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

    CLAY, WILLIAM (BILL) (a Representative from Missouri)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H330
            [4FE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2590 [29AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, H3966 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, H8602 [24SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Living Out a Formula for Success--Academy's First Black Professor Is
            Among Top-Rated Chemists, Amy Argetsinger, Washington (DC) Post,
            E408<bullet> [18MR], E424<bullet> [19MR]
        Louis J. Adamie, 83; Was `Mr. Scoreboard' in Big League Baseball
            Lore, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, E30<bullet> [28JA]
        Myth of Educational Attainment--When a Black Woman's Master's Degree
            Equals a White Woman's Bachelor's Degree, Julianne Malveaux,
            Black Issues in Higher Education (publication), E32<bullet>
            [28JA]
        Piecework, TWA Ambassador (publication), E34<bullet> [28JA]
        Priest Led Fight for University Integration, Paul Shore, St. Louis
            (MO) Post Dispatch, E692<bullet> [28AP]
        Significant Education Accomplishments? Not This Congress, H10361
            [10OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7585 [10SE]
        Armed Forces:  anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294),
            H4961 [22JN]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5737 [16JY]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs,
            (see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            (see H.R. 3755), H2605 [29AP]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H851
            [4MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H4835 [18JN]
        ------ increase research of link between violence against animals
            and violence against humans, (see H. Con. Res. 286), H6698
            [29JY]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H2424 [28AP]
        Cuban Democracy Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 284), H851 [4MR]
        Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act:  repeal, (see H.R.
            284), H851 [4MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
            [23AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1699 [27MR]
        Ecology and environment:  promote environmental justice, public
            health, and pollution reduction efforts, (see H.R. 4584), H7914
            [16SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H1021
            [10MR]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H2424 [28AP]
        Firearms:  regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833),
            H4629 [16JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7585 [10SE]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H4241 [5JN]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1445
            [24MR]
        ------ develop and implement integrated cockroach management
            programs in urban communities to reduce health risks to
            residents, especially children, suffering from asthma and
            asthma-related illnesses, (see H.R. 3897), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, (see H.R. 1200), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers, (see H.R. 1415), H64 [27JA]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
            [22MY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H386 [5FE]
        Insurance:  prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
            violence, (see H.R. 1117), H904 [5MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H7178 [4AU]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H904 [5MR]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H851 [4MR]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H4325 [9JN]
        Nigeria:  promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890),
            H7915 [16SE]
        NSF:  demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of
            mathematics, science, and information technology, (see H.R.
            3496), H5737 [16JY]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H904 [5MR]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H755 [3MR]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H7584 [10SE]
        Public lands:  designate certain national parks, wild and scenic
            rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
            Washington, and Wyoming, (see H.R. 1425), H329 [4FE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7585 [10SE]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 2375), H10011 [7OC]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H1159 [12MR]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H5065
            [23JN]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H497 [12FE]
        Veterans:  accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military
            installations for certain disabled individuals, (see H.R. 2760),
            H330 [4FE]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H4055
            [3JN]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Washington Interdependence Council:  establish a memorial to
            Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 3499),
            H3625 [20MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Jefferson National Expansion Memorial:  install plaque at entrance
            to Old Court House commemorating the Dred Scott decision, (see
            H.R. 4163), H5403 [25JN]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11663<bullet> [20OC]
        Army Research Laboratory:  tribute to Science and Technology
            Academic Recognition System fellowship program, E73<bullet>
            [3FE]
        Barry, Thomas M.:  appointment as President of SBC International's
            Telkom South Africa operations, E1834<bullet> [28SE]
        Black History Month:  observance, E196<bullet> [24FE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            H6506<bullet> [28JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11957<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2894 [6MY], H2898 [6MY]
        Committee on Education and the Workforce (House):  provide special
            authority relative to investigation of the International
            Brotherhood of Teamsters (H. Res. 507), H6756 [30JY], H6762
            [30JY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), conference report, H10202 [8OC]
        Courts:  settlement of Taxman v. Piscataway affirmative action case,
            E31<bullet> [28JA]
        Crime:  national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R.
            3), H7740 [15SE]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H346
            [5FE]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), consideration (H.
            Res. 348), H341 [5FE], H343 [5FE]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11663<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10141<bullet> [8OC]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380),
            H7396<bullet> [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7396<bullet>
            [6AU] scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502),
            H2652 [30AP]
        Earth Angels (organization):  tribute, E627<bullet> [22AP]
        Earth Day:  observance, E627<bullet> [22AP]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7530 [10SE], H7536 [10SE], H7547 [10SE],
            H7549 [10SE]
        ------ family literacy services funding relative to bilingual
            education, H7549 [10SE]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H10200 [8OC], H10358
            [10OC], H10361 [10OC], H11663<bullet> [20OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            H10201 [8OC]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, H6866 [31JY], H6867 [31JY]
        ------ minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees
            (H.R. 2888), H4473<bullet> [10JN]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood (H.R. 4257), H9123 [28SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H396 [11FE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4099<bullet> [4JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference
            report, H10202 [8OC]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6370 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2517 [29AP], H2894
            [6MY], H2898 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9152 [28SE]
        House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
            consider certain legislation (H. Res. 589), H10358 [10OC],
            H10361 [10OC]
        Jefferson National Expansion Memorial:  install plaque at entrance
            to Old Court House commemorating the Dred Scott decision (H.R.
            4163), E1265<bullet> [26JN]
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act:  authorizing
            appropriations (H.R. 1818), H7740 [15SE]
        Laborers' International Union of North America:  reform efforts and
            programs, H10341 [9OC]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10202
            [8OC]
        Major League Baseball:  application of antitrust laws (S. 53),
            H9946<bullet> [7OC]
        Massie, Samuel P.:  tribute for inclusion to Chemical and
            Engineering News (publication) ``World's Most Distinguished
            Chemists'' list, E408<bullet> [18MR], E424<bullet> [19MR]
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
            appropriations (S. 2073), H7740 [15SE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1610 [26MR], H1620 [26MR]
        ----- treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1603 [26MR], H1604
            [26MR]
        Political campaigns:  require worker approval for use of labor
            organization dues and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608),
            H1752 [30MR]
        Roosevelt, Theodore:  posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (H.R.
            2263), E2066<bullet> [11OC]
        St. Louis, MO:  tribute to Cathedral Basilica, E34<bullet> [28JA]
        States:  requirements for standardized English testing, H7547 [10SE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4736<bullet> [18JN]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, H10198 [8OC]
      Reports
        Laborers' International Union of North America's Ethics and
            Disciplinary Program--41 Months of Progress:  Laborers'
            International Union of North America, H10342 [9OC]
      Tributes
        Adamie, Louis J., E30<bullet> [28JA]
        Barry, Thomas M., E1812<bullet> [25SE]
        Bradley, Tom, E2321<bullet> [12NO]
        Dellums, Representative, H196 [3FE]
        Fawell, Representative, H9658<bullet> [6OC]
        Grigsby, J. Eugene, Jr., E2158<bullet> [14OC]
        Harris, James L., E1699<bullet> [11SE]
        Heithaus, Claude, E692<bullet> [28AP]
        Holbrook, Douglas C., E1112<bullet> [11JN]
        Hopkins, Wanda Washington, E1698<bullet> [11SE]
        Ricks, Vernon H., Jr., E1854<bullet> [1OC]
        Robinson, Howard T., Sr., E36<bullet> [28JA]
        Stokes, Representative, H6226 [23JY]