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

    CHAMBLISS, SAXBY (a Representative from Georgia)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  provide supplemental payments
            to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
            flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H904 [5MR]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H4324 [9JN]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H6697 [29JY]
        Clean Air Act:  modify application of certain provisions relative to
            inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within
            nonattainment areas, (see H.R. 4157), H5403 [25JN]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Controlled Substances Act:  civil liability for illegal
            manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances, (see
            H.R. 4204), H6698 [29JY]
        Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
            prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
            exposure personal injury claims, (see H.R. 3905), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.R.
            4196), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R. 1283),
            H1777 [30MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions and reduce tax rates for qualified
            community lenders, (see H.R. 1121), H1445 [24MR]
        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 HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H4962 [22JN]
        ------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
            money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
            3511), H5297 [24JN]
        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),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish a national cemetery for
            veterans in the Atlanta, GA, metropolitan area, (see H.R. 4391),
            H7177 [4AU]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H10353 [9OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Elrod, Jack:  tribute, (see H. Res. 437), H3312 [14MY]
        FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see
            H.R. 4383), H8528 [23SE]
        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), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H1854 [31MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H6187 [22JY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ 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]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H4712 [17JN]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        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), H10353 [9OC], (see H. Res.
            598), H10917 [14OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial, (see H. Res. 144), H3247
            [13MY]
        ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H2706 [30AP]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [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]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H5957 [20JY]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ State requirements for financial recovery from an individuals
            estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health
            plan, (see H.R. 4249), H5736 [16JY]
        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]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3972 [22MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H2318 [23AP]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H8627 [24SE]
        Tobacco products:  provide crop insurance, extension services, and
            administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
            to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H5738 [16JY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H241 [3FE]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H8932 [25SE]
      Letters
        U.S. policy on Iraq:  by, H11731 [17DE]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H8037<bullet> [18SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4130 [4JN]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H7928 [17SE], H8539 [24SE]
        ------ price supports for peanuts, H5021 [23JN]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            H6929 [3AU]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            H8079 [18SE], H8602 [24SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5021 [23JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H8539 [24SE]
        Allen, Roscoe Jr.:  Georgia Small Business Person of the Year award
            recipient, H3758 [22MY]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11731 [17DE]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), E2101<bullet>
            [12OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11841 [18DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3711<bullet> [21MY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6721 [29JY]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11731 [17DE]
        Macon, GA:  funding for construction of additional crossing over the
            Ocmulgee River, H6721 [29JY]
        National Agriculture Day:  observance, H1304 [19MR]
        Roads and highways:  streamline environmental review process for
            highway construction projects, E696<bullet> [29AP]
        Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA:  designate (H.R. 613), H723
            [3MR]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), E696<bullet> [29AP]
        Wesleyan College:  tribute, E173<bullet> [12FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H4237 [5JN], H8625 [24SE]
      Tributes
        Bell, Nora Kizer, E173<bullet> [12FE]
        Powell, Bill, H4231 [5JN]