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

    MEEK, CARRIE P. (a Representative from Florida)
      Amendments
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2432 [28AP], H2707
            [30AP], H2873 [6MY], H2874 [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service,
            Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies
            appropriations, H7814 [16SE]
      Articles and editorials
        College Crusader--Developer Paves Road to Education, Jack Wheat,
            Miami (FL) Herald, E2298<bullet> [21OC]
        Dante B. Fascell, Miami (FL) Herald, E2155<bullet> [14OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, (see H.
            Res. 523), H9346 [2OC]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ 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), H578 [24FE]
        Biscayne National Park:  designate visitor center as the Dante
            Fascell Visitor Center at Biscayne National Park, (see H.R.
            3285), H676 [26FE]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5405 [25JN]
        Children and youth:  facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by
            National Child Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H2119 [21AP]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H2318 [23AP]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9179 [28SE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Dante B. Fascell North-South Center:  designate, (see H.R. 4757),
            H10352 [9OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
            rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637), H2052
            [1AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2120 [21AP]
        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), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
            commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240),
            H4165 [4JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H3488 [19MY]
        Disasters:  make modifications to the temporary housing assistance
            program, (see H.R. 2257), H631 [25FE]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders
            information clearinghouse funding, (see H.R. 2704), H10917
            [14OC]
        Drugs:  eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack
            cocaine offenses, (see H.R. 2031), H5859 [17JY]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ national objectives priority assignments, (see H.R. 1404),
            H4550 [11JN]
        Ecuador:  human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
            353), H1700 [27MR]
        Elections:  allow States to use a proportional voting system for
            multiseat congressional districts, (see H.R. 3068), H1550 [25MR]
        Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H447
            [11FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H578 [24FE]
        Florida:  clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe,
            (see H.R. 3055), H1337 [19MR]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H3106 [12MY]
        Foreign aid:  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), H5064
            [23JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6511 [28JY]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H631 [25FE]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws,
            (see H.R. 4856), H11694 [20OC]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4165 [4JN]
        Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        Immigration:  cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for
            certain aliens, (see H.R. 2052), H691 [2MR]
        ------ strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341), H2056
            [1AP]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H65 [27JA]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H2056
            [1AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  extend certain civil service retirement
            options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs
            Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R.
            1215), H631 [25FE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate, (see H.R. 3336), H1299 [18MR]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1237 [17MR]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H1237
            [17MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        ------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
            liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H4165 [4JN]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H678 [26FE]
        ------ demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients
            enrolled in certain clinical trials, (see H.R. 1628), H3625
            [20MY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H2119 [21AP]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H9179 [28SE]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        National Weather Service:  overtime pay for forecasters performing
            essential services during severe weather events, (see H.R.
            2987), H579 [24FE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H1549 [25MR]
        NSF:  demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of
            mathematics, science, and information technology, (see H.R.
            3496), H5737 [16JY]
        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]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H241 [3FE]
        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]
        ------ establish asset-based welfare policies, (see H.R. 2849),
            H6820 [30JY]
        Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H447
            [11FE]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H8084
            [18SE]
        Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
            [23JN]
        States:  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]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H6070
            [21JY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H64 [27JA], (see H.R. 979), H578 [24FE]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a
            State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for
            property, (see H.R. 4361), H6819 [30JY]
        Transportation:  continue certain preclearance and inspection
            activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
            passengers, (see H.R. 4819), H10832 [13OC]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H6698 [29JY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H3744
            [21MY]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5859
            [17JY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ exclude certain income from consideration for determining
            rent paid for federally assisted housing, (see H.R. 2820), H330
            [4FE]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H64 [27JA]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H1854 [31MR]
        Water:  authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
            water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
            3243), H497 [12FE]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida, (see H. Con. Res. 298),
            H5737 [16JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        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), H1776 [30MR]
        Honduras:  adjust immigration status of certain nationals, (see H.R.
            3231), H496 [12FE]
        Immigration:  prohibit discrimination in the issuance of
            nonimmigrant visas, (see H.R. 3597), H1776 [30MR]
        Postal Service:  designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
            Carol City, and Miami, FL, (see H.R. 4052), H4549 [11JN]
      Poems
        ``O Captain! My Captain!'' Walt Whitman, H6467 [27JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3768 [22MY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1809 [31MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11739 [17DE]
        Black History Month:  observance, H416 [11FE]
        Brown, Jerome:  North Miami, FL, Police Dept. Officer of the Year
            award recipient, E8<bullet> [27JA]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, E1166<bullet> [18JN]
        ----- condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue of hate crimes
            (H. Res. 466), H4535 [11JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6467 [27JY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H6788 [30JY], H7199 [5AU], H7200 [5AU]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11808 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10087 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11808 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2901 [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, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Dante B. Fascell North-South Center:  designate (H.R. 4757),
            E2155<bullet> [14OC]
        Dept. of Education:  establish demonstration projects to ensure
            equal educational opportunities for individuals with learning
            disabilities at institutions of higher education, H2873 [6MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  Community Relations Service funding, H7118 [4AU]
        ------ Drug Courts Program funding through rescissions in Economic
            Development Administration, H7123 [4AU]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5577 [15JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 563), H9258 [1OC] making
            appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration of conference report
            (H. Res. 579), H9913 [7OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation
            System funding, H6554 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6975 [3AU], H7118
            [4AU], H7123 [4AU], H7199 [5AU], H7200 [5AU]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4276), consideration (H. Res.
            508), H6788 [30JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5753 [17JY], H5819 [17JY],
            H6554 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9620
            [6OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 574), H9602 [6OC]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7364
            [6AU]
        ------ residency requirements for certain city employees, H7364
            [6AU]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), E1701<bullet> [11SE]
        FCC:  encourage competition in telecommunications industry,
            E480<bullet> [25MR]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2008 [1AP]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1051 [11MR]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), E1909<bullet> [5OC]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses (H. Res.
            313), H932 [10MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2873 [6MY], H2901
            [6MY]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), H719 [3MR], H721 [3MR]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5819 [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9620 [6OC]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, H9913 [7OC]
        Jacob Joseph Chestnut Post Office Building, Oxon Hill, MD:
            designate (H.R. 4516), H10314 [9OC]
        Justice John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL:  designate (S.
            1298), H10313 [9OC]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  approve location of proposed memorial in
            the District of Columbia (H.J. Res. 113), H4900 [22JN]
        LSC:  funding, H6975 [3AU]
        Miami, FL:  dedication of Chesterfield Smith Center for Equal
            Justice by Legal Services of Greater Miami, E653<bullet> [23AP]
        ------ tribute to Miami Carol City High School football team,
            E409<bullet> [18MR]
        Mumford, Red:  North Miami Westside Property Owners' Association
            honoree, E224<bullet> [25FE]
        National Women's History Month:  observance, H932 [10MR]
        North Miami Foundation for Senior Citizens Services:  tribute to
            volunteer workers, E754<bullet> [5MY]
        Older Americans Month:  observance, E754<bullet> [5MY]
        Postal Service:  designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
            Carol City, and Miami, FL (H.R. 4052), H10312 [9OC]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            H3768 [22MY]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8752 [25SE]
        South Florida Food Recovery (organization):  anniversary,
            E1846<bullet> [29SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8837 [25SE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H2008 [1AP]
        Votes:  correction, E279<bullet> [4MR]
        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), H466 [12FE]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida (H. Con. Res. 298),
            E1428<bullet> [24JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H2314 [23AP], H8081 [18SE]
        Special order:  granted, H437 [11FE], H1018 [10MR]
      Tables
        Percentage of African Americans not counted in the decennial census,
            1940-1990, H6788 [30JY]
      Tributes
        Binder, Eli, E10<bullet> [27JA]
        Ceccotti, Lucia, E731<bullet> [30AP]
        Craig, William E., E758<bullet> [5MY]
        Cranman, Steven J., E1073<bullet> [9JN]
        Dellums, Representative, H197 [3FE]
        Johnson, Morris, E2257<bullet> [20OC]
        McDade, Representative, H9249 [1OC]
        Petersen, Tom, E453<bullet> [24MR]
        Poitier, Bernard C., E1910<bullet> [5OC]
        Portz, Robert A., E487<bullet> [26MR]
        Rolle, William, H22 [27JA]
        Solomon, Representative, H9602 [6OC]
        Stokes, Representative, H6230 [23JY]
        Tate, Stanley G., E2298<bullet> [21OC]
        Toussaint, Jimmy, E10<bullet> [27JA]
        Trice, Jessie, E2000<bullet> [9OC]