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

    PICKETT, OWEN B. (a Representative from Virginia)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3673 [21MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        United Kingdom-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H10986 [15OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings
            Plan, (see H.R. 3933), H3743 [21MY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H101 [28JA]
        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), H2237 [22AP], (see H.R. 4136), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ provide 2-year period prior to statutory reclassification of
            areas that fail to attain clean air standards, (see H.R. 4136),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H851
            [4MR]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1643 [26MR]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H4165
            [4JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1643 [26MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H3625
            [20MY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H5594
            [15JY]
        Drugs:  encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase
            and use of over-the-counter drug products, (see H. Res. 151),
            H2424 [28AP]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1159
            [12MR]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
            H2605 [29AP]
        Firearms:  applicability of domestic violence-related possession
            prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such
            prohibitions, (see H.R. 26), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ 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), H5494 [14JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2814 [5MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5297 [24JN]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see H.R. 3981), H6697 [29JY]
        Government regulations:  require reasonable notice to businesses of
            changes made to regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see
            H.R. 4049), H4549 [11JN]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H5493
            [14JY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5859
            [17JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see H.R. 2377), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
            2955), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ permit local educational agencies to waive reimbursement for
            aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend public secondary
            schools, (see H.R. 4416), H7410 [6AU]
        Insurance:  prohibit use of genetic information in determining
            coverage or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H3312 [14MY]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H8932 [25SE]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
            handguns, (see H.R. 218), H7690 [14SE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1777 [30MR]
        Medicare:  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), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H10011 [7OC]
        Music and dance:  recognize the contributions of the cities of
            Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, and their people to the origins
            and development of country music, (see H. Con. Res. 214), H3744
            [21MY]
        National Commission on Terrorism:  establish, (see H.R. 4536), H8932
            [25SE]
        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), H1237 [17MR]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H10668 [12OC]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2606 [29AP]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H1699 [27MR]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H8932 [25SE]
        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), H498 [12FE]
        Rokhlin, Lev Y.:  express sympathy to family and colleagues and urge
            prompt investigation into death, (see H. Res. 571), H9345 [2OC]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ designate top performing enterprise communities as
            empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4212), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3014
            [7MY]
        ------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
            communities, (see H.R. 465), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ treatment of amounts received under State programs providing
            compensation for birth-related injuries, (see H.R. 4139), H5402
            [25JN]
        ------ treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm
            rental income, (see H.R. 1261), H1299 [18MR]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H3014 [7MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H904 [5MR]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H1021 [10MR]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1159 [12MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ termination of certain contributions to the Survivor Benefit
            Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H2706 [30AP]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
            of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
            Shelf, (see H.R. 3972), H3971 [22MY]
        Military Retirement Reform Act:  restore certain military retirement
            benefits, (see H.R. 4669), H9274 [1OC]
      Remarks
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11838 [18DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile
            defense systems (H.R. 2786), H1723 [30MR], H1726 [30MR]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H3472 [19MY], H3707
            [21MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            H8568 [24SE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
            of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
            Shelf (H.R. 3972), H10942 [15OC]
        Foreign trade:  nuclear export reporting requirements, H3707 [21MY]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  observance, H1546<bullet> [25MR]
        Immigration:  establish special status for NATO civilian employees
            (H.R. 429), H511 [24FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, E719<bullet> [30AP]
      Statements
        Israeli Independence Anniversary:  Israel Zoberman, E719<bullet>
            [30AP]
      Tributes
        Dellums, Representative, H210<bullet> [3FE]
        Hipol, Manuel A., E116<bullet> [5FE]