    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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    FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
      Agreements
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), unanimous consent, S9389
            [30JY]
      Amendments
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1777 [30MR], H1820 [31MR]
        ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
            overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2384 [23MR], S2401
            [23MR], S2407 [23MR], S2408 [23MR], S2409 [23MR], S2410 [23MR],
            S2436 [23MR], S2437 [23MR], S2438 [23MR], S2442 [23MR], S2443
            [23MR], S2444 [23MR], S2447 [23MR], S2458 [24MR], S2459 [24MR],
            S2460 [24MR], S2463 [24MR], S2469 [24MR], S2470 [24MR], S2471
            [24MR], S2479 [24MR], S2482 [24MR], S2483 [24MR], S2484 [24MR],
            S2485 [24MR], S2492 [24MR], S2493 [24MR], S2494 [24MR], S2495
            [24MR], S2496 [24MR], S2498 [24MR], S2499 [24MR], S2500 [24MR],
            S2507 [25MR], S2514 [25MR], S2524 [25MR], S2525 [25MR], S2526
            [25MR], S2527 [25MR], S2538 [25MR], S2543 [25MR], S2554 [25MR],
            S2561 [25MR], S2576 [25MR], S2577 [25MR], S2578 [25MR], S2579
            [25MR], S2594 [26MR], S2595 [26MR], S2596 [26MR], S2598 [26MR],
            S2599 [26MR], S2607 [26MR], S2608 [26MR], S2610 [26MR], S2611
            [26MR], S2612 [26MR], S2614 [26MR], S2615 [26MR], S2625 [26MR],
            S2627 [26MR], S2684 [26MR], S2685 [26MR], S2686 [26MR], S2687
            [26MR], S2688 [26MR]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5496 [14JY], H5497 [14JY],
            H5595 [15JY], H5634 [15JY], H5635 [15JY], H5739 [16JY], H5763
            [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5772 [17JY], H5774 [17JY], H5824 [17JY],
            H5860 [17JY], H6071 [21JY], H6187 [22JY], H6219 [23JY], H6244
            [23JY], H6264 [23JY], H6283 [23JY], H6454 [24JY], H6536 [29JY],
            H6542 [29JY], H6543 [29JY], H6546 [29JY], H6551 [29JY], H6563
            [29JY], H6564 [29JY], H6568 [29JY], H6571 [29JY], H6578 [29JY],
            H6584 [29JY], H6589 [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5650 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), S7351 [6JY], S7352 [6JY],
            S7360 [6JY], S7361 [6JY], S7362 [6JY], S7538 [7JY], S7585 [7JY],
            S7605 [7JY], S7683 [8JY], S7899 [9JY], S8331 [16JY], S8332
            [16JY], S8333 [16JY], S8334 [16JY], S8337 [16JY], S8339 [16JY],
            S8340 [16JY], S8352 [16JY], S8353 [16JY], S8361 [16JY], S8366
            [16JY], S8367 [16JY], S8405 [16JY], S8406 [16JY], S8407 [16JY],
            S8408 [16JY], S8411 [16JY], S8431 [17JY]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, S2826 [31MR], H2296 [23AP]
        ------ H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
            independent agencies appropriations, S9389 [30JY]
        ------ S. 2168, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
            independent agencies appropriations, S8374 [16JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Florida Gets Federal Aid a Record Six Times, S12351 [10OC]
        Floridians Tend to Firefighters--From Haircuts to Boots, It's All
            `on the House', S7783 [9JY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, (see H.R. 3579), H1699 [27MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), consideration, (see H. Res. 402), H1776 [30MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), consideration of conference report, (see H. Res.
            416), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
            overseas peacekeeping operations, (see S. 1768), S2113 [17MR]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations, (see S. 2168), S6295 [12JN], (see H.R.
            4194), H5491 [14JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration, (see H. Res.
            501), H5592 [15JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
            conference report, (see H. Res. 574), H9536 [5OC]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869, S. 2361), S9044 [27JY],
            H3311 [14MY]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN], (see H. Res. 493), H5297 [24JN]
        Floods:  damage reduction and recreation project at Grand Forks, ND,
            and East Grand Forks, MN, (see H.R. 4806), H10560 [11OC]
        Monuments and memorials:  authorize the construction of a monument
            to honor those who have served the Nation's civil defense and
            emergency management programs, (see H.R. 3719), H2317 [23AP]
        National Flood Insurance Program:  improve pre-disaster mitigation
            and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded
            properties, (see H.R. 4832), H10916 [14OC]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H1854 [31MR]
      Conference reports
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations (H.R. 4194), H9359-H9437 [5OC]
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions (H.R. 3579),
            H2629-H2651 [30AP]
      Cost Estimates
        Disaster Mitigation Act (S. 2361):  CBO, S11294-S11297 [1OC]
      Letters
        Rockingham County, NC, disaster assistance, S2581 [25MR]
      Motions
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1822 [31MR], H2286 [23AP]
        ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
            overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2542 [25MR], S2629
            [26MR]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6277 [23JY], H6590 [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), S8365 [16JY], S8427 [17JY],
            S8430 [17JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H7714 [15SE]
      Remarks in House
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1780 [31MR], H1785 [31MR], H1797-H1824
            [31MR], E534 [31MR], E539 [1AP], E604 [21AP]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), conference report, H2629 [30AP], H2675-H2691 [30AP]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1786-H1797 [31MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 416),
            H2673-H2675 [30AP]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2286-H2296 [23AP]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5743-H5826 [17JY], H5865
            [20JY], H6219-H6225 [23JY], H6242-H6277 [23JY], H6535-H6592
            [29JY], E1343 [17JY], E1344 [17JY], E1350 [20JY], E1401 [23JY],
            E1437 [24JY], E1450 [27JY], E1466 [30JY], E1469 [30JY], E1483
            [30JY], E1489 [31JY], E1491 [31JY], E1494 [31JY], E1495 [31JY],
            E1496 [31JY], E1497 [31JY], E1505 [31JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5642-H5651 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to recommit, H6590
            [29JY], H6591 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H9595 [6OC], E2221 [16OC],
            E2241 [20OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference
            report, H9611-H9625 [6OC], E2000 [9OC] making appropriations
            (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574),
            H9597-H9611 [6OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to
            instruct conferees, H7714-H7716 [15SE]
        Emergency Food and Shelter Program:  funding, H6261 [23JY]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Lawrence County, TN, E1307 [15JY]
        Guam:  disaster assistance relative to Typhoon Paka, H22 [27JA],
            H1807 [31MR], H1808 [31MR], H1816 [31MR], E188 [12FE]
        Health care facilities:  disaster funding to rebuild and improve
            seismic performance of earthquake-damaged hospitals, H6551
            [29JY]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Florida, H8464 [23SE], E1827
            [26SE]
        ------ disaster assistance to Puerto Rico, E2037 [10OC]
        ------ disaster assistance to Virgin Islands, H9175 [28SE]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, H78 [28JA],
            H657-H662 [26FE], H662 [26FE], H1804 [31MR], H1814 [31MR],
            H1820-H1822 [31MR], E534 [31MR]
        National Flood Insurance Program:  accuracy of maps, H6259 [23JY]
        ------ improve pre-disaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary
            buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 4832), H10881
            [14OC]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, H4540
            [11JN]
        Thunderstorms:  disaster assistance to New York, H7610 [11SE]
        ------ tribute to recovery efforts in New York, E1898 [2OC]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, H4540 [11JN]
      Remarks in Senate
        Antiterrorism activities:  funding, S7351 [6JY], S7352 [6JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S3907-S4131 [23MR],
            S2393 [23MR], S2401-S2415 [23MR], S2452-S2486 [24MR],
            S2505-S2563 [25MR], S2581 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR],
            S2587-S2631 [26MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas
            peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S2600 [26MR], S2607 [26MR], S2631 [26MR]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), insert S. 2168 language in
            lieu, S9389 [30JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), S7344-S7348 [6JY],
            S7351-S7354 [6JY], S7538-S7564 [7JY], S7573 [7JY], S8330-S8374
            [16JY], S8425-S8447 [17JY], S8515 [17JY], S8548 [20JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S7341 [6JY], S7548 [7JY], S8374 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11358
            [2OC], S11833-S11847 [8OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194),
            conference report--unanimous-consent agreement, S11642 [6OC]
        Disasters:  assistance to Alabama, S3909 [30AP], S3910 [30AP]
        ------ authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the
            administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance (S. 2361), S9053-S9058 [27JY]
        ------ ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
            the budget surplus, S2538-S2543 [25MR]
        ------ provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against
            natural disasters (H.R. 230), S12351-S12353 [10OC]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Louisiana, S8293 [16JY]
        ------ disaster assistance to Texas, S8097 [14JY], S8098 [14JY],
            S8106 [14JY]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Georgia, S2562 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Vermont, S8314 [16JY], S8435 [17JY]
        Funding, S7562 [7JY]
        Georgia:  Emergency Watershed and Flood Prevention Program funding
            relative to natural disasters, S2483 [24MR]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Florida, S12351-S12353 [10OC]
        ------ disaster assistance to Puerto Rico, S12738 [20OC]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, S6 [27JA],
            S192 [29JA], S609-S612 [11FE], S3910 [30AP], S3911 [30AP]
        ------ tribute to New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs
            and the Army's 10th Mountain Division for relief efforts, S2001
            [16MR]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S11059 [28SE]
        Project Impact:  tribute, S8439 [17JY]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, S5668
            [5JN]
        States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2526 [25MR],
            S2532-S2543 [25MR], S2629 [26MR]
        Thunderstorms:  disaster assistance to Michigan, S5528 [2JN]
        Tornado Preparedness Pilot Program:  establish, S8368 [16JY], S8369
            [16JY]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Minnesota, S2876 [31MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Rockingham County, NC, S2581 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, S5668 [5JN], S5670 [5JN]
        Tribute, S8548 [20JY]
        Watertown, SD:  tribute to flood recovery efforts, S3178 [2AP]
        Wildfires:  disaster assistance to Florida, S7782 [9JY], S7961
            [10JY], S8232 [15JY], S8233 [15JY], S8314 [16JY]
        ------ tribute to firefighters in Florida, S7784 [9JY], S7961 [10JY]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3579, Emergency
            Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 416) (H. Rept. 105-505), H2705 [30AP]
        Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans
            Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations:
             Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 574) (H. Rept. 105-777),
            H9536 [5OC]
        Consideration of H.R. 3579, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
            and Rescissions:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 402) (H.
            Rept. 105-473), H1776 [30MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and
            Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 501) (H. Rept. 105-628), H5592 [15JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4194)
            (H. Rept. 105-610), H5491 [14JY]
        ----- Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2168) (S. Rept. 105-
            216), S6295 [12JN]
        ------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 4194) (H. Rept. 105-769), H9536
            [5OC]
        Disaster Mitigation Act:  Committee on Environment and Public Works
            (Senate) (S. 2361) (S. Rept. 105-326), S10240 [11SE]
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 3579) (H. Rept. 105-504), H2705 [30AP]
        ----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3579) (H. Rept. 105-
            469), H1699 [27MR]
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and
            Overseas Peacekeeping Operations:  Committee on Appropriations
            (Senate) (S. 1768) (S. Rept. 105-168), S2113 [17MR]
        Nomination of Robert M. Walker To Be Deputy Director of FEMA:
            Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S10920 [24SE]
        Predisaster Mitigation Programs, Streamline the Administration of
            Disaster Relief, and Control the Federal Costs of Disaster
            Assistance:  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
            (House) (H.R. 3869) (H. Rept. 105-682), H7410 [6AU]
      Rulings of the Chair
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5773 [17JY], H6542 [29JY],
            H6570 [29JY]
      Tables
        Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4194, Depts. of
            Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
            appropriations, S11839 [8OC]
        Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2168, Depts. of
            Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
            appropriations, S8372 [16JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
            appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5745-H5749 [17JY]
        Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3570),
            H1800-H1802 [31MR]
        Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579),
            H2677-H2686 [30AP]
        Revisions to Federal budget for 1998-2002 relative to S. 1768,
            emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and
            overseas peacekeeping operations, S2463 [24MR]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 402, consideration of H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental
            appropriations and recissions, H1786 [31MR]
        H. Res. 416, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3579,
            emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H2673
            [30AP]
        H. Res. 501, consideration of H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs
            and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5642
            [16JY]
        H. Res. 574, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4194, Depts.
            of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
            appropriations, H9597 [6OC]
        H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions,
            H1816-H1820 [31MR]
        S. 2168, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent
            agencies appropriations, S8579-S8594 [20JY]
        S. 2361, Disaster Mitigation Act, S9053-S9057 [27JY]
        S. Res. 253, disaster assistance to Texas for drought, S6890 [23JN]