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

    LEVIN, SANDER M. (a Representative from Michigan)
      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
        Antitrust policy:  treatment of video programming for multichannel
            distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate, (see H.R.
            3808), H3013 [7MY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H101 [28JA]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H10353
            [9OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4056 [3JN]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H4961
            [22JN]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H.R. 4550), H7691
            [14SE]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and encourage
            State voluntary response programs relative to remediating
            brownfield sites, (see H.R. 1120), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen
            protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local
            governments and individuals relative to economic development
            efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H692 [2MR]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H9345 [2OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 3292), H2707
            [30AP], (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs, (see H.R. 3130), H99 [28JA]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H4835 [18JN]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7585 [10SE]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
            countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
            Res. 418), H2932 [6MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H10012 [7OC]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H3488 [19MY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2606
            [29AP]
        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]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H850 [4MR]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
            (see H.R. 2850), H5859 [17JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H6820 [30JY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        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), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10011 [7OC], (see
            H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
            Res. 304), H7495 [9SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1237 [17MR]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6999 [3AU]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1445 [24MR]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4629 [16JN]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI, (see
            H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
        Railway Labor Act:  applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight
            crews during operations outside the U.S., (see H.R. 991), H1337
            [19MR]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H495 [12FE]
        Social Security:  provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to
            return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for
            such beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H2931 [6MY]
        Supreme Patriarch Karekin I:  tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
            centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
            (see H. Con. Res. 271), H3024 [11MY]
        Tariff:  wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H7585 [10SE]
        Taxation:  enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H3013 [7MY]
        ------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
            collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
            [28JA]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
            H6281 [23JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2423 [28AP]
        ------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H2054
            [1AP]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
            nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
            H.R. 4611), H9084 [26SE]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see H.R. 4173),
            H5403 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H6999
            [3AU]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H5594 [15JY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H498 [12FE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H579 [24FE]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H447
            [11FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3105 [12MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3476), H1236 [17MR]
        States:  expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
            financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
            the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
            (see H.R. 3697), H2119 [21AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5297
            [24JN]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
            H6211<bullet> [23JY]
        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), H3765 [22MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H518 [24FE]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2293
            [23AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11651<bullet> [20OC]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2207 [22AP]
        Berry, Michael:  National Ethnic Coalition Ellis Island Medal of
            Honor recipient, E792<bullet> [7MY]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2496 [29AP]
        Budget:  proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989),
            H4184 [5JN]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4148 [4JN], H4216 [5JN]
        Burton, Evelyn and Lester:  American Committee for the Weizmann
            Institute of Science Michigan Region honorees, E1688<bullet>
            [10SE]
        Cahill, Kimberly M.:  March of Dimes (organization), Alexander
            Macomb Citizens of the Year Award recipient, E1705<bullet>
            [11SE]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6089 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11906 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10103<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11906 [18DE]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809), H3410
            [19MY], H3411 [19MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require congressional approval for certain
            uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5706 [16JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5706 [16JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11651<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), E1589<bullet>
            [7AU]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380),
            H7385<bullet> [6AU]
        ------ prohibit funding for joint adoptions by individuals not
            related by blood or marriage, H7385<bullet> [6AU]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7868 [16SE]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), H2473<bullet> [29AP]
        Fakhouri, Haifa:  American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
            Awards and Scholarship Dinner honoree, E863<bullet> [14MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), H866 [5MR], H5377 [25JN], H5385 [25JN]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents
            (H. Con. Res. 202), H398 [11FE], E161<bullet> [12FE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7958<bullet> [17SE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            consideration (H. Res. 553), H8759 [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4087 [4JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6400 [24JY]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H5476 [14JY]
        IMF:  funding, H2293 [23AP], H7958<bullet> [17SE]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), Senate amendments, H4292<bullet>
            [9JN]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis (H. Res. 392), H5885
            [20JY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination (H. Con. Res. 235), H1205
            [17MR]
        Lorenzo, Albert L.:  March of Dimes (organization), Alexander Macomb
            Citizens of the Year Award recipient, E1705<bullet> [11SE]
        Mark, Florine:  American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
            Awards and Scholarship Dinner honoree, E863<bullet> [14MY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10250 [9OC]
        Michigan:  transportation projects funding, H1911<bullet> [1AP]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (H. Con. Res.
            304), H7653<bullet> [14SE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1615 [26MR]
        ----- treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1602 [26MR]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H5469 [14JY]
        Petitpren, Inc.:  March of Dimes (organization), Alexander Macomb
            Citizens of the Year Award recipient, E1705<bullet> [11SE]
        Point of order, H3731 [21MY]
        Political campaigns:  application of term ``express advocacy''
            relative to communications providing voting records or positions
            taken by candidates for public office, H4866 [19JN], H4868
            [19JN], H5453 [14JY], H5454 [14JY], H5455 [14JY], H5466 [14JY],
            H6847 [30JY]
        ------ clarify that certain communications from citizen groups are
            exempt from express advocacy requirements, H6799 [30JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3785
            [22MY], H4785 [18JN], H4805 [18JN], H4866 [19JN], H4868 [19JN],
            H5453 [14JY], H5454 [14JY], H5455 [14JY], H5466 [14JY], H5479
            [14JY], H5484 [14JY], H5936 [20JY], H6799 [30JY], H6832 [30JY],
            H6847 [30JY], H6938 [3AU], H7308 [6AU], H7321 [6AU] ethics
            reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H.
            Res. 458), H4775 [18JN], H4776 [18JN]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4805
            [18JN], H7308 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit use of White House meals or accommodations for
            fundraising, H5479 [14JY]
        ------ prohibit use of willful blindness as a defense against
            violations of foreign contribution ban, H5484 [14JY]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H1753 [30MR]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H7321
            [6AU]
        ------ specify that a communication with a Member regarding pending
            legislation be construed to establish coordination with a
            candidate, H6832 [30JY]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8499 [23SE]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, H3765 [22MY]
        Royal Oak, MN:  tribute to St. Paul Lutheran Church, E1933<bullet>
            [7OC]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8750 [25SE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4021 [3JN]
        Sterling Heights, MI:  tribute to Fire Fighters Union retirees,
            E1779<bullet> [23SE]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815),
            E793<bullet> [7MY]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8750 [25SE], H8938 [26SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4666 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1911<bullet> [1AP]
        Treaties and agreements:  preemption of State and local laws
            relative to GATT and NAFTA, E1589<bullet> [7AU]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (H. Con. Res. 295),
            H10455<bullet> [10OC]
        Voting:  require proof of citizenship and Social Security number to
            register and repeal mandate that States provide mail voter
            registration, H5936 [20JY]
        Warren, MI:  anniversary of Ukrainian Cultural Center, E2047<bullet>
            [10OC]
        Zieve, Mary Lou Simons and Mort:  American Jewish Committee
            Institute of Human Relations Distinguished Community Service
            Award recipients, E1286<bullet> [14JY]
      Statements
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
      Tributes
        Heflin-McCloud, Elizabeth, E159<bullet> [12FE]
        Jesko, George, E1846<bullet> [29SE]
        Kelly, W. Russell, E15<bullet> [27JA], E64<bullet> [3FE]
        Kraus, Irene, E1942<bullet> [8OC]
        Kuzniar, Laura Robinson, E2230<bullet> [16OC]
        Mulligan, Mary, E1287<bullet> [14JY]
        Nowicki, Bruno, E2007<bullet> [9OC]
        Sonnenschein, Hugo F., E865<bullet> [14MY]
        Vagnozzi, Aldo, E519<bullet> [30MR]
        Zander, Mary, E165<bullet> [12FE]