6125 [22JY],
            H6126 [22JY], H6129 [22JY], H6130 [22JY], H6134 [22JY], H6136
            [22JY], H6137 [22JY], H6146 [22JY], H6150 [22JY], H6158 [22JY],
            H6159 [22JY], H6169 [22JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11650<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7264 [5AU]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            H8799<bullet> [25SE]
        Forest Service:  improve management, H6039 [21JY]
        ------ indirect support activities funding, H6134 [22JY], H6136
            [22JY], H6137 [22JY]
        Headwaters Forest:  Federal acquisition of lands, H6042 [21JY]
        Intelligence services:  application of sanctions laws to
            intelligence activities, H2949 [7MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), H2947 [7MY], H2949
            [7MY], H2950 [7MY], H2954 [7MY], H2958 [7MY], H2959 [7MY], H2960
            [7MY], H2978 [7MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), conference report,
            H9730 [7OC], H9735 [7OC], H9737 [7OC], H9738 [7OC]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), conference report, H8556<bullet> [24SE]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5991 [21JY], H5995
            [21JY], H5998 [21JY], H6137 [22JY]
        National parks and recreation areas:  Recreational Fee Demonstration
            Programs extension, H6146 [22JY], H6150 [22JY]
        NOAA:  National Marine Fisheries Service salmon resource management
            funding, H7264 [5AU]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H9739 [7OC]
        Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
            relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
            the People's Republic of China, H4767 [18JN]
        Tongass National Forest:  Forest Service road construction funding,
            H6169 [22JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H10559 [11OC]
      Tributes
        Dellums, Representative, H199 [3FE]
        Fazio, Representative, H8556<bullet> [24SE]
        Hitz, Frederick P., E708<bullet> [29AP]
        McDade, Representative, H9251<bullet> [1OC]
        Thorndike, Karen, E2280<bullet> [21OC]