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

    SKELTON, IKE (a Representative from Missouri)
      Addresses
        Commissioning of the U.S.S. Harry S Truman:  by, E1499<bullet>
            [31JY]
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3671 [21MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1021 [10MR]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H6999 [3AU]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5405 [25JN]
        Clean Air Act:  proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
            the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
            (see H.R. 3690), H3014 [7MY]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H1550 [25MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  reform agricultural credit programs, (see
            H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing military activities appropriations
            and prescribing personnel strengths, (see H.R. 3616), H2051
            [1AP]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H631 [25FE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
            illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
            service, (see H.R. 3948), H4165 [4JN]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1159
            [12MR]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H6999 [3AU]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Health:  standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers, (see H.R. 1415), H64 [27JA]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
            [21MY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3106
            [12MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H2056 [1AP]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1643 [26MR]
        Medicare:  payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention
            of potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5494 [14JY]
        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), H7585
            [10SE]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H386 [5FE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H11696 [20OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H1445 [24MR]
        States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H2706 [30AP]
        Taxation:  exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance,
            (see H.R. 1382), H3972 [22MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H3488 [19MY]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4055 [3JN]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's, (see H. Res. 360),
            H497 [12FE]
      Letters
        Posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor to Theodore Roosevelt:  by,
            S12917 [21OC]
      Lists
        U.S. Embassy employees who died in the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
            bombing, E1733<bullet> [16SE]
        U.S. Embassy employees who died in the Nairobi, Kenya, bombing,
            E1733<bullet> [16SE]
      Motions
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H6122 [22JY], H6201 [23JY]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H4333 [10JN]
      Remarks
        Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania,
            E1733<bullet> [16SE]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1807 [31MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1792 [31MR]
        Armed Forces:  anniversary of integration (H. Con. Res. 294), H6603
            [29JY]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, H3691 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
            maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol, H3574
            [20MY], H3576 [20MY]
        ------ prohibit funding for assignment of duty at the U.N. Rapidly
            Deployable Missions Headquarters, H3577 [20MY], H3579 [20MY],
            H3581 [20MY]
        ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
            Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11723 [17DE], H11724 [17DE], H11741
            [17DE]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7996 [17SE]
        Ballard, Joe N.:  Black Engineer of the Year award recipient,
            E427<bullet> [19MR]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, H3714
            [21MY]
        ------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 227), H1263
            [18MR], H1265 [18MR]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6473 [27JY]
        Caskey, Harold L.:  General Council of Industries for the Blind
            State Official of the Year award recipient, E77<bullet> [3FE]
        China, People's Republic of:  prohibit U.S. export of satellite
            equipment and technology, H3565 [20MY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H3563
            [20MY]
        ------ U.S. policy, H3552 [20MY], H3556 [20MY], H3557 [20MY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11751 [17DE],
            H11782 [18DE]
        Colombia:  provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
            enforcement efforts (H. Res. 398), H1716 [30MR]
        Culver, William L.:  C-SPAN ``Travels of Alexis de Tocqueville''
            award recipient, E512<bullet> [30MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  assign personnel to assist the INS and the
            Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
            functions, H3701 [21MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense
            systems (H.R. 2786), H1722 [30MR]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H2784 [5MY], H3469
            [19MY], H3477 [19MY], H3552 [20MY], H3556 [20MY], H3557 [20MY],
            H3562 [20MY], H3563 [20MY], H3565 [20MY], H3574 [20MY], H3576
            [20MY], H3577 [20MY], H3579 [20MY], H3581 [20MY], H3678 [21MY],
            H3691 [21MY], H3701 [21MY], H3707 [21MY], H3714 [21MY]
            authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration (H.
            Res. 441), H3498 [20MY], H3499 [20MY] authorizing appropriations
            for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths
            (H.R. 3616), motion to instruct conferees, H6122 [22JY], H6123
            [22JY], H6124 [22JY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            H8564 [24SE] authorizing appropriations for military activities
            and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration
            of conference report (H. Res. 549), H8560 [24SE]
        ------ theater missile defense programs funding, H6122 [22JY], H6123
            [22JY], H6124 [22JY]
        Dover, MO:  anniversary of Dover Christian Church, E1777<bullet>
            [23SE]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), consideration (H. Res. 537), H7818 [16SE]
        Dyer, Hollis:  Oak Grove, MO, Chamber of Commerce Business Person of
            the Year award recipient, E131<bullet> [11FE]
        Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs
            (H.R. 4017), H9100 [28SE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
            4017), H9100 [28SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7996 [17SE]
        Foreign policy:  national objectives priority assignments,
            H9514-H9518 [5OC]
        ------ prohibit participation in investigation of Chinese launch
            failure of U.S.-built satellite, H3562 [20MY]
        Foreign trade:  nuclear export reporting requirements, H3707 [21MY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate (H.R. 3821), H6906 [3AU], H6908 [3AU], H6909 [3AU]
        Harry S Truman (U.S.S.):  commissioning, E1499<bullet> [31JY]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H11751 [17DE]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            H2950 [7MY]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11723 [17DE], H11724 [17DE], H11751 [17DE]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7996 [17SE]
        National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, H2784 [5MY]
        Naval Research Laboratory:  anniversary, E1067<bullet> [9JN]
        Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
            relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
            People's Republic of China, H3552 [20MY], H3556 [20MY], H3557
            [20MY]
        Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
            fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
            owners and operators, H9100 [28SE]
        Terrorism:  U.S. policy, H9213 [1OC], E717<bullet> [30AP],
            E1843<bullet> [28SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H481
            [12FE], H484<bullet> [12FE]
        Walker, Andre L.:  Air National Guard Airman of the Year award
            recipient, E979<bullet> [22MY]
      Testimonies
        U.S. Policy on Terrorism:  by, E717<bullet> [30AP]
      Tributes
        Aull, William, III, E1580<bullet> [7AU]
        Clark, Donald L., E342<bullet> [10MR]
        Dellums, Representative, H195 [3FE], H215 [3FE]
        Edwards, John R., E720<bullet> [30AP]
        Elrod, Marilyn A., E1879<bullet> [2OC]
        Frew, B.L. (Bud), E95<bullet> [4FE]
        Hamilton, Representative, E1880<bullet> [2OC]
        Hannon, Everett W., Sr., E1374<bullet> [21JY]
        Hartzog, William W., E1719<bullet> [15SE]
        Hedrick, Ralph, E704<bullet> [29AP]
        Hobson, Kenneth R., II, E1721<bullet> [15SE]
        Johnson, Representative Sam, H481 [12FE], H484<bullet> [12FE]
        Kirkpatrick, James C., E54<bullet> [28JA]
        Lintvet, Donald S., E1776<bullet> [23SE]
        Lopez, T. Joseph, E1882<bullet> [2OC]
        Lyles, William R., E16<bullet> [27JA]
        May, Pamela, E655<bullet> [23AP]
        Oberhelman, Dennis K., E1839<bullet> [28SE]
        Park, Medford R., E1494<bullet> [31JY]
        Pease, Kendell, E923<bullet> [20MY]
        Sexton, Larry, E353<bullet> [11MR]
        Slavens, Marjorie, E893<bullet> [19MY]
        Starke, William S., Jr., E1322<bullet> [16JY]
        Strong, James R., E622<bullet> [22AP]
        Sullivan, Mike, E1736<bullet> [16SE]
        Thompson, Stanton, E1920<bullet> [6OC]
        Vansandt, Dorothy M., E607<bullet> [21AP]