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

    RIGGS, FRANK (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5595 [15JY]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H9276 [1OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5634 [15JY], H5739 [16JY],
            H6071 [21JY], H6187 [22JY], H6578 [29JY], H6584 [29JY]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7179 [4AU], H7293 [5AU]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), H7543 [10SE], H7547 [10SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2333 [27AP], H2610
            [29AP], H2892 [6MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4062 [3JN]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, H3966 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2073, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
            appropriations, H9507 [5OC]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
        Twenty-First Century Work-Force Commission, H11722 [17DE]
      Articles and editorials
        Activists' Demands Jeopardize Deal for Headquarters, Mike Geniella,
            Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, H6041 [21JY]
        Education Monopoly, Marilyn Lundy, Washington (DC) Post, H4605
            [16JN]
        Headwaters Forest Plan Has Politicians at Loggerheads--Saying It's
            Not Enough, Sher Holds Up Agreement, Paul Rogers, San Jose (CA)
            Mercury News, H6041 [21JY]
        Man of Influence and Diligence, Roy Towers Worked Hard To Leave His
            Little Corner of the World a Better Place, Crescent City (CA)
            Triplicate, E919<bullet> [20MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H578 [24FE]
        Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA:
            designate, (see H.R. 2349), H6282 [23JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
        Child Nutrition Act:  simplify program operations and improve
            program management, (see H.R. 3873), H3311 [14MY]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ provide children with increased access to food and nutrition
            assistance during the summer, (see H.R. 3871), H3311 [14MY]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  undertake an inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton, (see H. Res.
            304), H7495 [9SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
        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),
            H7617 [11SE]
        Education:  dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
            the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ terminate social promotion in schools, (see H. Res. 401),
            H1776 [30MR]
        Endangered species:  protection of the California spotted owl and
            its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H101
            [28JA]
        Firearms:  possession by persons convicted of a crime involving
            domestic violence, (see H.R. 1009), H1112 [11MR]
        Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
            manage dungeness crab fisheries, (see H.R. 3498), H1298 [18MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 4250), H5957 [20JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H1337 [19MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  exemption from State laws prohibiting
            carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 218), H678 [26FE]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H6697 [29JY]
        Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 2348), H6282 [23JY]
        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), H677 [26FE]
        National School Lunch Act:  extend the authority of the commodity
            distribution program, (see H.R. 3872), H3311 [14MY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 965), H2318 [23AP]
        Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC:
            designate, (see H.R. 1383), H6697 [29JY]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H101 [28JA]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H1112 [11MR]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
            lowest rate, (see H.R. 3151), H678 [26FE]
        ------ increase personal income tax exemption, (see H.R. 3149), H678
            [26FE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of liquor and beer retailers, (see H.R. 4140),
            H5402 [25JN]
        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]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H1112 [11MR]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
            3874), H3311 [14MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Boy Scouts:  allow restrictions on hiring of homosexuals as scout
            masters, (see H. Res. 474), H4628 [16JN]
        Coast Guard:  conveyance of certain vessels to Canvasback Mission,
            Inc., (see H.R. 3924), H3624 [20MY]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            (see H.R. 3330), H850 [4MR]
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House):  question
            relating to privileges of the House, (see H. Res. 599), H10917
            [14OC]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize, (see H.R.
            4271), H5859 [17JY]
        Drugs:  clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in
            States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs,
            (see H.R. 3184), H445 [11FE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English, (see H.R. 3680), H2054 [1AP], (see H.R. 3892), H3487
            [19MY]
        ------ provide flexibility to local agencies that develop voluntary
            public and private parental choice programs, (see H.R. 3742),
            H2423 [28AP]
        Head Start Act:  amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
            H.R. 3254), H578 [24FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4099), H4879 [19JN]
        Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act:  reauthorize
            and amend, (see H.R. 3973), H3971 [22MY]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H10919 [15OC]
      Remarks
        Anderson, Don:  Redwood Region Logging Conference Achievement Award
            recipient, E448<bullet> [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region, H12018<bullet> [19DE]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H684 [2MR]
        Campion, Carney J., E2133<bullet> [13OC]
        Capitol Pages:  tribute, E1212<bullet> [24JN]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10100<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
            justice, and improper sexual conduct, H7557 [10SE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11808 [18DE], H11913 [18DE],
            H12018<bullet> [19DE]
        ------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
            obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
            conduct, H371-H373 [5FE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2892 [6MY], H2894 [6MY], H2896 [6MY], H2897 [6MY], H2898 [6MY],
            H2899 [6MY], H2900 [6MY], H2901 [6MY], H2904 [6MY], H2905 [6MY],
            H2908 [6MY], H2910<bullet> [6MY], H2921 [6MY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize (H.R. 4271),
            E1338<bullet> [17JY]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10923 [15OC]
        Courts:  constitutional amendment to limit judicial terms (H.J. Res.
            74), H686 [2MR]
        Crime:  national policy to control crime and reform court
            procedures, H686 [2MR]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6040 [21JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6578 [29JY], H6582 [29JY],
            H6583 [29JY], H6584 [29JY]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7343
            [6AU], H7374 [6AU], H7379 [6AU], H7392 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit funding for joint adoptions by individuals not
            related by blood or marriage, H7343 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7343 [6AU], H7374
            [6AU], H7379 [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7392 [6AU]
            scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502), H2444
            [29AP], H2656 [30AP], H2662 [30AP], H2665 [30AP]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267),
            H2766<bullet> [5MY]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, H687 [2MR]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3680), E585<bullet> [2AP]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), H7530 [10SE], H7536 [10SE], H7543 [10SE], H7544
            [10SE], H7545 [10SE], H7546 [10SE], H7548 [10SE], H7549 [10SE]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7523 [10SE], H7524
            [10SE], H7528 [10SE]
        ------ Federal funding to local school districts relative to
            compliance with State laws on bilingual education, H7543 [10SE],
            H7544 [10SE], H7545 [10SE], H7546 [10SE]
        ------ improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), H10287 [9OC],
            H10289 [9OC], H10291 [9OC], H10293 [9OC], H10294 [9OC]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H367-H371 [5FE], H688
            [2MR], H1151-H1155 [12MR], H10806 [13OC], H10878 [14OC], H10885
            [14OC]
        ------ preservation and use of native languages, H7549 [10SE]
        ------ terminate social promotion in schools (H. Res. 401), H4603
            [16JN], H4604 [16JN], H4607 [16JN]
        ------ tribute to the Do the Write Thing Challenge Program,
            E1960<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ voucher program to provide school choice, H370 [5FE]
        Eureka, CA:  tribute to Grant Elementary School, E1795<bullet>
            [24SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H397 [11FE]
        Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc.:  anniversary, E625<bullet> [22AP]
        Head Start Act:  amend (H.R. 4241), E1328<bullet> [17JY]
        Headwaters Forest:  Federal acquisition of lands, H6040 [21JY],
            H6042 [21JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2892 [6MY], H2894
            [6MY], H2896 [6MY], H2897 [6MY], H2898 [6MY], H2899 [6MY], H2900
            [6MY], H2901 [6MY], H2904 [6MY], H2905 [6MY], H2908 [6MY],
            H2910<bullet> [6MY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding (H. Res. 399),
            H4602 [16JN]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H12018<bullet> [19DE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform, H699 [3MR]
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act:  authorizing
            appropriations (H.R. 1818), H687 [2MR]
        Medicare:  reform, H368 [5FE]
        Morality and ethics:  national objectives, H688 [2MR]
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
            appropriations (S. 2073), H9202 [1OC]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H2654 [30AP], H2907 [6MY], H7379 [6AU], H7547
            [10SE]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H800 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H800 [4MR]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H1151-H1156 [12MR],
            E1214<bullet> [24JN]
        San Francisco, CA:  prevent use of Federal funds to require city
            contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6578 [29JY],
            H6582 [29JY], H6583 [29JY], H6584 [29JY]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10932 [15OC]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H684 [2MR]
        ------ reform, H368 [5FE]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, H1155 [12MR]
        States:  requirements for standardized English testing, H7548 [10SE]
        Taxation:  increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
            lowest rate (H.R. 3151), H543 [24FE]
        ------ increase personal income tax exemption (H.R. 3149), H543
            [24FE]
        ------ rates, H369 [5FE], H507 [24FE], H543 [24FE], H685 [2MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H732 [3MR]
        Votes:  position on missed, H611 [25FE], H1483 [25MR], H2859<bullet>
            [6MY], E562<bullet> [2AP], E1366<bullet> [21JY], E1551<bullet>
            [5AU], E2025<bullet> [10OC]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H5872<bullet> [20JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H493 [12FE], H3968 [22MY], H5954 [20JY],
            H6695 [29JY], H9531 [5OC]
        Special order:  granted, H98 [28JA], H437 [11FE], H558 [24FE], H753
            [3MR], H1018 [10MR], H1165 [16MR], H1376 [23MR], H2422 [28AP],
            H2602 [29AP], H3482 [19MY], H3622 [20MY], H4164 [4JN], H4322
            [9JN], H5734 [16JY], H7582 [10SE], H8522 [23SE], H9343 [2OC],
            H9532 [5OC], H10511 [10OC], H10665 [12OC], H10916 [14OC], H11022
            [15OC], H11041 [16OC]
        Tribute, H11007-H11013 [15OC]
      Sermons
        Easter Is Outrageous:  Pierce Klemmt, E1214<bullet> [24JN]
      Tributes
        Beeson, Peggy C., E1476<bullet> [30JY]
        Bonilla, Sara, E1201<bullet> [23JN]
        Kirkpatrick, Ian, E1117<bullet> [11JN]
        Klemmt, Pierce W., H5637 [16JY]
        Lungren, Dan, H688 [2MR]
        McLean, Mel, E143<bullet> [11FE]
        Owen, Jack and Marchetta, E1213<bullet> [24JN]
        Towers, Roy, E919<bullet> [20MY]
        Williams, George (Nick), E1306<bullet> [15JY]