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

    MORELLA, CONSTANCE A. (a Representative from Maryland)
      Amendents
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5712 [16JY]
      Amendments
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5065 [23JN]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2817 [5MY], H2840 [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
            Equity Act, H2296 [23AP]
      Articles and editorials
        Deregulation or Plain Old Theft? Nancie G. Marzulla, Washington (DC)
            Times, H2841 [6MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Arts and humanities:  encourage the identification and return of
            stolen artwork, (see H.R. 4138), H5594 [15JY]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H2236 [22AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for
            Greater Washington Soap Box Derby, (see H. Con. Res. 255), H1776
            [30MR]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H7415 [6AU]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4711 [17JN]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H755 [3MR]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
            H2053 [1AP]
        ------ improve child care provided through Federal facilities and
            programs, (see H.R. 2982), H5957 [20JY]
        Civil rights:  religious accommodations in the workplace, (see H.R.
            2948), H3024 [11MY]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819
            [30JY], (see H.R. 4455), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ minimize the disruption of Government and private sector
            operations caused by the year 2000 computer problem, (see H.R.
            4682), H9344 [2OC]
        Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
            to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H100 [28JA]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H447
            [11FE]
        ----- implementation, (see H.R. 4308), H6186 [22JY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1550 [25MR]
        Copyrights:  prevent the misappropriation of collections of
            information, (see H.R. 2652), H65 [27JA]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H1337 [19MR]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
            [29AP]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ increase research of link between violence against animals
            and violence against humans, (see H. Con. Res. 286), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        ------ reauthorize funding for court-appointed advocates for victims
            of child abuse, training programs on child abuse for judicial
            personnel and attorneys, and video taping of child victim
            testimony, (see H.R. 3902), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ reauthorize funding for grant program to encourage arrest
            policies relative to domestic violence, (see H.R. 3901), H3488
            [19MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H678 [26FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered
            under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H6880 [31JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H10833 [13OC]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
            3240), H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of Transportation:  assess available technologies for
            establishing a system to access motor vehicle driving records,
            (see H.R. 3555), H1549 [25MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5494 [14JY]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5405 [25JN]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H9345 [2OC]
        District of Columbia:  allow Washington Convention Center Authority
            to finance revenue bonds to construct new convention center,
            (see H.R. 4237), H5736 [16JY]
        Education:  give gifted and talented students the opportunity to
            develop their capabilities, (see H.R. 4127), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ role in character development and teaching of moral values,
            (see H. Con. Res. 127), H101 [28JA]
        ExploraVision Awards Program:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 279),
            H3743 [21MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H903 [5MR]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners, (see
            H.R. 3824), H3024 [11MY]
        FBI:  appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel
            actions, (see H.R. 3614), H1854 [31MR]
        FEC:  require reports on certain election expenditures, (see H.R.
            1705), H241 [3FE]
        Federal employees:  equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R.
            3956), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H578 [24FE]
        ------ provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage
            errors, (see H.R. 3249), H578 [24FE]
        Firearms:  ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition
            feeding devices, (see H.R. 3646), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H3744
            [21MY]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H7290 [5AU]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain
            countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3106
            [12MY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Foreign trade:  ban importation of certain large capacity military
            magazine rifles, (see H. Con. Res. 275), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ impose certain sanctions on countries that use child labor,
            (see H.R. 2678), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of products
            derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H65 [27JA]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H904 [5MR]
        Health care professionals:  training of hospital staff relative to
            identification and referral of victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 4477), H10513 [10OC]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H2056 [1AP]
        Human rights:  trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand
            for forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H448 [11FE]
        ------ trafficking of women and girls for forced prostitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 239), H5594 [15JY]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Indonesia:  democracy efforts, (see H. Con. Res. 281), H4242 [5JN]
        ------ support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con. Res.
            258), H3489 [19MY]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H6880 [31JY]
        ------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
            and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
            individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H1642 [26MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H65 [27JA]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
        Jacob Joseph Chestnut Post Office Building, Oxon Hill, MD:
            designate, (see H.R. 4516), H9346 [2OC]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6454 [24JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1445 [24MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        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), H4325 [9JN]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ reform, (see H.R. 1165), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H2119 [21AP]
        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:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H4962 [22JN]
        National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:  anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 335), H10353 [9OC]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H5859 [17JY]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H3247 [13MY]
        Nigeria:  promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890),
            H5297 [24JN]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H7803 [15SE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H1699 [27MR]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Parren J. Mitchell Veterans Medical Center, Baltimore, MD:
            designate, (see H.R. 3051), H101 [28JA]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2237 [22AP]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
        Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs, (see
            H.R. 3716), H2317 [23AP]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H5405 [25JN]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see H.R. 4514), H10833
            [13OC]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H1236 [17MR]
        Social Security:  restrict application of windfall elimination
            provisions to certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H1021 [10MR]
        States:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H9537 [5OC]
        Taxation:  allow cash payment to Federal employees in lieu of
            parking benefits, (see H.R. 4777), H11696 [20OC]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ business meal, entertainment, and certain travel expense
            deductions, (see H.R. 628), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H1550
            [25MR]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1445 [24MR]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1337
            [19MR]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ treatment of tobacco products, (see H.R. 3027), H101 [28JA]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H4324 [9JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H447 [11FE]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H8627 [24SE]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
            Res. 220), H2237 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels,
            compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and
            enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research,
            (see H.R. 3028), H101 [28JA]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2318
            [23AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H7585 [10SE]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
            [9SE]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H1159
            [12MR]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H9275 [1OC]
        Women:  ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
            property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H2331 [27AP]
        ------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
            3293), H676 [26FE]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H7494
            [9SE]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            4398), H8084 [18SE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1550 [25MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1550 [25MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  provide greater access to child care services
            for Federal employees, (see H.R. 4280), H6069 [21JY]
        Computers:  ensure U.S. preparation to meet the year 2000 problem,
            (see H.R. 4706), H9722 [6OC], (see H.R. 4756), H10352 [9OC]
        Disabled:  incentives to promote research and development of
            assistance technology and universally designed technology, (see
            H.R. 4063), H4628 [16JN]
        Education:  support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, (see H.R. 3296), H677 [26FE]
        Family Violence Prevention and Services Act:  reauthorize the
            national toll-free telephone domestic violence hotline, (see
            H.R. 3699), H2119 [21AP]
        Federal agencies and departments:  improve ability to license
            federally owned inventions, (see H.R. 4859), H11695 [20OC]
        Federal Employees Health Benefit Program:  application of cost
            accounting standards, (see H.R. 4840), H10917 [14OC]
        Health:  establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see H.R. 4376), H6879
            [31JY]
        Immigration:  eliminate restrictions which render alien battered
            spouses and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
            suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
            H6070 [21JY]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  approve location of proposed memorial in
            the District of Columbia, (see H.J. Res. 113), H850 [4MR]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish, (see H.R. 3411), H1020 [10MR]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H2032 [1AP], H5388 [25JN], H11682 [20OC]
      Letters
        Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act:  Daniel
            J. Popeo, Washington Legal Foundation, H2840 [6MY]
        Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act:  by, H9355 [5OC]
      Proclamations
        World Population Awareness Week:  several Representatives,
            E2051<bullet> [11OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  price supports for peanuts, H5023<bullet> [23JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5023<bullet> [23JN]
        Annapolis, MD:  tribute to Maryland Network Against Domestic
            Violence memorial service for victims of domestic violence,
            E139<bullet> [11FE]
        Armed Forces:  funding of abortions for military personnel and
            dependents at overseas military medical facilities, H3570 [20MY]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2210<bullet> [22AP]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7987 [17SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), E1046<bullet> [5JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for
            ``National Race for the Cure'' breast cancer survivors event (H.
            Con. Res. 238), H1181<bullet> [17MR]
        ------ tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the
            Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6493 [28JY]
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census (H. Con. Res. 246), E399<bullet> [17MR]
        Children and youth:  compliance with Federal and State safety and
            health standards at Federal child care centers, H9355 [5OC]
        ------ provide greater access to child care services for Federal
            employees (H.R. 4280), H9355 [5OC], H9358 [5OC]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11936 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10105<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11936 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2906 [6MY]
        ------ reporting requirements for reductions in athletic funding or
            scholarships, H2881 [6MY]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish (H.R. 3007), H7666 [14SE],
            H10154 [8OC]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem (H.R. 4355), H6871 [31JY]
        ------ encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to
            the year 2000 problem (S. 2392), E1893<bullet> [2OC]
        ------ ensure U.S. preparation to meet the year 2000 problem (H.R.
            4756), H10717 [13OC], H10718 [13OC], H10720 [13OC], H10721
            [13OC], H10722 [13OC], H10723 [13OC]
        ------ problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900, H5313
            [25JN]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, H10144 [8OC]
        Correctional institutions:  prohibit Federal funding for abortions
            except in cases of life endangering conditions or rape, H7144
            [4AU]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 3081),
            H10930 [15OC]
        ------ improve investigation and prosecution of individuals involved
            in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H639 [26FE]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4526 [11JN]
        ------ provide State grants to combat violence against women and
            limit the effects of violence and sexual assaults against women
            and children, H4526 [11JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3570 [20MY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), consideration (H. Res.
            484), H5218 [24JN]
        ------ year 2000 computer problem emergency funding, H5218 [24JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), H10794 [13OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
            Programs funding through rescissions in Advanced Technology
            Program, H7130 [4AU]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6004 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5680 [16JY], H5692 [16JY], H5695 [16JY], H5713
            [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
            485), H5313 [25JN]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
            498), H5569 [15JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  authorizing appropriations for surface
            transportation research and development, H1907<bullet> [1AP]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6722 [29JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  veterans extended care facilities
            construction funding through offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing
            Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program, H6567 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6964 [3AU], H6965
            [3AU], H6976 [3AU], H6981<bullet> [3AU], H7130 [4AU], H7144
            [4AU], H7258 [5AU], E1549<bullet> [5AU], E1565<bullet> [5AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10144 [8OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6567 [29JY], H6581 [29JY]
        Disabled:  incentives to promote research and development of
            assistance technology and universally designed technology (H.R.
            4063), E1141<bullet> [16JN]
        ------ support grant programs to address assistive technology needs
            of individuals with disabilities (S. 2432), E2075<bullet> [11OC]
        Discovery Creek Children's Museum:  expansion into Glen Echo Park,
            E2116<bullet> [13OC]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7356
            [6AU], H7365 [6AU], H7375 [6AU], H7384 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit funding for joint adoptions by individuals not
            related by blood or marriage, H7384 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7375 [6AU]
        ------ residency requirements for certain city employees, H7365
            [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502),
            H2668<bullet> [30AP]
        ------ use of non-Federal funds for abortions, H7356 [6AU]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7869<bullet>
            [16SE], H7878 [16SE]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), H2475<bullet> [29AP]
        Earth Day:  observance, E613<bullet> [22AP]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7258
            [5AU]
        FAA:  authorize research, engineering, and development programs
            (H.R. 1271), H192 [3FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  recognize the importance of
            children and families (H. Con. Res. 302), H10193 [8OC], H10194
            [8OC], H10195 [8OC]
        ------ reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of
            prevention programs (H.R. 1736), E968<bullet> [22MY]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
            3824), H4587 [16JN], H7298<bullet> [6AU]
        Federal agencies and departments:  improve ability to license
            federally owned inventions (H.R. 4859), H11679 [20OC]
        Federal employees:  allow agencies to use salary and expense
            accounts to aid employees with child care costs, E1354<bullet>
            [20JY]
        ------ increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor
            (H.R. 2943), H9438 [5OC], H9439 [5OC]
        ------ pay adjustment and comparability payment funding, H5692
            [16JY]
        ------ prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying
            for certain Government positions (S. 1021), H10189 [8OC]
        ------ provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage
            errors (H.R. 3249), H5911 [20JY]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
            procedures, H5680 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H5569 [15JY], H5680 [16JY], H5695
            [16JY]
        ------ disclosure of certain rate agreements, H9352 [5OC]
        ------ improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for
            the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (H.R. 1836), H9352 [5OC],
            H9354 [5OC], H9355 [5OC]
        Financial institutions:  address year 2000 computer problems and
            extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
            Credit Union Administration (H.R. 3116), H514 [24FE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7987 [17SE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8789 [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4088 [4JN]
        Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
            memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4284), H7763 [15SE]
        Garrett Park, MD:  anniversary, E129<bullet> [11FE]
        Government:  require random drug testing of newly appointed
            employees, H7878 [16SE]
        Guatemala:  investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and
            implementation of peace accords (H. Res. 421), H7456<bullet>
            [9SE]
        Health:  establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans (H.R. 4118),
            E1199<bullet> [23JN]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer (H. Res. 565), H10157 [8OC]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7748 [15SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2525<bullet> [29AP],
            H2881 [6MY], H2906 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9157 [28SE]
        Immigration:  eliminate restrictions which render alien battered
            spouses and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
            suspensions, or cancellation of deportation (H.R. 4291),
            E1373<bullet> [21JY]
        International Telecommunications Union:  ensure new global
            telecommunicatons standards do not cancel out technologies
            currently in use, H6964 [3AU]
        ------ selection of 3G technology for wireless phone
            telecommunications, E2306<bullet> [21OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, E632<bullet> [22AP]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  approve location of proposed memorial in
            the District of Columbia (H.J. Res. 113), H4900 [22JN]
        Kirk, Mary Ann:  American Mothers, Inc., Maryland American Mother of
            the Year award recipient, E136<bullet> [11FE]
        LSC:  funding, H6976 [3AU]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
            H4580 [16JN]
        Montgomery County, MD:  anniversary of Agricultural Fair,
            E1235<bullet> [25JN]
        ------ anniversary of Literacy Council, E534<bullet> [31MR]
        ------ anniversary of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock
            Division, E49<bullet> [28JA]
        ------ tribute to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Meals on Wheels Program,
            E117<bullet> [5FE]
        ------ tribute to Cashell family, E2336<bullet> [17DE]
        Montgomery County Humane Society:  anniversary, E1878<bullet> [2OC]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish (H.R. 3411), H1097 [11MR], E344<bullet> [10MR]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H6004 [21JY]
        National Women's History Month:  observance, H931 [10MR],
            E365<bullet> [12MR]
        NIH:  biomedical research funding, H2388<bullet> [28AP]
        NIST:  Advanced Technology Program funding, E1549<bullet> [5AU]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1274), H10731 [13OC], H10732
            [13OC], H10733 [13OC]
        ------ funding, H6981<bullet> [3AU]
        NOAA:  anniversary of Commissioned Corps, E1232<bullet> [25JN],
            E1233<bullet> [25JN]
        OPM:  allow agencies to use appropriated funds to provide child care
            services for Federal employees, H5713 [16JY]
        ------ submit proposed legislation under which group universal life
            insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be
            available (H.R. 2675), H10192 [8OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3776 [22MY], H4785 [18JN]
        ----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3581),
            H1738<bullet> [30MR]
        Railroads:  Operation Respond Project railroad partnership funding,
            H6722 [29JY]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  approval of renaming by
            Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, H265 [4FE]
        ------ designate (H.R. 2625), H265 [4FE]
        San Francisco, CA:  prevent use of Federal funds to require city
            contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6581 [29JY]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center (H.R. 3731), E1323<bullet>
            [16JY]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10930 [15OC]
        Space Day:  observance, E948<bullet> [22MY]
        Special Olympics, Inc.:  anniversary, E1802<bullet> [24SE]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions (H.R. 2544), H5427<bullet> [14JY]
        Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
            constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
            COMSAT, H2840 [6MY], H2848 [6MY]
        ------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
            renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2853 [6MY],
            H2854 [6MY]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications (H.R. 1872), H2840 [6MY], H2848 [6MY], H2853
            [6MY], H2854 [6MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1907<bullet> [1AP]
        U.N.:  payment of U.S. arrearages, E1565<bullet> [5AU]
        ``Unlocking Our Future--Toward a New National Science Policy'':  use
            as framework for future deliberations on science policy funding
            (H. Res. 578), H10154 [8OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H4865<bullet> [19JN]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H475<bullet>
            [12FE], H1738<bullet> [30MR]
        Women's History Month:  observance, H893 [5MR], H896 [5MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), H7103<bullet> [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, E2141<bullet>
            [13OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), H7103<bullet> [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, E2141<bullet>
            [13OC]
        World Population Awareness Week:  observance, E2051<bullet> [11OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Speaker pro tempore:  designation during adjournment, H7401 [6AU]
        Special order:  granted, H848 [4MR], H1018 [10MR], H1103 [11MR],
            H1165 [16MR], H1234 [17MR], H1698 [27MR], H2112 [21AP], H3102
            [12MY], H3739 [21MY], H3968 [22MY], H5734 [16JY], H6877 [31JY],
            H7582 [10SE]
      Reports
        Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act (H.R. 1836):  Committee
            on Governmental Affairs (Senate), H9353 [5OC]
      Statements
        Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act:  Senators Cochran,
            Glenn, and Levin, H9353 [5OC]
      Texts of
        H.R. 3411, Commission for American Mathematics Leadership Act,
            E344<bullet> [10MR]
      Tributes
        Bohrer, Edward, H7615 [11SE]
        Fowler, Wayne, H897 [5MR]
        Freeman, Carl, E1863<bullet> [1OC]
        Goetz, Mary E. (Meg), H3774 [22MY]
        Goldberg, Sheldon L., E2172<bullet> [14OC]
        Goldstein, Louis L., H5729 [16JY]
        Kelly, Edna F., E97<bullet> [4FE]
        Longsworth, Nellie, E277<bullet> [4MR]
        McHale, Representative, H10194 [8OC]
        Papaionnou, George, E1113<bullet> [11JN]
        Powers, Carole S., E1069<bullet> [9JN]