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

    STARK, FORTNEY PETE (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), H297 [4FE], H297 [4FE]
      Appointments
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        AARP Answers ``Scare Campaign'' on Medicare Private Contracting,
            Elliot Carlson and Don McLeod, AARP Bulletin (publication),
            E134<bullet> [11FE]
        Congress v. HCFA--Bureaucracy Bashing 101, Julie Rovner, Congress
            Daily (publication), E779<bullet> [6MY]
        Did Blues Execs Pad Their Pockets? Bob Keaveney, Baltimore (MD)
            Daily Record, E1658<bullet>-E1660<bullet> [9SE]
        Huckabee Flees Forum After Welfare Protest, Washington (DC) Post,
            E704<bullet> [29AP]
        Statewide Regionalization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Its Effect
            on In-Hospital Mortality, Annals of Surgery (publication),
            E1664<bullet> [9SE]
        23 Percent Solution? Robert S. McIntyre, New York (NY) Times,
            E80<bullet> [3FE]
        $2.9 Million Helps To Leave the Blues Behind, David S. Hilzenrath,
            Washington (DC) Post, E1660<bullet> [9SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Agriculture:  require labeling of country of origin of imported
            perishable agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 1232), H2055
            [1AP]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H5957 [20JY]
        Birds:  establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
            birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6820 [30JY]
        California:  designate all unreserved and unappropriated coastal
            rocks and islands as a component of the National Wilderness
            Preservation System, (see H.R. 3911), H4880 [19JN]
        Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area:  establish, (see H.R.
            3604), H4961 [22JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H10352 [9OC]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H5594 [15JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, (see H. Res. 438), H3312 [14MY]
        China, Republic of:  participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H10833 [13OC]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
            to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H1237 [17MR]
        Courts:  allow suits against the Federal Government for gross
            negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas, (see
            H.R. 1334), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
            the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
            H11705 [21OC]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H65 [27JA]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H1700 [27MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H678 [26FE]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H1112 [11MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  ensure individuals who undertake federally funded
            research and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements,
            (see H.R. 3758), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ establish program relative to exchange of sterile hypodermic
            needles, (see H.R. 2212), H64 [27JA]
        ------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
        ------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
            money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
            3511), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R. 3875), H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Discrimination:  condemn all prejudice against Asian and Pacific
            Islander Americans and support political and civic participation
            by these persons, (see H. Con. Res. 191), H2120 [21AP]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H1643 [26MR]
        Domestic policy:  establish a living wage, develop job
            opportunities, convert military programs to social programs,
            produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and
            redistribute wealth and power, (see H.R. 1050), H6820 [30JY]
        Drugs:  restrict disclosure of prescription information by pharmacy
            owners, pharmacists, and other pharmacy employees, (see H.R.
            3756), H2605 [29AP]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ control water pollution from concentrated animal feeding
            operations, (see H.R. 3232), H496 [12FE]
        ------ promote environmental justice, public health, and pollution
            reduction efforts, (see H.R. 4584), H11696 [20OC]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3105 [12MY]
        Education:  grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
            training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
            4552), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
            3269), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        ERISA:  clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
            failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
            benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H330 [4FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H1699
            [27MR]
        Federal aid programs:  State eligibility for bonuses under the
            temporary assistance to needy families block grants relative to
            child poverty rates, (see H.R. 4692), H9723 [6OC]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H6880
            [31JY]
        ------ require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a
            handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H6454 [24JY]
        Food:  improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 3052), H2120
            [21AP]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ 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. 3636), H2931 [6MY],
            (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Foreign trade:  impose certain sanctions on countries that use child
            labor, (see H.R. 2678), H2236 [22AP]
        Golden Gate National Recreation Area:  modify boundaries, (see H.R.
            4143), H5402 [25JN]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ require one-call notification system to protect natural gas
            and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage, (see H.R.
            3318), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to
            reduce mercury emissions, (see H.R. 3791), H2813 [5MY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
            [22MY]
        Health:  expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ 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), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ revise and extend programs relative to the health of
            individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
            H1021 [10MR]
        Health care professionals:  establish a national abusive and
            criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
            H.R. 2953), H6880 [31JY]
        House of Representatives:  require approval of any payments from the
            reserve fund designated for certain committee expenses, (see H.
            Res. 387), H1700 [27MR]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
        Immigration:  increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
            children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
            H7413 [6AU]
        Indonesia:  democracy efforts, (see H. Con. Res. 281), H3971 [22MY]
        ------ support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con. Res.
            258), H8932 [25SE]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
            certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
            3538), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
            and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
            individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H1700 [27MR]
        ------ require health insurance issuers to notify participants if a
            group health plan fails to pay premiums, and provide a
            conversion option if the plan is terminated, (see H.R. 4709),
            H9722 [6OC]
        ------ require health insurance plans to provide external appeals in
            cases of adverse determinations involving experimental
            treatments, significant costs, or serious medical conditions,
            (see H.R. 3469), H1379 [23MR]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H7415 [6AU]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Lebanon:  recognize territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and
            independence, (see H. Con. Res. 68), H65 [27JA]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1237 [17MR]
        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]
        ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
            certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H5957 [20JY]
        Medicare:  comprehensive financing for graduate medical education,
            (see H.R. 4739), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs, (see H.R. 4836), H10917 [14OC]
        ------ ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical
            education programs, (see H.R. 4736), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical
            equipment, (see H.R. 2671), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE]
        ------ require HMO's to disclose information to enrollees on
            physicians, finances, and compensation of executives of the
            organization, (see H.R. 3239), H678 [26FE]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H7915 [16SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  expand and coordinate
            activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
            H64 [27JA]
        National Park Service:  reform concessions policies, (see H.R.
            3934), H3743 [21MY]
        Native Americans:  mint coins in commemoration of history and
            culture, (see H.R. 4448), H9179 [28SE]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4629 [16JN]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H3014 [7MY]
        Nigeria:  efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
            3916), H3624 [20MY]
        Nuclear weapons:  recognize the security interests of the U.S. in
            furthering complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479),
            H4835 [18JN]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC], (see H.R. 4804), H11696 [20OC]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H8932 [25SE]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H329 [4FE]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H1236 [17MR]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H3742 [21MY]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H495 [12FE]
        Schools:  ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
            4224), H6820 [30JY]
        Sequoia National Forest:  increase recreational opportunities and
            establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia
            ecosystem, (see H.R. 2077), H4567 [15JN]
        Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
            [23JN]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4454), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
            (see H.R. 2695), H241 [3FE]
        ------ deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive
            compensation, (see H.R. 687), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
            H6281 [23JY]
        ------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
            3524), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H2237
            [22AP]
        ------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
            repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
            4489), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ simplify individual capital gains tax, (see H.R. 3623), H2052
            [1AP]
        ------ 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), H8527 [23SE]
        ------ treatment of expenses paid for attending conferences relative
            to a dependent child's chronic medical condition, (see H.R.
            4484), H7413 [6AU]
        Telephones:  protect consumers from cramming of charges on telephone
            bills, (see H.R. 3798), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H3744 [21MY]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
        Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
            tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
            products to children, and establish the American Center on
            Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H1237 [17MR]
        ------ end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H2120 [21AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Children and youth:  improve the quality of child care through
            grants and a commission on child care standards, (see H.R.
            4844), H11023 [15OC]
        Dept. of the Interior:  participation in the design, planning, and
            construction of the Alameda County Brackish Water Desalination
            Project for the reclamation and reuse of water, (see H.R. 3996),
            H4165 [4JN]
        Health care professionals:  ensure home care agencies conduct
            background checks on job applicants, (see H.R. 4592), H8035
            [17SE]
        Insurance:  prevent conflicts of interest in the use of
            administrative vendors in the administration of State children's
            health insurance plans, (see H.R. 3713), H2236 [22AP]
        Medicare:  combat waste, fraud, and abuse, (see H.R. 3471), H1235
            [17MR]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H7289
            [5AU]
        ------ coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and home infusion
            drug therapy, (see H.R. 4753), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ 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]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services, (see H.R. 3988),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
            assure continuity of care, (see H.R. 3997), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4674), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ implement a budget-neutral payment system for outpatient
            rehabilitation services, (see H.R. 4534), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
            H3743 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ provide flexibility in contracting for claims processing,
            (see H.R. 4186), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ provide for independent case managers for home health
            services, (see H.R. 4591), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ reduce percentage of physicians' salaries dependent on
            financial incentives under Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R.
            4726), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ reform payment system for certain long-term care hospitals,
            (see H.R. 4533), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ require disclosure of certain information about benefit
            management for prescription drugs by Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4187), H5404 [25JN]
        Nuclear weapons:  establish policy of nonproliferation, (see H.R.
            3333), H850 [4MR]
      Briefs
        Physician referral laws implementation, E4<bullet>-E6<bullet> [27JA]
      Excerpts
        Next Ten Years of Health Spending--What Does the Future Hold?,
            E2101<bullet> [12OC]
      Letters
        Exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the
            Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system:
            Muriel Ellman, MHM/Bay Colony Counseling Services, E483<bullet>
            [26MR]
        Impeachment of President Clinton:  Roberta Cooper, H12008<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Medicaid/Medicare insurance and benefits cost estimates:  Sol
            Mussey, Health Care Financing Administration, E978<bullet>
            [22MY]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  by, H5060 [23JN]
        Prescription drug prices, E138<bullet> [11FE]
        Summer Youth Employment Training Program:  George Granger, Castro
            Valley, CA, Board of Education, H10139<bullet> [8OC]
      Memorandums
        Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act (H.R. 2497),
            E368<bullet> [12MR]
        Prohibit Federal Funding of Attorneys' Fees, Costs, and Imposed
            Sanctions of the President's Task Force on National Health Care
            Reform:  Congressional Research Service, E149<bullet> [11FE]
      Papers
        Reforming Medicare--Strategies for Higher Quality, Lower Cost Care:
            David Nash, AARP, E2<bullet> [27JA]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
            E1424<bullet> [24JY]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11648<bullet> [20OC]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3688 [21MY]
        ------ funding of abortions for military personnel and dependents at
            overseas military medical facilities, H3574<bullet> [20MY]
        ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
            Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11742<bullet> [17DE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2507<bullet> [29AP]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 410), H2480
            [29AP]
        Budget:  proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989),
            H4179 [5JN], H4180 [5JN]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4222<bullet> [5JN]
        California:  anniversary of Permanente Medical Group, E277<bullet>
            [4MR]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            H6505<bullet> [28JY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7211<bullet> [5AU]
        Children and youth:  improve the quality of child care through
            grants and a commission on child care standards (H.R. 4844),
            E2198<bullet> [15OC]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6080 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10105<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12008<bullet> [19DE], H12011
            [19DE]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7605<bullet> [11SE]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia (H.R.
            4006), E2147<bullet> [13OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3574<bullet> [20MY], H3688 [21MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  improve organ donation and transplantation programs,
            E1164<bullet> [18JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  participation in the design, planning, and
            construction of the Alameda County Brackish Water Desalination
            Project for the reclamation and reuse of water (H.R. 3996),
            E1028<bullet> [4JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require congressional approval for certain
            uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5581<bullet> [15JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5581<bullet> [15JY], E1346<bullet> [17JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11648<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7211<bullet>
            [5AU], H7260<bullet> [5AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10137<bullet> [8OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), E1466<bullet> [30JY]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380),
            H7396<bullet> [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7396<bullet>
            [6AU] scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502),
            E757<bullet> [5MY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8048<bullet> [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8048<bullet> [18SE]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation,
            H7260<bullet> [5AU]
        Federal employees:  increase leave time relative to services as an
            organ donor (H.R. 2943), H9439<bullet> [5OC]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug
            coverage, E1346<bullet> [17JY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            H8795<bullet> [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4098<bullet> [4JN]
        Fremont, CA:  anniversary of Rotary Club, E692<bullet> [28AP]
        ------ anniversary of the Washington Township Health Care District,
            E843<bullet> [13MY]
        Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.:  amend Federal
            charter (H.R. 3025), E135<bullet> [11FE]
        Hayward, CA:  tribute to Park Elementary School, E1888<bullet> [2OC]
        Health:  merger of Blue Cross Blue Shield of the National Capital
            Area and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland, E1658<bullet> [9SE]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, E1122<bullet> [11JN]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            E287<bullet> [4MR], E335<bullet> [10MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            337), E1<bullet> [27JA] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (H.R. 3605), E527<bullet> [31MR] protection of
            enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250),
            H6369<bullet> [24JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), E1950<bullet> [8OC]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims (H.R. 3523), E760<bullet>
            [5MY]
        ------ reform accreditation process for nursing homes, E2239<bullet>
            [20OC]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding,
            E779<bullet> [6MY]
        Health care professionals:  implementation of physician referral
            laws, E4<bullet> [27JA]
        Insurance:  prevent conflicts of interest in the use of
            administrative vendors in the administration of State children's
            health insurance plans (H.R. 3713), E626<bullet> [22AP]
        Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations:
            hospital accreditation review process, E228<bullet> [25FE]
        Medicare:  accreditation requirements relative to public
            representation and meetings (H.R. 800), E337<bullet> [10MR]
        ------ accreditation requirements relative to public representation
            and meetings (H.R. 800), E2139<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (H.R. 2497), E133<bullet> [11FE], E368<bullet> [12MR]
        ------ budget treatment of trust funds, E978<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 3471), E396<bullet>
            [17MR], E978<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
            surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E2<bullet>
            [27JA], E3<bullet> [27JA]
        ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
            surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726),
            E1664<bullet> [9SE]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 4403),
            E1550<bullet> [5AU]
        ------ coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and home infusion
            drug therapy (H.R. 4753), E1956<bullet> [8OC], E1969<bullet>
            [8OC], E1980<bullet> [9OC], E2101<bullet> [12OC]
        ------ enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs (H.R. 4836), E2171<bullet> [14OC]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services (H.R. 3988),
            E985<bullet> [3JN]
        ------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
            assure continuity of care (H.R. 3997), E1026<bullet> [4JN]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans (H.R. 4674), E1870<bullet> [1OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R.
            3570), E483<bullet> [26MR]
        ------ extension of coverage to early retirees and dependents
            through equal-to-cost premiums, E74<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ implement a budget-neutral payment system for outpatient
            rehabilitation services (H.R. 4534), E1662<bullet> [9SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals (H.R. 3470), E978<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ investigate referral policies for home health agencies,
            E1666<bullet> [9SE]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 3940),
            E932<bullet> [21MY]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans
            (H.R. 4214), E1295<bullet> [14JY]
        ------ provide flexibility in contracting for claims processing
            (H.R. 4186), E1232<bullet> [25JN]
        ------ provide for independent case managers for home health
            services (H.R. 4591), E1751<bullet> [17SE]
        ------ reduce percentage of physicians' salaries dependent on
            financial incentives under Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 4726),
            E1962<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ reform, E1655<bullet> [9SE]
        ------ reform payment system for certain long-term care hospitals
            (H.R. 4533), E1668<bullet> [9SE]
        ------ require disclosure of certain information about benefit
            management for prescription drugs by Medicare+Choice
            organizations (H.R. 4187), E1238<bullet> [25JN]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10248 [9OC], H10254 [9OC], H10258<bullet> [9OC]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  require health care facilities and services to
            fund annual financial and compliance audits (H.R. 2543), E228
            [25FE]
        Nuclear weapons:  establish policy of nonproliferation (H.R. 3333),
            E295<bullet> [4MR]
        Oakland, CA:  anniversary of the Women in Skilled Trades program,
            E1328<bullet> [17JY]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), H286 [4FE], H287 [4FE], H288 [4FE], H292 [4FE],
            H294 [4FE], H297 [4FE], H298 [4FE], E148<bullet> [11FE]
        ----- prohibit Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and
            imposed sanctions (H.J. Res. 107), consideration (H. Res. 345),
            H279 [4FE], H280 [4FE], H281 [4FE], H282 [4FE], H283 [4FE]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9748<bullet>
            [7OC]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8501<bullet> [23SE]
        ------ reform, E703<bullet> [29AP]
        San Jose, CA:  Mission San Jose High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E891<bullet> [19MY]
        San Leandro, CA:  tribute to Friends of San Leandro Creek
            (organization) on completion of Root Park mural, E1964<bullet>
            [8OC]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8749 [25SE]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, E1466 [30JY]
        Taxation:  full deduction of health insurance costs for self-
            employed individuals, E1833<bullet> [28SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8749 [25SE], H8965 [26SE]
        ------ repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax,
            E80<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4656 [17JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), consideration
            (H. Res. 472), H4645 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 471), H4642
            [17JN]
        ------ treatment of employer health insurance deductions, H4656
            [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1894 [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3955<bullet>
            [22MY]
        University of California at Hayward:  tribute to Upward Bound
            Program, E815<bullet> [12MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H6486 [27JY]
      Reports
        Managed Health Care:  J. Wrich & Associates, Inc., E335<bullet>
            [10MR]
      Statements
        Medicare Coverage to Early Retirees and Their Dependents:  Alan
            Cranston, E75<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ Edward J. Gurney, E75<bullet> [3FE]
        Protection of Enrollees In Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            A.G. Newmyer, III, E1950<bullet> [8OC]
      Studies
        European Health Care Reform:  WHO, E1655<bullet> [9SE]
      Summaries
        Medicare Coverage of Outpatient Prescription Drugs and Home Infusion
            Drug Therapy (H.R. 4753), E1957<bullet> [8OC]
        Social Security and Welfare Reform (1972), E74<bullet> [3FE]
        States' Consumer Protection Laws for Health Insurance, E287<bullet>
            [4MR]
      Tables
        Dollars to the Classroom Act State allocations, H8048<bullet> [18SE]
        Federal cost of illustrative Medicare benefits package including
            prescription drug and stop-loss coverage, E1981<bullet> [9OC]
        Federal cost of Medicare drug coverage under alternative cost
            sharing requirements with Medicaid offsets, E1981<bullet> [9OC]
        How NCQA accreditation compares to U.S. News & World Report
            (publication) rankings of HMO's, E338<bullet> [10MR]
        Medicare payments for certain benefits and procedures, E369<bullet>
            [12MR]
        Prescription drug benefit costs for SMI enrollees, E1981<bullet>
            [9OC]
        States' consumer protection laws for health insurance, E287<bullet>
            [4MR]
      Testimonies
        Require Disclosure of Certain Information About Benefit Management
            for Prescription Drugs by Medicare+Choice Organizations:  Mark
            Green, E1239<bullet> [25JN]
      Tributes
        Allen, Jack and Elsie, E1243<bullet> [26JN]
        Blank, John H., E1386<bullet> [22JY]
        Cardoza, Edward D., E36<bullet> [28JA]
        Dellums, Representative, E120<bullet> [5FE]
        Hanley, John, E1012<bullet> [3JN]
        Korematsu, Fred, E44<bullet> [28JA]
        Silva, Joseph D., E485<bullet> [26MR]