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

    BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
            Compact Consent Act, H3074 [12MY]
        Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4824 [18JN]
        Steven Schiff funeral attendees, H1721 [30MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
            (see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
        ------ make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under
            the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H2056 [1AP]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
        Bankruptcy:  declare that donations made from a sense of religious
            obligation be considered to have been made in exchange for a
            reasonably equivalent value, (see H.R. 2611), H579 [24FE]
        ------ reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
        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), H11023 [15OC]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2056 [1AP]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H3015 [7MY]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Computers:  limit Federal and State regulation of the Internet and
            interactive computer services, (see H.R. 2372), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H5594 [15JY]
        Copeland Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 2720), H5737 [16JY]
        Courts:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.R.
            4196), H5594 [15JY]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 2720), H5737 [16JY]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H101
            [28JA]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
        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),
            H7178 [4AU]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H5594
            [15JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Diseases:  increase funding and authority of Dept. of HHS and Dept.
            of Education relative to asthma programs, (see H.R. 4654), H9178
            [28SE]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H7618 [11SE]
        ------ promote drug-free workplace programs, (see H.R. 3853), H4629
            [16JN]
        Education:  require local agencies to develop and implement random
            drug testing for secondary school students, (see H.R. 4378),
            H6879 [31JY]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H447 [11FE]
        ERISA:  clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
            failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
            benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H6186 [22JY]
        Executive departments:  promote financial management, (see H. Res.
            447), H3743 [21MY]
        FCC:  authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H679 [26FE]
        FDA:  proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
            metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H1550
            [25MR]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        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), H5594 [15JY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5405 [25JN]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        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), H10012 [7OC]
        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:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
            liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H1237 [17MR]
        Medicare:  adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
            the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
            Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4370), H6879 [31JY]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
            [11JN]
        National Environmental Education Act:  extend programs, (see H.R.
            3441), H1111 [11MR]
        National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
            permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H7494 [9SE]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7585
            [10SE]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to
            parental consent, (see H.R. 2941), H7584 [10SE]
        Taxation:  allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
            motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax, (see
            H.J. Res. 70), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H3014
            [7MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H851 [4MR]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H4056 [3JN]
        Tobacco products:  specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H2318 [23AP]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H8932
            [25SE]
        Volunteer workers:  eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
            supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Courts:  rules for payment of damage awards for future losses in
            certain health care liability actions, (see H.R. 4791), H10513
            [10OC]
        Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3639), H2052 [1AP]
        House Rules:  require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff,
            (see H. Res. 456), H4165 [4JN], (see H. Res. 503), H5737 [16JY]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
            limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
      Factsheets
        Constitutional Amendment To Require a Two-Thirds Majority on the
            Passage of Legislation Increasing Taxes (H.J. Res. 111), H2162
            [22AP]
      Letters
        Constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the
            passage of legislation increasing taxes:  Bobby Hogue, American
            Legislative Exchange Council, H2095 [21AP], H2162 [22AP]
        ----- Charlotte W. Herbert, Associated Builders and Contractors,
            H2095 [21AP]
        ----- Paul Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, H2095
            [21AP]
        ----- R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2096 [21AP]
        Food stamp eligibility for legal aliens:  Tom Johnson, National
            Conference of State Legislatures, H4125 [4JN]
      Lists
        Organizations supporting H.J. Res. 111, constitutional amendment to
            require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation
            increasing taxes, H2162 [22AP]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4125 [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), H3766 [22MY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11839 [18DE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5953 [20JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  veterans extended care facilities
            construction funding through offsets in NASA's space station
            program, H6564 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6564 [29JY], H6565 [29JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7879 [16SE]
        EPA:  implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
            H6565 [29JY]
        FCC:  investigation of planned relocation of headquarters to
            privately owned complex, H10814 [13OC]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
            procedures, H5953 [20JY]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4125 [4JN]
        Government:  require random drug testing of newly appointed
            employees, H7879 [16SE]
        House Rules:  require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff,
            H391 [11FE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), E2076<bullet> [11OC]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
            H4125 [4JN]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2064 [21AP], H2094 [21AP], H2097 [21AP], H2098 [21AP], H2099
            [21AP], H2100 [21AP], H2128 [22AP], H2139 [22AP], H2142 [22AP],
            H2143 [22AP], H2144 [22AP], H2149 [22AP], H2152 [22AP], H2161
            [22AP]
        ----- constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on
            the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            consideration (H. Res. 407), H2134 [22AP]
        ------ rates, H2152 [22AP]
        Texas:  observance of Geography Awareness Week, E2132<bullet> [13OC]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), motion to appoint conferees, H3070 [12MY], H3073 [12MY]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            H6525 [29JY], H6528 [29JY], H6533 [29JY] grant congressional
            consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference report (H. Res.
            511), H6520 [29JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H900 [5MR]
      Tributes
        Barton, Alison R., H6075 [22JY]
        Merwin, G.W. (Bud), E316<bullet> [5MR]
        Young, Representative Don, H4295 [9JN]