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

    BOSWELL, LEONARD L. (a Representative from Iowa)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and
            promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ require use of child safety restraint systems, (see H.R.
            754), H3488 [19MY]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5405 [25JN]
        Children and youth:  facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by
            National Child Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
            improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
            (see H.R. 4621), H10077 [8OC]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H2056 [1AP]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H4835 [18JN]
        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),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5494 [14JY]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H7803
            [15SE]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1021 [10MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H7803 [15SE]
        Financial institutions:  insist that certain institutions uphold the
            trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
            receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4629 [16JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2707 [30AP]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654), H4056
            [3JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
            [28SE]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H5297
            [24JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H5405 [25JN]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
            4150), H5402 [25JN]
        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), H8083 [18SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2120 [21AP]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H2423 [28AP]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1777 [30MR]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H904 [5MR]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9275 [1OC]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H6281 [23JY]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H2055 [1AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H7414 [6AU]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ reform the safety practices of the railroad industry, (see
            H.R. 2455), H4550 [11JN]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H678 [26FE]
        Small business:  provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
            portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H1236 [17MR]
        Social Security:  ensure integrity of trust funds, (see H.R. 857),
            H10077 [8OC]
        ------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
            program, (see H. Res. 340), H1168 [16MR]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
        States:  requirements relative to access to election ballots for
            certain parties, (see H.R. 2477), H4629 [16JN]
        Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 2456), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ collection and payment of State taxes imposed on motor fuel
            sold on Indian lands, (see H.R. 3966), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ exempt auxiliary power units from excise tax imposed on heavy
            trucks, (see H.R. 3275), H630 [25FE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H5493 [14JY]
        ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
            contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H756 [3MR]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            acquisition of computer hardware and software, (see H.R. 4184),
            H8084 [18SE]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H8084 [18SE]
        ------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
            and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ 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), H909 [9MR]
        ------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H10011 [7OC]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H6186 [22JY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5859 [17JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  reform the conservation reserve program relative to
            treatment of nonprofit organizations renting land from a State
            or political subdivision, (see H.R. 3451), H1158 [12MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H1776 [30MR]
        Drug abuse:  combat methamphetamine abuse, (see H.R. 4315), H6281
            [23JY]
        Education:  grants to local educational agencies for additional
            teachers and facilities to accommodate disruptive students, (see
            H.R. 4833), H10916 [14OC]
        Firearms:  treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H240 [3FE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements, (see H.R. 4607), H8527
            [23SE]
        Merchant marine industry:  protect seamen against economic reprisal,
            (see H.R. 3955), H3970 [22MY]
        National Commission on Reforming and Simplifying the Federal Tax
            Code:  establish, (see H.R. 4038), H4548 [11JN]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H1115 [12MR], H1855 [1AP]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  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]
        ------ reform the conservation reserve program relative to treatment
            of nonprofit organizations renting land from a State or
            political subdivision (H.R. 3451), H1115 [12MR]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2291
            [23AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (H.R. 3584),
            H1856 [1AP]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1999 [1AP]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2006 [1AP]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8785 [25SE]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9504 [5OC]
        IMF:  funding, H2291 [23AP]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1905 [1AP], H1999
            [1AP], H2006 [1AP]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H479
            [12FE]
      Tributes
        Johnson, Representative Sam, H479 [12FE]