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

    SCHUMER, CHARLES E. (a Representative from New York)
      Amendments
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5658 [16JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H3105 [12MY]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5957 [20JY]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2424
            [28AP]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H2055 [1AP]
        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), H3488 [19MY]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
            (see H.R. 23), H11695 [20OC]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            (see H.R. 3755), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ encourage adoption of a code of principles to change the
            culture of alcohol consumption on college campuses, (see H. Res.
            321), H3106 [12MY]
        Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select):  establish, (see
            H. Res. 16), H241 [3FE]
        Contracts:  allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
            disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H6697 [29JY]
        Courts:  allow suits against the Federal Government for gross
            negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas, (see
            H.R. 1334), H64 [27JA]
        ------ authority for the interception of communications, (see H.R.
            3753), H2605 [29AP]
        Credit:  require notice before changing the interest rate applicable
            on any credit card account or before changing the index used to
            determine such rate, (see H.R. 3066), H7290 [5AU]
        Crime:  prevent money laundering, (see H.R. 3745), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        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]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H3312 [14MY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
            of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
            Shelf, (see H.R. 3972), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
            commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240), H496
            [12FE]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 1756),
            H5405 [25JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5957 [20JY]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ treatments relative to the transmission of HIV, (see H.R.
            3072), H498 [12FE]
        Ecology and environment:  ensure recovery of biological diversity,
            strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
            assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
            economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H2318 [23AP]
        Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
            H678 [26FE]
        FAA:  address aircraft noise problems of Queens and Long Island, NY,
            (see H.R. 3952), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H8528 [23SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H447 [11FE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H4880 [19JN]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        ------ provide grants to improve safety and study effects of
            developing technology on firearms safety, (see H.R. 3895), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H3744
            [21MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4479 [10JN]
        Foreign trade:  limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
            3633), H2052 [1AP]
        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]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H5494 [14JY]
        Government:  enhance the payments protections for subcontractors and
            suppliers on Federal construction projects, (see H.R. 3032),
            H5859 [17JY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers, (see H.R. 1415), H3366 [18MY]
        Higher Education Act:  establish an Advanced Manufacturing
            Fellowship, (see H.R. 3840), H3105 [12MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H1550 [25MR]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H4550 [11JN]
        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),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Indonesia:  prohibit transfer of military equipment and supplies,
            helicopters, and ammunition relative to free elections and human
            rights conditions, (see H.R. 3918), H6453 [24JY]
        INS:  reform, (see H.R. 4363), H7179 [4AU]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2605
            [29AP]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        Israel:  resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
        Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
             designate, (see H.R. 3167), H2318 [23AP]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6454 [24JY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 313),
            H7429 [7AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H631 [25FE]
        Machal (organization):  tribute to international corps of volunteers
            for efforts towards Israeli independence, (see H. Con. Res.
            268), H3015 [7MY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H579 [24FE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H6186 [22JY]
        Medicare:  establish a standard of efficiency in home health
            services and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard,
            (see H.R. 3651), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H65 [27JA]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H2423 [28AP]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases
            in women, (see H.R. 2130), H64 [27JA]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
        New York:  disposition of Governors Island, (see H.R. 3884), H3312
            [14MY]
        New York, NY:  prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate
            the impact of slot exemptions for operation of new air services
            at LaGuardia Airport, (see H.R. 3179), H445 [11FE], (see H.R.
            4117), H5405 [25JN]
        Nigeria:  efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
            3916), H3624 [20MY]
        Northern Forest Lands Council:  implement recommendations, (see H.R.
            971), H2119 [21AP]
        Nuclear weapons:  stockpile management, (see H. Con. Res. 307),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Oceans:  develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities
            policy, (see H.R. 2547), H2056 [1AP]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H2056 [1AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act:  amend, (see H.R. 3565),
            H1642 [26MR]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil production, (see H.R. 3932), H3743 [21MY]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
        Public safety officers:  establish national medal for those who act
            with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
            H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H498 [12FE]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H6697 [29JY]
        Sewering, Hans J.:  investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal,
            (see H. Con. Res. 19), H2237 [22AP]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H497 [12FE]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        States:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H3972 [22MY]
        Tariff:  wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H10513 [10OC]
        Taxation:  creation of a new class of bonds for new school
            construction, (see H.R. 2695), H851 [4MR]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2331 [27AP]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H2318 [23AP]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
            shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H3312 [14MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
            Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
            [6AU]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4567 [15JN]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2120 [21AP]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2374), H2056 [1AP]
        Women:  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]
        ------ research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
            H3247 [13MY]
        World War II:  encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
            restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
            557), H9178 [28SE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Arts and humanities:  encourage the identification and return of
            stolen artwork, (see H.R. 4138), H5402 [25JN]
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            (see H.R. 3160), H329 [4FE]
        Budget:  use any surplus for payroll tax rebates and increased
            discretionary nondefense spending, (see H.R. 4379), H6879 [31JY]
        Children and youth:  establish early childhood education services
            referral hotline, improve quality of child care services, and
            provide tax credit for employer expenses in providing certain
            dependent care services, (see H.R. 4102), H4961 [22JN]
        Colleges and universities:  require distribution of information
            relative to harassment, (see H.R. 3759), H2605 [29AP]
        Education:  improve, raise standards, and attract the best teachers
            to public schools, (see H.R. 3986), H4055 [3JN]
        Eliach, Yaffa:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 4613),
            H8527 [23SE]
        ERISA:  protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
            terminated pension plans, (see H.R. 4396), H7178 [4AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish a national registry from
            which adopted children may obtain medical information
            voluntarily provided by birth parents, (see H.R. 3237), H496
            [12FE]
        Firearms:  require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H5593 [15JY]
        Foreign trade:  ban importation of certain large capacity military
            magazine rifles, (see H. Con. Res. 275), H3105 [12MY]
        Immigration:  adjustment of status for aliens based on diversity
            immigrant visas that expired due to paperwork processing delays,
            (see H.R. 4502), H7413 [6AU]
        Poole-Christian, Kerantha:  relief, (see H.R. 4015), H4241 [5JN]
        Taxation:  modify rules for determining whether a corporation is a
            cooperative housing corporation, (see H.R. 4397), H7178 [4AU]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H8657 [25SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5076 [24JN]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), E534<bullet> [31MR]
        Argentina:  efforts to convict anti-semitic terrorists, E128<bullet>
            [11FE]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, E726<bullet> [30AP]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, E1788<bullet> [23SE]
        BATF:  funding, H5658 [16JY], H5659 [16JY], H5660 [16JY]
        Black History Month:  observance, E36<bullet> [28JA]
        Brooklyn, NY:  anniversary of St. Edmund Elementary School,
            E674<bullet> [27AP]
        ------ Midwood High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue
            Ribbon Schools award, E1114<bullet> [11JN]
        ------ tribute to Brooklyn Irish-American Parade Committee,
            E211<bullet> [24FE]
        ------ tribute to Midwood High School participants in the
            Westinghouse Science Talent Search, E66<bullet> [3FE]
        Clinton, Hillary Rodham:  comments relative to Israeli/Palestinian
            peace initiatives, H2989 [7MY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11785 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10017 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11785 [18DE], H11976 [19DE]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            H2865<bullet> [6MY]
        Courts:  permit claims in U.S. courts against foreign countries
            which are sponsors of international terrorism, or where no
            extradition treaty or other remedies exist, E1345<bullet> [17JY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 3081),
            H10934<bullet> [15OC]
        ------ prevent violence against women (H.R. 3514), H8719 [25SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  regulate loans to certain processors of
            sugarcane and sugar beets, H5076 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5658 [16JY], H5659 [16JY], H5660 [16JY], H5683
            [16JY], E1345<bullet> [17JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit use of funds for improvement or
            replacement of the Miller Highway in New York, NY, H6734 [29JY],
            H6735 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6734 [29JY], H6735 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), E1437<bullet> [24JY]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, E1437<bullet> [24JY]
        Eliach, Yaffa:  Brooklyn College Alumna of the Year award recipient,
            E603<bullet> [21AP]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1757 [30MR]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
            procedures, H5683 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H5683 [16JY]
        Firearms:  gun control, H1455 [25MR]
        ------ prohibit manufacture or importation of key chain guns, H2822
            [6MY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), E1788<bullet> [23SE]
        Forest Hills, NY:  anniversary of Congregation of Georgian Jews,
            E1082<bullet> [10JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6402 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2865<bullet> [6MY]
        Hudson River:  contamination, E1437<bullet> [24JY]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, E534<bullet>
            [31MR]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland (H.R. 4293), H10006<bullet> [7OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2371<bullet>
            [28AP]
        ------ investigation into Lebanese War MIA's, E1084<bullet> [10JN]
        Luongo, James L.:  Revitalization of the Southern Area of the Slope
            Community Service Award recipient, E924<bullet> [20MY]
        McCabe, Joan Griffin:  Revitalization of the Southern Area of the
            Slope Community Service Award recipient, E924<bullet> [20MY]
        New York, NY:  anniversary of Kings County Hospital Center Patient/
            Family Psychoeducation Group, E1143<bullet> [16JN]
        ------ tribute to York College Alumni, Inc., E819<bullet> [12MY]
        New York State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force:
            anniversary, E332<bullet> [10MR]
        New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators,
            Inc.:  tribute, E152<bullet> [11FE]
        New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus:  tribute,
            E152<bullet> [11FE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1618<bullet> [26MR]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H5660 [16JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3790 [22MY]
        Puerto Rico:  eligibility to vote in self-determination referenda
            for certain U.S. citizens residing outside Puerto Rico,
            H820<bullet> [4MR]
        Quinones, Edmundo:  Revitalization of the Southern Area of the Slope
            Community Service Award recipient, E924<bullet> [20MY]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10934<bullet> [15OC]
        Trademarks:  prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or
            alteration of product identification codes (H.R. 3891),
            H9117<bullet> [28SE]
        Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America:  anniversary,
            E891<bullet> [19MY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H820<bullet> [4MR]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H9083 [26SE]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Tribute to Brooklyn Irish-American Parade Committee:  House of
            Representatives, E211<bullet> [24FE]
      Tributes
        Burke, William F., E370<bullet> [12MR]
        Burns, John A., E749<bullet> [4MY]
        Casey, Anthony C., E1022<bullet> [4JN]
        Frost, Robert J., E63<bullet> [3FE]
        Jacobson, Joseph, E503<bullet> [27MR]
        Klepsch, Douglas, E684<bullet> [28AP]
        Marcus, David (Mickey), E1018<bullet> [4JN]
        McCord, Margaret, E45<bullet> [28JA]
        Nussbaum, Stanley, E693<bullet> [28AP]
        O'Connor, Patricia K., E845<bullet> [13MY]
        Rubin, William D., E1073<bullet> [9JN]
        Schwartz, Allen and Alisa, E450<bullet> [24MR]
        Watkins, Elgin W., E260<bullet> [3MR]
        Weiss, Joseph I., E619<bullet> [22AP]
        Williams, C. David, E748<bullet> [4MY]