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

    STUPAK, BART (a Representative from Michigan)
      Amendments
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2320 [23AP], H2866
            [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act,
            H7888 [16SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Levitt Targets Profit Distortions, Washington (DC) Post,
            H10783<bullet> [13OC]
        SEC Dings Tech Firms, San Jose (CA) News, H10783<bullet> [13OC]
        ``Trick'' Accounting Draws Levitt Criticism, Melody Peterson, New
            York (NY) Times, H10783<bullet> [13OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
        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), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H1776 [30MR]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H3744 [21MY]
        China, People's Republic of:  congressional approval before the U.S.
            supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S.
            withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval, (see
            H.R. 1140), H3105 [12MY]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H497 [12FE]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
            (see H.R. 23), H10353 [9OC]
        Crime:  prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H2706
            [30AP]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H4629 [16JN]
        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:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            (see H.R. 3511), H10077 [8OC]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study effects of double-crested cormorants
            on commercial and recreational fish species and prepare
            population management strategy, (see H.R. 4754), H10076 [8OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  collection of user fees for navigational
            assistance services, (see H.R. 3674), H5405 [25JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  determination of service connection for
            certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
            warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
            3279), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H909 [9MR]
        ------ improve programs providing counseling and treatment for
            sexual trauma experienced by veterans, (see H.R. 2253), H447
            [11FE]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
            H3970 [22MY]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H7290 [5AU]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H100 [28JA]
        Ecology and environment:  provide State grants to stabilize and
            remove tire piles that are near drinking water sources and
            sensitive populations, (see H.R. 1041), H1777 [30MR]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H4240 [5JN]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits,
            (see H.R. 2457), H755 [3MR]
        Firearms:  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), H10513 [10OC]
        Fish and fishing:  authorize assistance to the States for fish
            restoration and management projects, (see H.R. 2973), H851 [4MR]
        Food:  improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
            [18JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5064 [23JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain
            countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H6487 [27JY]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources, (see H.R. 2515), H755 [3MR]
        Health:  permit exception from guaranteed issue requirement for
            certain coverage to be applied separately to parts of the small
            group market based upon employer size, (see H.R. 4008), H7178
            [4AU]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3625
            [20MY]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H1236 [17MR]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H2932 [6MY]
        Insurance:  prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
            violence, (see H.R. 1117), H904 [5MR]
        ------ prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage
            or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H1112 [11MR]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H7415 [6AU]
        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], (see H. Res.
            598), H11023 [15OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  increase the amount paid to families of
            public safety officers killed in the line of duty, (see H.R.
            4544), H7583 [10SE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Lighthouses:  establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
            program, (see H.R. 2970), H904 [5MR]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H9722 [6OC]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1643 [26MR]
        Medal of Honor:  issue commemorative postage stamp in recognition of
            recipients, (see H. Con. Res. 200), H679 [26FE]
        Medicaid:  prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE], (see H.R. 4646), H9083 [26SE]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H100 [28JA]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services,
            cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 4567), H10077 [8OC], (see
            H.R. 4567), H10311 [9OC]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H6186 [22JY]
        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), H904 [5MR]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H904 [5MR]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H497 [12FE]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H1854 [31MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H2932 [6MY]
        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), H3024 [11MY]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H6186 [22JY]
        ------ eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions
            from noncovered employment, (see H.R. 3077), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H241 [3FE]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
        Taxation:  enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H691 [2MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2331 [27AP]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H2318 [23AP]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
            connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
            shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H755 [3MR]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
        Turkey:  hosting of Organization for Security and Cooperation in
            Europe summit relative to human rights violations, (see H. Con.
            Res. 179), H101 [28JA]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2056 [1AP]
        Veterans:  extend commissary and exchange store privileges to
            veterans with service-connected disabilities and certain
            dependents, (see H.R. 2224), H64 [27JA]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5494 [14JY]
        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
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6697 [29JY]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
            H2706 [30AP]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Keweenaw National Historical Park:  amend laws relative to
            appointments to advisory commission, (see H.R. 4351), H6697
            [29JY]
        Taxation:  eliminate marriage tax penalty, (see H.R. 3443), H1112
            [11MR]
        Viking (vessel):  certificate of documentation, (see H.R. 4273),
            H5859 [17JY]
      Letters
        Impeachment of President Clinton:  by, H11892 [18DE]
        ------ Richard L. Abel and several legal scholars, H11892 [18DE]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  Barbara L.N. Roper,
            Consumer Federation of America, H6056 [21JY]
        ------ Bruce Lindsey and Gene Sperling, Executive Office of the
            President, H10784<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ SEC, H10784<bullet> [13OC], H10785<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ Senators D'Amato, Gramm, and Dodd, H10784<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ several State and local government organizations, H6056
            [21JY], H6058 [21JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), E1260<bullet> [26JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6496
            [28JY]
        Cedar River Harbor:  Corps of Engineers project funding, H4927
            [22JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11891 [18DE]
        Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham:  investigation of involvement
            in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H3090
            [12MY]
        Colleges and universities:  Olympic Scholarships Program
            reauthorization, H2866 [6MY]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H3090 [12MY], H3093 [12MY], H3094 [12MY], H3095
            [12MY], H3096 [12MY], H3097 [12MY], H3098 [12MY], H3099 [12MY]
        ------ release of confidential information relative to investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H2164 [22AP], H2167 [22AP], H2168 [22AP], H3030
            [12MY], H3090-H3093