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

    LEWIS, JERRY (a Representative from California)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Congrats to Our City Clerks, Twentynine Palms (CA) Desert Trail,
            E1979<bullet> [9OC]
        Focus Crash 2000--Life With Computers at Risk Should Y2K Disease
            Prove Deadly, Bruce Champman, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer,
            E1381<bullet> [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H5738 [16JY]
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H3744
            [21MY]
        Armed Forces:  provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon
            enlistment, (see H.R. 51), H9537 [5OC]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1445 [24MR]
        CIA:  provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
            concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3104 [12MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2931 [6MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H2814 [5MY]
        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),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3014 [7MY]
        Fair Housing Act:  amend, (see H.R. 3206), H904 [5MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
        Forest Service:  authority to purchase lands within the boundaries
            of certain national forests in California to include the Angeles
            National Forest, (see H.R. 3770), H2705 [30AP]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Germany:  jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H9178 [28SE]
        Government regulations:  require peer review of scientific data used
            in support of Federal regulations, (see H.R. 3234), H496 [12FE]
        Health:  expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H678 [26FE]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H1445 [24MR]
        ------ limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H2814
            [5MY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H4479
            [10JN]
        Health care professionals:  require military physicians to possess
            unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
            education requirements, (see H.R. 3775), H3014 [7MY]
        Hunting and trapping:  prohibit steel jaw leghold traps, (see H.R.
            1176), H6880 [31JY]
        Insurance:  require health plans to provide adequate access to
            services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, (see H.R.
            1737), H4550 [11JN]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
        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), H4550 [11JN]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H678
            [26FE]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
        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]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards, (see H.R. 8), H4165 [4JN]
        National forests:  suspend development of a roadless area policy
            pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
            affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H755 [3MR]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H3625 [20MY]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H630 [25FE]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H631 [25FE]
        ------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
            opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H6487
            [27JY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H10833
            [13OC]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1854
            [31MR]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ treatment of golf caddies, (see H.R. 2321), H3105 [12MY]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4675), H10513 [10OC]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5593 [15JY]
        Voting:  guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel,
            merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal,
            State, and local elections, (see H.R. 699), H497 [12FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Bono, Sonny:  tribute, (see H. Res. 338), H63 [27JA]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations, (see H.R. 4194), H5491 [14JY]
      Conference reports
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations (H.R. 4194), H9359-H9437 [5OC]
      Motion
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6277 [23JY]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11738 [17DE]
        Bono, Sonny:  tribute (H. Res. 338), H8 [27JA], H11 [27JA], H17
            [27JA]
        California:  tribute to League of California Cities, E1749<bullet>
            [17SE]
        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), H6469 [27JY]
        Center for Military and Private Sector Initiatives:  tribute,
            E2095<bullet> [12OC]
        Children and youth:  provide greater access to child care services
            for Federal employees (H.R. 4280), H9358 [5OC]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, H6545 [29JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), E2030<bullet>
            [10OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11833 [18DE]
        ------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
            obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
            conduct, H1302 [19MR]
        Computers:  develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
            problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
            not disrupted, E1381<bullet> [22JY]
        Council on Environmental Quality:  prohibit funding to American
            Heritage Rivers Initiative, H6260 [23JY]
        Dept. of HUD:  regulations relative to lender paid mortgage broker
            fees, H6258 [23JY]
        ------ Rental Assistance Voucher Program funding, H5763 [17JY],
            H5764 [17JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5690 [16JY], H5694 [16JY], H5697 [16JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  health and safety violations at
            Veteran's Integrated Services Network hospitals, H5770 [17JY]
        ------ reallocation of certain veteran health care resources
            relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6555
            [29JY]
        ------ veterans extended care facilities construction funding
            through offsets in NASA's space station program, H6564 [29JY]
            veterans extended care facilities construction funding through
            offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing Opportunities for Persons
            With AIDS Program, H6566 [29JY]
        ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
            offsets in FHA funding, H6546 [29JY], H6548 [29JY], H6549
            [29JY], H6551 [29JY] Veterans Health Administration medical care
            funding through offsets in equipment, land, and structures
            funding, H6543 [29JY]
        ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
            offsets in FHA funding, H7714 [15SE], H7715 [15SE], H7716 [15SE]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5744 [17JY], H5753 [17JY],
            H5754 [17JY], H5756 [17JY], H5757 [17JY], H5759 [17JY], H5760
            [17JY], H5763 [17JY], H5764 [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5770 [17JY],
            H5773 [17JY], H5825 [17JY], H5826 [17JY], H6223 [23JY], H6225
            [23JY], H6244 [23JY], H6245 [23JY], H6247 [23JY], H6249 [23JY],
            H6251 [23JY], H6254 [23JY], H6258 [23JY], H6259 [23JY], H6260
            [23JY], H6261 [23JY], H6262 [23JY], H6263 [23JY], H6265 [23JY],
            H6266 [23JY], H6269 [23JY], H6270 [23JY], H6273 [23JY], H6538
            [29JY], H6540 [29JY], H6541 [29JY], H6542 [29JY], H6543 [29JY],
            H6545 [29JY], H6546 [29JY], H6548 [29JY], H6549 [29JY], H6551
            [29JY], H6555 [29JY], H6564 [29JY], H6566 [29JY], H6568 [29JY],
            H6570 [29JY], H6571 [29JY], H6582 [29JY], H6583 [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5643 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to recommit, H6591
            [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9611
            [6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9622 [6OC] making appropriations (H.R.
            4194), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574), H9601
            [6OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7714 [15SE], H7715 [15SE], H7716 [15SE]
        District of Columbia:  impact of financial and management distress
            relief, H1332 [19MR]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6245 [23JY], H6247 [23JY], H6249 [23JY], H6251
            [23JY], H6254 [23JY]
        ------ exempt educational outreach or information seminars on
            greenhouse gas emissions from EPA and Council on Environmental
            Quality funding limitations, H6223 [23JY]
        ------ Oregon Garden Project funding, H6259 [23JY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4935 [22JN]
        EPA:  allow State and local governments to recommend alternative
            water filtration methods, H6258 [23JY]
        ------ impact of regulatory requirements on small communities
            relative to disinfection and treatment of groundwater, H6568
            [29JY]
        ------ remove restrictions on use of brownfield funds, H5825 [17JY],
            H5826 [17JY]
        ------ research funding to reduce methane emissions from ruminant
            livestock, H6551 [29JY]
        ------ study health effects of copper in drinking water, H6570
            [29JY]
        ------ support contracts for the Superfund reportable quantities on
            oil spills programs, H6258 [23JY]
        FEMA:  accuracy of National Flood Insurance Program maps, H6259
            [23JY]
        ------ disaster funding to rebuild and improve seismic performance
            of earthquake-damaged hospitals, H6551 [29JY]
        ------ Emergency Food and Shelter Program funding, H6261 [23JY]
        Forest Service:  road construction funding, H1680 [27MR]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1680 [27MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4098<bullet> [4JN]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, H6571
            [29JY]
        Government regulations:  differentiate animal fats and vegetable
            oils from other oils and greases in issuing or enforcing
            regulations, H6258 [23JY]
        Highland, CA:  tribute to Highland Women's Club, E449<bullet> [24MR]
        Housing:  prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of
            termination of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5773
            [17JY]
        Inyo County, CA:  anniversary of first ascent of Mt. Whitney,
            E2093<bullet> [12OC]
        Johnston-Cox, Megan:  participation in National History Day
            Competition, E1203<bullet> [23JN]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), conference report, H8555 [24SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 550), H8542 [24SE]
        Members of Congress:  deny cost-of-living adjustments, H5690 [16JY]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards (H.R. 8), H5898 [20JY]
        NASA:  academic programs funding, H6543 [29JY]
        Newman, Phyllis:  Congregation Emanu El of San Bernardino, CA, Rabbi
            Norman F. Feldheym Award recipient, E682<bullet> [28AP]
        NSF:  funding, H6538 [29JY], H6540 [29JY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H6589 [29JY]
        Point of order, H5773 [17JY]
        Postal Service:  removal as U.S. representative to the Universal
            Postal Union, H5694 [16JY], H5697 [16JY]
        Redlands, CA:  tribute to Arrowhead Christian Academy football team,
            E168<bullet> [12FE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), H5560 [15JY], H5561 [15JY]
        ----- feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R. 3267),
            consideration (H. Res. 500), H5545 [15JY]
        San Bernardino County, CA:  observance of Blue Ribbon Week,
            E763<bullet> [5MY]
        ------ tribute to Community Coalition Project, E691<bullet> [28AP]
        San Francisco, CA:  prevent use of Federal funds to require city
            contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6582 [29JY],
            H6583 [29JY]
        San Joaquin Valley, CA:  develop water resource management plan,
            H6568 [29JY]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6265 [23JY], H6266
            [23JY], H6269 [23JY], H6270 [23JY], H6273 [23JY]
        St. Louis, MI:  Pine River dredging project, H6244 [23JY]
        Veterans:  post-military employment prospects and unemployment
            statistics, E2095<bullet> [12OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H9149<bullet> [28SE]
        Wales:  observance of St. David's Day, E166<bullet> [12FE]
        Wilson, Ronald L.:  California Inland Empire Council of Boy Scouts
            of America Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E1259<bullet>
            [26JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H4626 [16JN]
      Reports filed
        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 of Conference (H.R. 4194) (H. Rept. 105-769), H9536
            [5OC]
      Tables
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
            appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5745-H5749 [17JY]
      Tributes
        Ashton, Alice E., E1568<bullet> [7AU]
        Berry, Bob, E1132<bullet> [16JN]
        Bono, Representative, H2073 [21AP]
        Burton, John L., E306<bullet> [5MR]
        Callies, Char, E1979<bullet> [9OC]
        Collins, Richard C., E1530<bullet> [4AU]
        Cunningham, Representative, H7370 [6AU]
        Dalpiaz, Al and Irene, E2024<bullet> [10OC]
        Davis, Robert L. (Larry), E1787<bullet> [23SE]
        Dellums, Representative, H204 [3FE], H215 [3FE]
        Fazio, Representative, H4935 [22JN], H8542 [24SE], H8555 [24SE]
        Hibbetts, Arthur E., E1941<bullet> [8OC]
        Jacobs, Steven D., E1747<bullet> [17SE]
        Kohlars, Dorothy, E389<bullet> [17MR]
        McDade, Representative, H4935 [22JN], H9246 [1OC]
        McDonald, Virnita, E868<bullet> [14MY]
        Nelson, Lewis W., E679<bullet> [28AP]
        Roberts, Margaret, E1979<bullet> [9OC]
        Smith, Jane, E1131<bullet> [16JN]
        Solomon, Representative, H9601 [6OC]
        Sorenson, Irene, E1203<bullet> [23JN]
        Stokes, Representative, H6225 [23JY], H6241 [23JY], H6242 [23JY],
            H9622 [6OC], E1469<bullet> [30JY]