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

    SMITH, ROBERT F. (BOB) (a Representative from Oregon)
      Amendments
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1664 [27MR], H1673 [27MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
            Reform Act, H535 [24FE]
      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), H2706 [30AP]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  amend, (see H.R. 3000), H1699 [27MR]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Contracts:  prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
            the basis of labor policies, (see H.R. 1378), H4325 [9JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Douglas County, OR:  conveyance of certain BLM lands, (see H.R.
            4630), H8931 [25SE]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
        Endangered species:  protection of the California spotted owl and
            its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
        Endangered Species Act:  transfer enforcement functions of the
            National Marine Fisheries Service to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
            Service, (see H.R. 4335), H6453 [24JY]
        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), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H1445 [24MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647),
            H9084 [26SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H9275 [1OC]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2707 [30AP]
        Health:  revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see H.R. 2202), H1854 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H4479
            [10JN]
        Housing:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7413 [6AU]
        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]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
            [11JN]
        National Park System:  regulation of airspace over park lands, (see
            H.R. 4268), H5859 [17JY]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        Postal Service:  limit commercial nonpostal services, (see H.R.
            198), H1236 [17MR]
        States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H2706 [30AP]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H447 [11FE]
        ------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing,
            (see H.R. 1241), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            4399), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H6187
            [22JY]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H10077 [8OC]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5593 [15JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
            (see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, (see H.R. 4618), H8626 [24SE]
            relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather (H.R. 4618), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 551), H8626 [24SE]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  limit CFTC authority to alter the
            regulation of certain hybrid instruments and swap agreements,
            (see H.R. 4507), H7414 [6AU]
        Export Apple and Pear Act:  limit applicability to apples, (see H.R.
            4148), H5402 [25JN]
        Foreign trade:  reduce barriers between U.S. and Canadian
            agricultural products, (see H. Res. 583), H10076 [8OC]
        Forest Service:  increase fees paid by holders of special use
            permits that authorize construction and occupancy of private
            recreation houses or cabins, (see H.R. 3765), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system,
            (see H.R. 4149), H5402 [25JN]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H1020 [10MR]
        Lake County, OR:  land exchange, (see H.R. 3569), H1643 [26MR]
        National forests:  require that forest conservation and preservation
            programs be consistent with existing public land management and
            environmental laws, (see H.R. 3530), H1444 [24MR]
        Nonprofit organizations:  exempt from certain liability requirements
            relative to rights-of-way on public lands, (see H.R. 3187), H445
            [11FE]
        Oregon:  clarify BLM authority to make sales and exchanges of
            certain Federal lands, (see H.R. 3542), H1444 [24MR]
        Rogue River National Forest:  convey administrative site and use
            proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
            support buildings, (see H.R. 3796), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
            lands and clarify BLM authority to sell and exchange other
            Federal lands in Oregon, (see H.R. 4326), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain lands,
            (see H.R. 3186), H445 [11FE]
        States:  establish a pilot program for mediation of private rights
            of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
            Protection Act, (see H.R. 3317), H850 [4MR]
        Water:  Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to
            State water rights adjudications, (see H.R. 3557), H1549 [25MR]
      Conference reports
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act (S.
            1150), H2171-H2205 [22AP]
      Letters
        Improve access to outdoor recreation opportunities for disabled
            individuals:  by, H10846 [14OC]
        Prevent issuance of food stamps to deceased individuals:  by,
            H10936<bullet> [15OC]
        ------ Representative Archer, H10936 [15OC]
        Regulation of loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets:  Jack Cassidy, CoBank, H5076 [24JN]
        Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act:  by, H9507<bullet> [5OC]
        ------ Representative Gilman, H9507<bullet> [5OC]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  by, H7846 [16SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4123 [4JN], H4124
            [4JN], H4126 [4JN], H4127 [4JN], H4129 [4JN], H4132 [4JN]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3771 [22MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H516 [24FE], H519 [24FE]
        ------ price supports for peanuts, H5020 [23JN]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            H6925 [3AU], H6926 [3AU], H6929 [3AU]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7703 [15SE], H9327
            [2OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, H11656<bullet> [20OC]
        ------ research programs funding, H4987 [23JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4986 [23JN], H4987 [23JN],
            H5006 [23JN], H5020 [23JN], H5024 [23JN], H5076 [24JN], H5087
            [24JN], H5209 [24JN], H5210 [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9327
            [2OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7703 [15SE]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11656<bullet> [20OC]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5451
            [14JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6107 [22JY]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy (H. Con. Res. 301), E1530<bullet> [4AU]
        ------ financial and economic stability, E454<bullet> [24MR],
            E791<bullet> [7MY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11942<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Congress:  visit by legislators from the Republic of China,
            E1131<bullet> [16JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5006 [23JN]
        ------ limit funding for livestock protection from predatory
            wildlife, H5024 [23JN], H5209 [24JN], H5210 [24JN]
        ------ Market Access Program funding, H5087 [24JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5076 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  reallocation of Forest Service timber
            management to watershed improvement and recreational management,
            H6050 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6050 [21JY], H6132 [22JY], H6133 [22JY], H6135
            [22JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6738<bullet> [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report,
            H11656<bullet> [20OC]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), H7827<bullet> [16SE]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7056<bullet> [4AU]
        Export Apple and Pear Act:  limit applicability to apples (H.R.
            4148), H9503<bullet> [5OC]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4124 [4JN], H4126 [4JN], H4127 [4JN]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), H10936<bullet> [15OC]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements, H6929 [3AU]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8777 [25SE]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9506<bullet>
            [5OC]
        Forest Service:  increase fees paid by holders of special use
            permits that authorize construction and occupancy of private
            recreation houses or cabins (H.R. 3765), E732<bullet> [30AP]
        ------ indirect support activities funding, H6132 [22JY], H6133
            [22JY], H6135 [22JY]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system
            (H.R. 4149), E1273<bullet> [26JN]
        ------ road construction funding, H1673 [27MR]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), consideration (H. Res. 394), H1623
            [26MR]
        ------ establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1651 [27MR], H1656 [27MR], H1658
            [27MR], H1664 [27MR], H1669 [27MR], H1672 [27MR], H1673 [27MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6375 [24JY]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5006 [23JN]
        Oregon:  establish global position systems and weather systems at
            rural airports, H6738<bullet> [29JY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H3772 [22MY], H4126 [4JN]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts (H.R. 1197), H10261 [9OC]
        Real property:  private property owner rights (H.R. 992), H1089
            [11MR]
        Rogue River National Forest:  convey administrative site and use
            proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
            support buildings (H.R. 3796), H4596 [16JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for farmers and small businesses and
            extend certain expiring provisions (H.R. 4738), H10631<bullet>
            [12OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8937 [26SE]
      Reports filed
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
            Committee of Conference (S. 1150) (H. Rept. 105-492), H2236
            [22AP]
        Recovery and Protection Program for Public and Private Forests and
            Inventory, Monitor, and Analyze Their Resources:  Committee on
            Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2515) (H. Rept. 105-440), H1158 [12MR]
        Require the President To Report to Congress on Any Selective Embargo
            on Agricultural Commodities:  Committee on Agriculture (House)
            (H.R. 3654) (H. Rept. 105-631), H5735 [16JY]
      Statements
        President Lee Teng-Hui Seeks Dialogue With Mainland China,
            E1798<bullet> [24SE]
      Tributes
        Gilchrest, Representative, H1654 [27MR]
        Gross, Richard E., E1691<bullet> [10SE]
        Hogan, John E., E224<bullet> [25FE]
        Lochmann, Leroy, E1661<bullet> [9SE]
        Zerzan, Charles and Joan, E93<bullet> [4FE]