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

    TAUZIN, W.J. (BILLY) (a Representative from Louisiana)
      Amendments
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2817 [5MY], H2850 [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, H8507 [23SE]
        ------ H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
            Equity Act, H2205 [22AP]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, H7888
            [16SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1299 [18MR]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H5065 [23JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  modernize requirements and establish consensus
            process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
            standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
            H7617 [11SE]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Fish and fishing:  disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
            reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
            (see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Government:  procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies, (see H.R.
            716), H7915 [16SE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
            [21MY]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
            health plans, (see H.R. 815), H3488 [19MY]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H2055 [1AP]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H497 [12FE]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H5064 [23JN]
        Mining and mineral resources:  ratification of payments made under
            preexisting onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs, (see
            H.R. 3962), H7494 [9SE]
        NIH:  improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
            3001), H4165 [4JN]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H5735 [16JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 2183), H2931 [6MY]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see H.R. 3334), H1643
            [26MR]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H4712 [17JN]
        SEC:  require the improved disclosure of tax effects of portfolio
            transactions on mutual fund performance, (see H.R. 4822), H10832
            [13OC]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H7584 [10SE]
        Taxation:  change basis for determination of refinery limitation on
            oil depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
            services, (see H.R. 3648), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
            H1298 [18MR]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs, (see H.R. 2400), H497 [12FE]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3744 [21MY]
        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), H11696 [20OC]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Commission for the Future of Public Broadcasting:  establish, (see
            H.R. 4067), H4628 [16JN]
        Computers:  ensure that digital data services are made widely
            available, (see H.R. 4802), H10513 [10OC]
        Corp. for Public Broadcasting:  authorizing appropriations, (see
            H.R. 4067), H4628 [16JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorize sale of excess aircraft for the purpose
            of dispersing oil spills, (see H.R. 4711), H9722 [6OC]
        FCC:  authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H446 [11FE]
        Hunting and trapping:  authorize electronic issuance of migratory
            bird hunting and conservation stamps, (see H.R. 4803), H10513
            [10OC]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
            (see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        Telecommunications:  ensure the restoration and preservation of
            State authority over intrastate telecommunications, (see H.R.
            4801), H10513 [10OC]
        Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
            encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
            networks, (see H.R. 3844), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications services
            to schools, libraries, and certain health care facilities, (see
            H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3312 [14MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 4352), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4675), H9274 [1OC]
      Poems
        ``To a Dear Friend,'' Howard Ranier, E146<bullet> [11FE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5077 [24JN]
        Buy American Act:  compliance, H2130 [22AP], H2850 [6MY]
        Computers:  ensure that digital data services are made widely
            available (H.R. 4802), E2075<bullet> [11OC]
        ------ prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services (H.R. 4105), H5034
            [23JN]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R. 3783),
            H9902 [7OC], H9906 [7OC], H9907 [7OC], H9908 [7OC], H9909 [7OC],
            H9910 [7OC], H9911 [7OC]
        ------ use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and
            security, E1640<bullet> [7AU]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  regulate loans to certain processors of
            sugarcane and sugar beets, H5077 [24JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7221 [5AU]
        Fish and fishing:  fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana,
            Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7221 [5AU]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852), H10301
            [9OC]
        NOAA:  describe the hydrographic services functions of the
            Administrator (H.R. 3164), H2130 [22AP]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4685 [17JN], H5938 [20JY]
        Privacy:  strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic
            eavesdropping (H.R. 2369), H859 [5MR], H860 [5MR], H861 [5MR],
            H862 [5MR]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies (H.R. 3976), E971<bullet>
            [22MY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (H.R. 1689), H6057 [21JY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), conference report, H10786 [13OC]
        Taxation:  repeal excise tax on telephone use and other
            communications services (H.R. 3648), E570<bullet> [2AP]
        Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
            constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
            COMSAT, H2845 [6MY], H2847 [6MY], H2848 [6MY]
        ------ ensure the restoration and preservation of State authority
            over intrastate telecommunications (H.R. 4801), E2082<bullet>
            [11OC]
        ------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
            renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2850 [6MY],
            H2852 [6MY], H2854 [6MY], H2855 [6MY], H2856 [6MY], H2857 [6MY]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications (H.R. 1872), H2826 [6MY], H2845 [6MY], H2847
            [6MY], H2848 [6MY], H2850 [6MY], H2852 [6MY], H2854 [6MY], H2855
            [6MY], H2856 [6MY], H2857 [6MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (H.R.
            3888), H10611 [12OC]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace (H.R. 2921), H9932 [7OC], H9933 [7OC], H9935 [7OC],
            H9936 [7OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5540<bullet> [15JY]
        Voting:  require proof of citizenship and Social Security number to
            register and repeal mandate that States provide mail voter
            registration, H5938 [20JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), E1640<bullet> [7AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10617 [12OC],
            H10618 [12OC], E2144<bullet> [13OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), E1640<bullet> [7AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10617 [12OC],
            H10618 [12OC], E2144<bullet> [13OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H7912 [16SE]
      Summaries
        Ensure the Restoration and Preservation of State Authority Over
            Intrastate Telecommunications (H.R. 4801), E2082<bullet> [11OC]
      Tributes
        Darden, Ralph, E146<bullet> [11FE]