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

    STENHOLM, CHARLES W. (a Representative from Texas)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3668 [21MY]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8641 [24SE]
      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
        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]
        ------ Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers, (see H.R.
            4417), H7410 [6AU]
        Appropriations:  making supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3580), consideration, (see H. Res. 473), H4628 [16JN]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        Budget:  reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
            emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
            programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
            mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H10917 [14OC]
        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), H3105 [12MY]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
            technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H5402
            [25JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  determination of service connection for
            certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
            warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
            3279), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7000 [3AU]
        Education:  establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial
            fellowship programs, (see H.R. 4665), H9274 [1OC]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H101 [28JA]
        ERISA:  clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
            failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
            benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H2931 [6MY]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
            H2605 [29AP]
        Firearms:  clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
            arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ 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), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H3247 [13MY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H7494 [9SE]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647),
            H9084 [26SE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H8627 [24SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ require reasonable notice to businesses of changes made to
            regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see H.R. 4049), H4549
            [11JN]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3106
            [12MY]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H8035 [17SE]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H496 [12FE]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicare:  limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see
            H.R. 3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services,
            cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 4567), H8932 [25SE]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
            [11JN]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  expand and coordinate
            activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
            H851 [4MR]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Navy Combat Action Ribbon:  retroactive awarding to certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 543), H329 [4FE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H2236 [22AP]
        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]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H3488 [19MY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H8932 [25SE]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H909 [9MR]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H64 [27JA]
        Ships and vessels:  limit restriction on carriage of certain
            noncontainerized agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise
            trade by foreign-built freight vessels, (see H.R. 4236), H5736
            [16JY]
        Small business:  protection from litigation excesses, (see H.R.
            3382), H2707 [30AP]
        Social Security:  allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax
            payments into individual security accounts and extend the old
            age, survivors, and disability insurance program, (see H.R.
            4256), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into
            individual security accounts and extend the old age, survivors,
            and disability insurance program, (see H.R. 4824), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H2056 [1AP]
        Taxation:  enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ promote retirement savings, (see H.R. 4823), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ reform Internal Revenue Code and protect Social Security and
            Medicare trust funds, (see H. Con. Res. 248), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ 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), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H9345 [2OC]
        Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
            (see H.R. 3687), H4165 [4JN]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
            accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H904 [5MR]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
        ------ termination of certain contributions to the Survivor Benefit
            Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H1379 [23MR]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H9346 [2OC]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
            4150), H5402 [25JN]
      Lists
        Peanut Program reforms, H5022 [23JN]
      Motions
        House of Representatives:  adjournment, H3760 [22MY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H3759 [22MY], H4124
            [4JN], H4127 [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), H3763 [22MY], H3765 [22MY], H3768 [22MY], H3770
            [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, H5019 [23JN], H5022 [23JN]
        ------ 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], H7706
            [15SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4998 [23JN], H5019 [23JN],
            H5022 [23JN], H5026 [23JN], H5081 [24JN], H5086 [24JN], H5200
            [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9327
            [2OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7703 [15SE], H7706 [15SE]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2292
            [23AP], H2293 [23AP]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5449
            [14JY]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2503 [29AP]
        Budget:  payment for highways and transit programs by using CBO
            estimates, H3717 [21MY]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4210 [5JN] setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003
            (H. Con. Res. 284), consideration (H. Res. 455), H4142 [4JN]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7195 [5AU]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6112 [22JY], H6117<bullet> [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10093<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11941 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2903 [6MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  limit funding for livestock protection from
            predatory wildlife, H5026 [23JN], H5200 [24JN]
        ------ Market Access Program funding, H5086 [24JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5081 [24JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3682<bullet> [21MY]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H360<bullet> [5FE]
        ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
            housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
            consideration (H. Res. 477), H4848 [19JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require congressional approval for certain
            uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5703 [16JY], H5704 [16JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5703 [16JY], H5704 [16JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6977 [3AU], H7195
            [5AU]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3728 [21MY]
        Export Apple and Pear Act:  limit applicability to apples (H.R.
            4148), H9503 [5OC]
        Farm Credit Administration:  anniversary, H1688<bullet> [27MR]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4124 [4JN], H4127 [4JN]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3142<bullet> [13MY]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), H10936 [15OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7980 [17SE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8786 [25SE]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9504 [5OC],
            H9506 [5OC]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1652 [27MR], H1657 [27MR]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3451<bullet> [19MY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2903 [6MY]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H2979 [7MY], H2980
            [7MY], H3295 [14MY]
        IMF:  funding, H2292 [23AP], H2293 [23AP], H7980 [17SE]
        LSC:  funding, H6977 [3AU]
        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 (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res.
            588), H10372 [10OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1685
            [27MR], H2979 [7MY], H2980 [7MY], H2983 [7MY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4797
            [18JN] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
            consideration (H. Res. 442), H3728 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4797 [18JN]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4797
            [18JN]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
            H4127 [4JN]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            E217<bullet> [24FE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8748 [25SE]
        ----- establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
            surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
            (H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8727 [25SE]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2157 [22AP]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8748 [25SE], H8963 [26SE], H8966 [26SE] provide relief for
            individuals, families, farmers, and small businesses, and
            establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579), consideration
            (H. Res. 552), H8727 [25SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4668 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), consideration (H.
            Res. 405), H1864 [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct conferees,
            H3717 [21MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1698 [27MR], H3011 [7MY]
      Tables
        Tax relief for farmers and ranchers vs. interest rate relief, H8964
            [26SE]
      Tributes
        Kreitman, Darryl B., E941<bullet> [22MY]
        Powell, Gary C., E1045<bullet> [5JN]