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

    McCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
            (see H.R. 4417), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Aircraft:  treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft, (see
            H.R. 1521), H2318 [23AP]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2931 [6MY]
        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]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H6487 [27JY]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1236 [17MR]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H1299 [18MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
            called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H10353 [9OC]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H101
            [28JA]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            (see H.R. 3511), H1336 [19MR]
        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),
            H2606 [29AP]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H65 [27JA]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3744 [21MY]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        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), H5494 [14JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6487 [27JY]
        Government:  procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies, (see H.R.
            716), H2318 [23AP]
        Health:  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:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see H.R. 2377), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Labor:  allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to
            improve economic competitiveness, (see H.R. 634), H64 [27JA]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        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), H7178
            [4AU]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H5859 [17JY]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        Remy, France:  tribute to citizens relative to burial of Houston
            Braly, (see H. Con. Res. 141), H330 [4FE]
        ------ tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group
            relative to restoration of stained glass windows, (see H. Con.
            Res. 141), H330 [4FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H578 [24FE]
        Social Security:  provide prisoner information obtained by States to
            Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of
            benefits, (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid, (see H.R. 3501), H6697 [29JY]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
            individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
            coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
            3500), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
            H7415 [6AU]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H7414 [6AU]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H495 [12FE]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see H.R. 3688), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H496
            [12FE]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with
            State legislation, (see H.R. 532), H100 [28JA]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of natural gas gathering lines, (see H.R. 3913),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H6511
            [28JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Medicare:  establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H2705 [30AP]
        Tariff:  printing machinery, (see H.R. 3395), H903 [5MR]
        Taxation:  change basis for determination of refinery limitation on
            oil depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
            H1298 [18MR]
        ------ treatment of interest on indebtedness used to finance the
            furnishing or sale of rate-regulated electric energy or natural
            gas in the U.S. allocated solely to sources within the U.S.,
            (see H.R. 4871), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H2054 [1AP]
      Remarks
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11867 [18DE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6372 [24JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), H5362 [25JN]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8748<bullet> [25SE], E1887<bullet>
            [2OC]
        Taxation:  provide relief for farmers and small businesses and
            extend certain expiring provisions (H.R. 4738), H10629 [12OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8835 [25SE], H8836 [25SE]
        ------ simplify individual capital gains tax, H5362 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of railroad fuel relative to barge industry, H1895
            [1AP]
        ------ treatment of U.S. utilities' foreign investments relative to
            foreign tax credits and deductible interest allocation rules
            (H.R. 4871), E2269<bullet> [21OC]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1895 [1AP]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H9719 [6OC]