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

    CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6264 [23JY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, H2296
            [23AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1299 [18MR]
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate, (see H.R.
            3808), H3013 [7MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Contracts:  prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
            the basis of labor policies, (see H.R. 1378), H241 [3FE]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        Customs Service:  use of customs user fees for certain preclearance
            activities, (see H.R. 3644), H3488 [19MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
            technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H10353
            [9OC]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
            money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
            3511), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H2237 [22AP]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see H.R. 2870), H101 [28JA]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H578 [24FE]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H1159 [12MR]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H3971 [22MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  State grants to encourage fathers
            to become better parents, (see H.R. 3314), H755 [3MR]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H1337 [19MR]
        Firearms:  clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
            arms, (see H.R. 2734), H65 [27JA]
        ------ 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), H4629 [16JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H8627 [24SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5494 [14JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H1445 [24MR]
        ------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H4165 [4JN]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
            [22MY]
        Insurance:  provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ require health plans to provide adequate access to services
            provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, (see H.R. 1737), H755
            [3MR]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H64 [27JA]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
            handguns, (see H.R. 218), H6487 [27JY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial, (see H. Res. 144), H3247
            [13MY]
        ------ 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), H8932 [25SE]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H8084
            [18SE]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4155), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H5064 [23JN]
        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), H7915
            [16SE]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H5404 [25JN]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H630 [25FE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H3014 [7MY]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see H. Res. 404), H3015 [7MY]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H1445 [24MR]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H579 [24FE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        States:  use of individuals other than merit-staffed or civil
            service employees in providing certain employment services, (see
            H.R. 3994), H5405 [25JN]
        Taxation:  allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
            motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ clarify the income and gift tax consequences of catching and
            returning record home run baseballs, (see H.R. 4522), H7585
            [10SE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
            collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H4880
            [19JN]
        ------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
            in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H7179 [4AU]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H496
            [12FE]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
            [7AU]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H498 [12FE]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Transportation:  continue certain preclearance and inspection
            activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
            passengers, (see H.R. 4819), H10832 [13OC]
        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]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see H.R. 3684), H5493 [14JY]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 65), H851
            [4MR], (see H.R. 303), H851 [4MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Tariff:  gasoline, alternative motor fuels, and motor oil, (see H.R.
            3452), H1158 [12MR]
        Taxation:  treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
            connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
            H4711 [17JN]
      Letters
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H8500 [23SE]
        ----- Representative Archer, Committee on Ways ane Means (House),
            H8500 [23SE]
        ------ Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H8500
            [23SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H8499 [23SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5083 [24JN]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4401 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4401 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of credit card debt, H4401 [10JN]
        Bridgeport, MI:  anniversary, E583<bullet> [2AP]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate (H.R. 3808),
            H3994 [3JN]
        Chambers, Richard:  Michigan Principal of the Year award recipient,
            E2023<bullet> [10OC]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11931 [18DE]
        Coast Guard:  station closure guidelines, H6723 [29JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  regulate loans to certain processors of
            sugarcane and sugar beets, H5083 [24JN]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6723 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6244 [23JY], H6266 [23JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), H866 [5MR]
        Federal aid programs:  correct law relative to termination of
            benefits for convicted persons (H.R. 3096), H1402 [24MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8784 [25SE]
        House of Representatives:  require that excess amounts from Members'
            official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, H5341
            [25JN]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report,
            H5366<bullet> [25JN]
        Jonesfield Township, MI:  anniversary, E1202<bullet> [23JN]
        Journal:  question of approval, H1406 [24MR]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), H5341 [25JN]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8498 [23SE], H8499
            [23SE], H8500 [23SE]
        Saginaw, MI:  anniversary of Saginaw Country Club, E1248<bullet>
            [26JN]
        Saginaw County Commission on Aging:  anniversary, E879<bullet>
            [18MY]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6266 [23JY]
        SSI:  treatment of certain cash awards from tax-exempt groups
            relative to fulfilling wishes for children with life-threatening
            diseases, H8500 [23SE]
        St. Louis, MI:  Pine River dredging project, H6244 [23JY]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8938 [26SE]
        Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
            emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6777 [30JY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H2284<bullet> [23AP]
        WMPX-Radio (Midland, MI):  anniversary, E1705<bullet> [11SE]
      Subpoena Notices
        Michigan Circuit Court, H4027 [3JN]
      Tributes
        Baker, Leon, E1256<bullet> [26JN]
        Paxon, Representative, E2210<bullet> [15OC]