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

    DUNCAN, JOHN J., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H6455 [24JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Bill of No Rights, Jon Jenson, E1661<bullet> [9SE]
        Dealer of the Year--Magazine Awards Knox Family Firm Scruggs, Inc.,
            Jerry Dean, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, E1387<bullet> [22JY]
        John Ward, Voice of the Vols To Retire, Mike Strange, Knoxville (TN)
            News Sentinel, E1072<bullet> [9JN]
        Legend Steps Down--John Ward, Bill Anderson Will End Long
            Broadcasting Stint Next Year, Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel,
            E1071<bullet> [9JN]
        Military Intervention Would Make It Worse, Jonathan Clarke, Los
            Angeles (CA) Times, H9509 [5OC]
        Reckless Bailouts, James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, H9211
            [1OC]
        Respect People Regardless of Religion, Charlie Reese, H2983 [7MY]
        Ward Has Taken UT Fans on a Great Ride, Knoxville (TN) News
            Sentinel, E1072<bullet> [9JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Appropriations:  establish automatic system for continuing
            appropriations, (see H.R. 1916), H10833 [13OC]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H2120 [21AP]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H3105 [12MY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H5494 [14JY]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
            called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H10353 [9OC]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  continuation of the Food Animal Residue
            Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety, (see H.R.
            2876), H904 [5MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Dept. of Transportation:  Aviation Insurance Program authorization,
            (see H.R. 4058), H4628 [16JN]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
        Education:  ensure that the Government adheres to its commitment to
            State and local governments to share the expense of educating
            disabled children, (see H.R. 3930), H3743 [21MY]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to regulate campaign
            expenditures and contribution limits, (see H.J. Res. 108), H1643
            [26MR]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs, (see H.R. 4057), H4628 [16JN]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H11696 [20OC]
        Food:  consumer access to information on the health benefits of
            foods and dietary supplements, (see H.R. 2868), H2814 [5MY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
        Foreign trade:  prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
            products derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807),
            H1112 [11MR]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H6282 [23JY], (see H.R. 4196), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H4550 [11JN]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2707 [30AP]
        Health:  develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects, (see H.R. 1114), H497 [12FE]
        ------ 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), H4479
            [10JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H4712 [17JN]
        IMF:  ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H1643
            [26MR]
        Insurance:  prohibit use of genetic information in determining
            coverage or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H3014 [7MY]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        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), H10012 [7OC], (see H. Res.
            598), H10917 [14OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:  authorizing appropriations
            and further defining criteria for capital repair, operation, and
            maintenance, (see H.R. 3504), H2931 [6MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8932 [25SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3972 [22MY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3108), H447
            [11FE], (see H.R. 3162), H447 [11FE], (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]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7495 [9SE]
        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, (see H. Con. Res. 214), H3312
            [14MY]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H3105 [12MY]
        National parks and recreation areas:  provide for the collection of
            fees for the making of motion pictures, television productions,
            and sound tracks, (see H.R. 2993), H101 [28JA]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H2119 [21AP]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res. 452), H4165
            [4JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5405 [25JN]
        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), H2319 [23AP]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        Social Security:  computation rule application to workers attaining
            age 65 in or after 1982, (see H.R. 146), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
            530), H1643 [26MR]
        Taxation:  allow capital gains treatment and exception from the
            uniform capitalization rules for certain timber, (see H.R.
            4330), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H631 [25FE]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H904 [5MR]
        ------ clarify the income and gift tax consequences of catching and
            returning record home run baseballs, (see H.R. 4522), H7915
            [16SE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
            contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of individuals requiring home based custodial care,
            (see H.R. 3308), H2056 [1AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H6282 [23JY]
        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]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H3488 [19MY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1700 [27MR]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5593 [15JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3105 [12MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3105 [12MY]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of Defense:  exclude monthly insurance benefits in determining
            the income of certain surviving spouses of military retirees,
            (see H.R. 4582), H7914 [16SE]
        Education:  grants for public policy programs at certain institutes
            and schools, (see H.R. 4830), H10916 [14OC]
        National Park System:  regulation of airspace over park lands, (see
            H.R. 4268), H5859 [17JY]
        Sports:  establish a memorial to sportsmen, (see H.R. 4077), H4834
            [18JN]
        Taxation:  treatment of income from land or development rights sold
            to nonprofit organizations for preservation purposes, (see H.R.
            3286), H676 [26FE]
        World War II:  issue the ``Italy'' clasp for the Army Occupation
            Medal to certain veterans who served in the disputed Italy-
            Yugoslavia area, (see H.R. 3141), H240 [3FE]
      Proclamations
        Learn to Fly Month:  Rodney E. Slater, Sec of Transportation,
            E1082<bullet> [10JN]
      Remarks
        Afghanistan:  U.S. retaliatory bombing raid relative to terrorist
            bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, H9508 [5OC]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11727 [17DE]
        Budget:  treatment of any future budget surpluses, H763 [4MR]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11864 [18DE]
        ------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
            obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
            conduct, H616 [25FE]
        ------ independent counsel report on investigation relative to
            perjury, obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct,
            H8079 [18SE]
        Crime:  require opening of campus security crime logs at
            institutions of higher education, H2870<bullet> [6MY]
        ----- require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions
            of higher education (H.R. 715), H388 [11FE]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, H7245 [5AU]
        Dept. of Transportation:  Aviation Insurance Program authorization
            (H.R. 4058), H5879 [20JY], H5880 [20JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7245 [5AU]
        Diplomats:  require report to Congress relative to diplomatic
            immunity (S. 759), H10857 [14OC]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), H7032 [4AU]
        ------ reevaluate medical equipment and make a decision relative to
            automatic external defibrillators on aircraft (H.R. 2843), H1403
            [24MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  role in character development and
            teaching of moral values, H1837 [31MR]
        Federal aid programs:  correct law relative to termination of
            benefits for convicted persons (H.R. 3096), H1405 [24MR]
        Forest Service:  funding, H1559 [26MR]
        FRS:  bailout of Long-Term Capital, Ltd., hedge fund, H9211 [1OC]
        Government:  procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (S. 314), H9448
            [5OC]
        ------ spending practices, H4967 [23JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H6173 [22JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2870<bullet> [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 411), H2511
            [29AP]
        IMF:  funding, H10343 [9OC]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11727 [17DE]
        ------ U.S. policy, H452 [12FE], H620 [25FE], H621 [25FE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform, H583 [25FE]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, H5392
            [25JN]
        Job Corps:  funding, H7007 [4AU], H7557 [10SE]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, H9508
            [5OC]
        Learn to Fly Month:  observance, E1082<bullet> [10JN]
        Manning, Peyton:  Amateur Athletic Union Sullivan Award recipient,
            H509 [24FE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10256<bullet> [9OC]
        Medicare Payment Advisory Commission:  appointment of individual
            from medical supply industry, H10256<bullet> [9OC]
        National Basketball Association:  labor dispute, H10343 [9OC]
        National Day of Prayer:  observance, H2982 [7MY]
        National Park Service:  construction of employee housing in Yosemite
            National Park, H3118 [13MY]
        National Park System:  regulation of airspace over park lands (H.R.
            4268), E1342<bullet> [17JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3278 [14MY]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9757 [7OC]
        Puerto Rico:  self-determination (H.R. 856), H695 [3MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H253 [4FE]
        Scruggs, Inc.:  Foodservice Equipment and Supplies Magazine Dealer
            of the Year award recipient, E1386<bullet> [22JY]
        Sports:  establish a memorial to sportsmen (H.R. 4077),
            E1164<bullet> [18JN]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, H616 [25FE]
        Sudan:  U.S. retaliatory bombing raid relative to terrorist bombing
            of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, H9508 [5OC]
        Tangier Island, VA:  Town Council rejection of local motion picture
            filming, H1175 [17MR]
        Taxation:  terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097),
            consideration (H. Res. 472), H4645 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of income from land or development rights sold to
            nonprofit organizations for preservation purposes (H.R. 3286),
            E247<bullet> [26FE]
        Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY:  designate
            (H.R. 3864), H9452<bullet> [5OC]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), consideration (H.
            Res. 405), H1865 [1AP]
        University of Tennessee:  tribute to women's basketball team, H1785
            [31MR]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H626 [25FE], H3011 [7MY], H5397 [25JN],
            H6181 [22JY], H7582 [10SE], H9532 [5OC], H10009 [7OC], H10349
            [9OC]
      Tributes
        Hanks, William F., Jr., H5392 [25JN]
        Senter, Monroe D., E243<bullet> [26FE]
        Traficant, Representative, H5392 [25JN]
        Ward, John, E1071<bullet> [9JN]