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

    COOK, MERRILL (a Representative from Utah)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6487 [27JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        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]
        Business and industry:  maintain standards for ``Made in USA''
            label, (see H. Con. Res. 80), H65 [27JA]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2056 [1AP]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7618 [11SE]
        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), H1112 [11MR]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H4629 [16JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered
            under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H6880 [31JY]
        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),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H6880
            [31JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
            veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
            research priorities relative to certain service-related health
            consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5494 [14JY]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
            (see H.R. 3517), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H5737 [16JY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine
            hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act, (see
            H.R. 1821), H5405 [25JN]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H64 [27JA]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H63
            [27JA]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners, (see
            H.R. 3824), H3024 [11MY]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Financial institutions:  encourage a strong community-based banking
            system, (see H.R. 4684), H9345 [2OC]
        Firearms:  allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be
            valid in all States, (see H.R. 339), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ 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), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H3014 [7MY]
        Food:  consumer access to information on the health benefits of
            foods and dietary supplements, (see H.R. 2868), H5493 [14JY]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H8084 [18SE]
        Foreign trade:  prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
            products derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H678
            [26FE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H5065 [23JN]
        Gardner, Ava:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
            H4880 [19JN]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4165 [4JN]
        Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
            for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H64 [27JA]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        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), H2707 [30AP]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3120), H386 [5FE]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H1700 [27MR]
        ------ require health plans to provide adequate access to services
            provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, (see H.R. 1737), H1777
            [30MR]
        Interstate commerce:  allow any State, territory, or possession to
            bring Federal court action relative to transportation of
            alcoholic beverages, (see H.R. 1063), H6820 [30JY]
        Iraq:  development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
            519), H8627 [24SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  exemption from State laws prohibiting
            carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 339), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see H. Res. 422), H3106 [12MY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6999 [3AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H4835
            [18JN]
        Medicaid:  exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H2318 [23AP]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H65 [27JA]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE],
            (see H.R. 4339), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H3104 [12MY]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H578 [24FE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H7618 [11SE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H3014 [7MY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H755 [3MR]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3489 [19MY]
        ------ reform postal laws, (see H.R. 22), H2706 [30AP]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H2706 [30AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H6880
            [31JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H2423 [28AP]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H7415 [6AU]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H385 [5FE], (see H.R. 464), H755 [3MR]
        Taxation:  allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
            motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ allow individuals to designate a portion of their tax
            overpayment to the U.S. Olympic Committee, (see H.R. 1016), H447
            [11FE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1550 [25MR]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H64 [27JA]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H5405
            [25JN]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see H.R. 3127), H447 [11FE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H329 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 1299), H1299
            [18MR]
        ------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
            insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
            tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions, (see H.R. 2544), H5297 [24JN]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
            H3311 [14MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2120 [21AP]
        Utah:  land exchange, (see H.R. 3830), H3104 [12MY]
        Veterans:  determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
            accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H64
            [27JA], (see H.R. 44), H851 [4MR]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6071 [21JY]
        Water:  Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to
            State water rights adjudications, (see H.R. 3557), H1700 [27MR]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H5957 [20JY]
        Women:  establish offices of women's health within certain Federal
            agencies, (see H.R. 920), H329 [4FE]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Computers:  promote online commerce and communications and protect
            consumers and service providers from unsolicited commercial
            electronic mail, (see H.R. 4124), H5296 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require reports to Congress on IMF programs
            relative to East Asian countries, (see H.R. 3305), H754 [3MR]
        Financial institutions:  use of electronic authentication
            technology, (see H.R. 3472), H1235 [17MR]
        Tariff:  personal effects of individuals associated with the 1999
            International Special Olympics and Women's World Cup, the 2001
            International Special Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics and
            Winter Paralympic Games, (see H.R. 4045), H4549 [11JN]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11732 [17DE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6490
            [28JY]
        Chicago Bulls (basketball team):  tribute, H5070 [24JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11808 [18DE]
        Dept. of Energy:  geothermal research and development funding, H4924
            [22JN]
        Diseases:  polycystic kidney disease research funding, E1226<bullet>
            [25JN]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7393
            [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7393 [6AU]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4924 [22JN]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
            3824), H4589 [16JN]
        FEC:  require electronically filed reports and to make such reports
            available to the public within 24 hours of receipt (H.R. 2109),
            H10196 [8OC], H10197 [8OC]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3199 [13MY]
        ------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
            sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
            operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
            H3199 [13MY]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4088 [4JN]
        Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT:  designate (H.R.
            3120), H523<bullet> [24FE]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11732 [17DE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services (H.R. 3205),
            E177<bullet> [12FE], E206<bullet> [24FE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            consideration (H. Res. 430), H3271 [14MY]
        Political campaigns:  appointment of independent counsel to
            investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election
            campaign, H7182 [5AU]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H7323
            [6AU]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9755 [7OC]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2158 [22AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4641 [17JN]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions (H.R. 2544), H5426 [14JY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1856 [1AP]
        University of Utah:  tribute to men's basketball team, H1766 [30MR],
            H1767 [30MR]
        Votes:  position on missed, H1579<bullet> [26MR], H1580<bullet>
            [26MR], H5912<bullet> [20JY]