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

    HILLIARD, EARL F. (a Representative from Alabama)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Agriculture:  provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and
            promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H8528 [23SE]
        Armed Forces:  anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294),
            H4961 [22JN]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2318 [23AP]
        Army:  close School of the Americas, (see H.R. 611), H2706 [30AP]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3146), H240 [3FE]
        Birds:  establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
            birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6820 [30JY]
        Budget:  authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions, (see H.R. 1321), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ establish a budget reserve account for emergencies, (see H.R.
            457), H6820 [30JY]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the
            decennial census, (see H.R. 2081), H2423 [28AP]
        Chavez, Cesar E.:  commemorate birthday, (see H.J. Res. 65), H2056
            [1AP]
        Children and youth:  prevent teenage driving while under the
            influence of drugs, (see H.R. 3799), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
            improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
            (see H.R. 4621), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H5064 [23JN]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H3312 [14MY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H3625 [20MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Computers:  provide that actions, including ones to recover damages,
            resulting from a computer date failure shall be deemed to be
            based solely in contract when certain conditions have been met,
            (see H.R. 4240), H6070 [21JY]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H3744
            [21MY]
        Courts:  applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
            the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
            H10010 [7OC]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H5297 [24JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H1237 [17MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        Dept. of Education:  establish demonstration projects to ensure
            equal educational opportunities for individuals with learning
            disabilities at institutions of higher education, (see H.R.
            3596), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ make grants for postsecondary information technology
            education and employment assistance projects, (see H.R. 3896),
            H3488 [19MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
        ------ collection of information relative to the use of mentally
            disabled children and individuals in biomedical and behavioral
            research, (see H.R. 4135), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
            home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ ensure individuals who undertake federally funded research
            and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements, (see
            H.R. 3758), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H11705 [21OC]
        ------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
            rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637), H3312
            [14MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
            commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240), H851
            [4MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H9084
            [26SE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  make nonmilitary Government aircraft
            subject to safety regulations, (see H.R. 1483), H7414 [6AU]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5405 [25JN]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
            (see H.R. 3517), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H2318 [23AP]
        ------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H2931 [6MY]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ promote environmental justice, public health, and pollution
            reduction efforts, (see H.R. 4584), H11696 [20OC]
        Education:  give gifted and talented students the opportunity to
            develop their capabilities, (see H.R. 4127), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
            training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
            4552), H9537 [5OC]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
            3269), H755 [3MR]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8932 [25SE]
        EPA:  reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, (see
            H.R. 536), H6186 [22JY]
        ExploraVision Awards Program:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 279),
            H9188 [29SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H5405
            [25JN]
        ------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
            Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
        FBI:  appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel
            actions, (see H.R. 3614), H3024 [11MY]
        FDA:  require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see
            H.R. 3462), H3972 [22MY]
        Federal aid programs:  prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
            additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
            needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H11696 [20OC]
        ------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
            to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates,
            (see H.R. 4692), H9537 [5OC]
        Federal contracts:  require employers to provide health care
            benefits, (see H.R. 4278), H5956 [20JY]
        Federal employees:  increase leave time relative to services as an
            organ donor, (see H.R. 2943), H65 [27JA]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H6511 [28JY]
        Forest Service:  reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system,
            (see H.R. 4149), H6511 [28JY]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H8932 [25SE]
        FRS:  include money laundering activities in the consideration of
            certain applications, (see H.R. 3760), H2814 [5MY]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
            4340), H7585 [10SE]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H4056
            [3JN]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
            Res. 313), H1777 [30MR]
        Guyana:  elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H851 [4MR]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H6070 [21JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
            [22MY]
        Health:  develop and implement integrated cockroach management
            programs in urban communities to reduce health risks to
            residents, especially children, suffering from asthma and
            asthma-related illnesses, (see H.R. 3897), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
            individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121), H5064
            [23JN]
        ------ establish penalties for prohibited uses and disclosures of
            individually identifiable health information and allow
            individuals to inspect and copy their own health information,
            (see H.R. 3900), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
            [21MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H6070
            [21JY]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H4835 [18JN]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ transition for new Members, (see H.R. 3053), H4880 [19JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers,
            (see H.R. 2377), H631 [25FE]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        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), H9537 [5OC]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
            (see H.R. 4093), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1550 [25MR]
        John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL:  designate, (see H.R.
            1804), H2055 [1AP]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H1777
            [30MR]
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act:  Federal land acquisitions
            funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
            conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H10012
            [7OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H904 [5MR]
        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]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1337 [19MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H100 [28JA]
        Medicare:  coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
            H10012 [7OC]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H2120
            [21AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE],
            (see H.R. 4339), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H6186 [22JY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
            H4165 [4JN]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ provide for independent case managers for home health
            services, (see H.R. 4591), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H631 [25FE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish, (see H.R. 3411), H6511 [28JY]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H7179 [4AU]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H8035 [17SE]
        Native Americans:  mint coins in commemoration of history and
            culture, (see H.R. 4448), H9179 [28SE]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H8932 [25SE]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H6820 [30JY]
        Nuclear weapons:  recognize the security interests of the U.S. in
            furthering complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Organ donors:  establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
            H.R. 1505), H4055 [3JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H1643 [26MR]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H6070 [21JY]
        Public Health Service:  establish pediatric research initiative,
            (see H.R. 1883), H6186 [22JY]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H6070 [21JY]
        Public welfare programs:  disregard payment of earned income tax
            credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
            for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
            programs, (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5297
            [24JN]
        Schools:  ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
            4224), H6487 [27JY]
        Senior citizens:  establish a consumer price index for elderly
            consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social
            Security and Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4084), H5957 [20JY]
        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), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H65 [27JA]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H2119 [21AP]
        Space policy:  encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
            (see H. Con. Res. 267), H3625 [20MY]
        States:  expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
            financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
            the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
            (see H.R. 3697), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        ------ require equal education funding throughout the State, (see
            H.R. 1234), H2055 [1AP]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
            [22AP]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
            (see H.R. 2695), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive
            compensation, (see H.R. 687), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel
            vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones,
            (see H.R. 3466), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
            in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ 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), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
            repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
            4489), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of contributions of computer technology and
            equipment to elementary or secondary schools, (see H.R. 4476),
            H8932 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of expenses paid for attending conferences relative
            to a dependent child's chronic medical condition, (see H.R.
            4484), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H7178
            [4AU]
        ------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
            shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H5492 [14JY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5859 [17JY]
        Washington Interdependence Council:  establish a memorial to
            Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 3499),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H7415 [6AU]
        WHO:  encourage the U.S. becoming a signatory to the Guidelines for
            Drug Donations, (see H. Con. Res. 225), H2319 [23AP]
        Women:  ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
            property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
            H851 [4MR]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H1444
            [24MR]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            4398), H8084 [18SE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        National Black Law Students Association:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res.
            231), H755 [3MR]
      Remarks
        African Americans:  discrimination claims by farmers against the
            Dept. of Agriculture, H544 [24FE], H545 [24FE], H546 [24FE],
            H548 [24FE], H549 [24FE]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11901<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Earth Day:  observance, E653<bullet> [23AP]
        Herman, Sec. of Labor:  independent council investigation relative
            to criminal allegations, E864<bullet> [14MY]
        Political ethics:  evaluation of independent counsel statute,
            E864<bullet> [14MY]
        Racial relations:  encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
            U.S., H1214 [17MR], H1215 [17MR]
        Rwanda:  international response to genocide, H2792 [5MY], H2793
            [5MY], H2794 [5MY], H2795 [5MY], H2796 [5MY]
        Votes:  position on missed, E1152<bullet> [17JN]
      Statements
        Rwandan Genocide:  by, H2796<bullet> [5MY]
      Tributes
        Lewis, Representative John, H1214 [17MR]
        Mixon, Herman, E1262<bullet> [26JN]
        Sutton, Goodloe, E770<bullet> [6MY]