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

    BARCIA, JAMES A. (a Representative from Michigan)
      Articles and editorials
        Memory Lane, Les Arndt, Wonderful Times (publication), E1206<bullet>
            [23JN]
      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]
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Bankruptcy:  temporarily reenact chapter of U.S. Code relative to
            treatment of debts of family farmers with a regular annual
            income, (see H.R. 4697), H9536 [5OC]
        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), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        ------ prohibit sale of personal information without parental
            consent, (see H.R. 1972), H755 [3MR]
        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), H5404 [25JN]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H2236 [22AP]
        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), H7415 [6AU]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish, (see H.R. 3007), H1550
            [25MR]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ ensure U.S. preparation to meet the year 2000 problem, (see
            H.R. 4756), H10352 [9OC]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Correctional institutions:  prevent luxurious prison conditions,
            (see H.R. 169), H755 [3MR]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H755 [3MR]
        ------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
            4531), H8528 [23SE]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H1021
            [10MR]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H. Res. 212),
            H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  improve food safety research, education, and
            technology and require the use of a designated team to rapidly
            respond to food safety emergencies, (see H.R. 3132), H100
            [28JA], (see H.R. 3148), H240 [3FE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H497 [12FE]
        ERISA:  clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
            failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
            benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H1337 [19MR]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H2931 [6MY]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H631 [25FE]
        Firearms:  clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
            arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ 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), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H4165
            [4JN]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H1445 [24MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H1236 [17MR]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
            countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
            Res. 418), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H3744 [21MY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3625
            [20MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        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]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1643 [26MR]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 2497), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2237 [22AP]
        NAFTA:  assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide
            for withdrawal, (see H.R. 978), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ impact on employment and the economy, (see H.R. 3540), H3014
            [7MY]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H755 [3MR]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H630 [25FE]
        Nigeria:  efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
            3916), H6697 [29JY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7000 [3AU]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H5404 [25JN]
        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), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H579 [24FE]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H447 [11FE]
        Taxation:  allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage,
            (see H.R. 4167), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ collection and payment of State taxes imposed on motor fuel
            sold on Indian lands, (see H.R. 3966), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
            extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ impose a flat tax only on the earned income of individuals
            and on business taxable income, (see H.R. 2971), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1021 [10MR]
        ------ repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national
            retail sales tax, (see H.R. 2001), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see H.R. 3127), H579 [24FE]
        ------ treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
            connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of charitable contributions, (see H.R. 1338), H3624
            [20MY]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of golf caddies, (see H.R. 2321), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H755 [3MR]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions, (see H.R. 2544), H5297 [24JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H4550 [11JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H447 [11FE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
            [6AU]
        Veterans:  accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military
            installations for certain disabled individuals, (see H.R. 2760),
            H498 [12FE]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H5493
            [14JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Computers:  minimize the disruption of Government and private sector
            operations caused by the year 2000 computer problem, (see H.R.
            4682), H9344 [2OC]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H5736 [16JY]
        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), H4240
            [5JN]
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:  approve a permit required for
            importation of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan, (see
            H.R. 4760), H10352 [9OC]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, H6212
            [23JY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5079 [24JN]
        Baker, James:  anniversary of first African-American to run for
            public office in Michigan, E1206<bullet> [23JN]
        Balcer, Roger:  induction into Michigan Polka Music Hall of Fame,
            E1898<bullet> [2OC]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4374<bullet> [10JN]
        Bay City, MI:  anniversary of AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary, E470<bullet>
            [25MR]
        ------ anniversary of First Church of the Nazarene, E2317<bullet>
            [12NO]
        ------ anniversary of Second Baptist Church, E664<bullet> [23AP]
        ------ tribute to Bay County Women's Center, E1924<bullet> [6OC]
        Bay County, MI:  dedication of the Jeppesen Radiation Oncology
            Center at Bay Health Systems, E1868<bullet> [1OC]
        Beaver Township, MI:  anniversary of St. Valentine's Parish,
            E1395<bullet> [23JY]
        Boys and Girls Clubs of America:  funding, H7116 [4AU]
        Caseville, MI:  anniversary, E1611<bullet> [7AU]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12023<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem (H.R. 4355), H6871<bullet>
            [31JY]
        ------ ensure U.S. preparation to meet the year 2000 problem (H.R.
            4756), H10719 [13OC]
        ------ minimize the disruption of Government and private sector
            operations caused by the year 2000 computer problem, H10719
            [13OC] minimize the disruption of Government and private sector
            operations caused by the year 2000 computer problem (H.R. 4682),
            E1895<bullet> [2OC]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, H10145 [8OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  regulate loans to certain processors of
            sugarcane and sugar beets, H5079 [24JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7116 [4AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10145 [8OC]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (H.R.
            4242), E2013<bullet> [10OC]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
            3824), H4587 [16JN], H4588 [16JN], H7298 [6AU]
        Frankenlust Township, MI:  anniversary of St. Paul Lutheran Church,
            E1213<bullet> [24JN]
        LeVasseur, Pamela:  Bay County, MI, Women's Recognition Award for
            Volunteerism recipient, E2230<bullet> [16OC]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  surety bond requirements for home health care
            providers, H1145 [12MR]
        Michigan:  anniversary of South Middle School, E304<bullet> [5MR]
        National Domestic Violence Awareness Month:  observance,
            E1924<bullet> [6OC]
        NIST:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1274), H10733 [13OC]
        Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
            transportation trust funds, H1899 [1AP]
        Polish Legion of American Veterans:  tribute to Ladies Auxiliary,
            E1615<bullet> [7AU]
        Saginaw, MI:  anniversary of Saginaw Country Club, E1248<bullet>
            [26JN]
        ------ anniversary of Zion Baptist Church, E1750<bullet> [17SE]
        ------ EPA National Sewer Overflow Control Program Excellence Award
            recipient, E2013<bullet> [10OC]
        ------ tribute to Michigan State Chamber of Commerce Ambassador
            Conference, E1747<bullet> [17SE]
        Saginaw African-American Minority Business Association:  tribute,
            E2011<bullet> [10OC]
        Saginaw County Commission on Aging:  anniverasry, E879<bullet>
            [18MY]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions (H.R. 2544), H5425 [14JY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1899 [1AP]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1156 [12MR]
      Statements
        Tribute to Bonetta Wright:  Lori Shemka, E945<bullet> [22MY]
      Tributes
        Brzezinski, Richard A., E1752<bullet> [17SE]
        Capling, Joe, E252<bullet> [2MR]
        Fenton, Angela V., E1749<bullet> [17SE]
        Foster, Evie, E1383<bullet> [22JY]
        Herriman, Clare and Betty, E1692<bullet> [10SE]
        Horner, Cal F., E2196<bullet> [15OC]
        Jeppesen, Hans C., Jr., E1868<bullet> [1OC]
        Jeppesen, Hans C., Sr., E1868<bullet> [1OC]
        Jozwiak, Alexander and Lillian, E1494<bullet> [31JY]
        Keinath, Donald and Dorothy, E47<bullet> [28JA]
        Korn, Edwin, Jr., E305<bullet> [5MR]
        Korn, Edwin Jr., E931<bullet> [21MY]
        Krygier, Leonard and Mary, E2126<bullet> [13OC]
        LaPorte, Thomas, E1212<bullet> [24JN]
        Patzer, Bob, E618<bullet> [22AP]
        Pruder, David, E305<bullet> [5MR]
        Smith, Carl H., Sr., E1397<bullet> [23JY]
        Thatcher, Rex, E181<bullet> [12FE]
        Watrous, Dorothy, E1237<bullet> [25JN]
        Wright, Bonnetta, E945<bullet> [22MY]