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

    KNOLLENBERG, JOE (a Representative from Michigan)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations,
            H6600 [29JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate, (see H.R.
            3808), H3013 [7MY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H6820 [30JY]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H2606 [29AP]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  relief of survivors of victims killed in
            helicopter shooting accident in Iraq, (see H.R. 4061), H4628
            [16JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
        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),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1643 [26MR]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English, (see H.R. 3680), H3312 [14MY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H241 [3FE]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6186 [22JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H6070 [21JY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 4250), H6454 [24JY]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H2706 [30AP]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
            H2814 [5MY]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  U.S. commitment to arrange
            foreign assistance and construction of nuclear reactors relative
            to threat to international peace and security, (see H. Con. Res.
            341), H10076 [8OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        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), H1550 [25MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H3488
            [19MY]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H851 [4MR]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7495 [9SE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H755 [3MR]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  establish peer review of
            standards, (see H.R. 2661), H5297 [24JN]
        OSHA:  exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used
            to identify safety and health violations by employers, (see H.R.
            2869), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ identify and notify the specific industries to which
            regulations and compliance standards apply, (see H.R. 2873),
            H5064 [23JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H2055 [1AP]
        States:  provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, (see
            H.R. 4255), H5737 [16JY]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
            limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H9345
            [2OC]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H497 [12FE]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
            connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H4835 [18JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3972 [22MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Tobacco products:  limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, (see
            H.R. 2740), H241 [3FE]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H1159 [12MR]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H1643
            [26MR]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        States:  use of individuals other than merit-staffed or civil
            service employees in providing certain employment services, (see
            H.R. 3994), H4164 [4JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3013 [7MY]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
            maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol, H3632
            [21MY]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2213 [22AP]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7990 [17SE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform Chapter 11 regulations relative to foreclosure
            on commercial property, H10231 [9OC]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report, H10231 [9OC]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate (H.R. 3808),
            H3994 [3JN]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7190 [5AU]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6088 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11919 [18DE]
        Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham:  investigation of involvement
            in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H3261
            [14MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3632 [21MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  Nuclear Energy Research Initiative funding, H4937
            [22JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7190 [5AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5750 [17JY], H5865 [20JY],
            H6219 [23JY], H6565 [29JY], H6574 [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5645 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9612
            [6OC]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt educational outreach or information
            seminars on greenhouse gas emissions from EPA and Council on
            Environmental Quality funding limitations, H6219 [23JY]
        Education:  vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5843 [17JY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4918 [22JN], H4937 [22JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report, H9138
            [28SE]
        EPA:  implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
            H5645 [16JY], H5865 [20JY], H6219 [23JY], H6565 [29JY], H6574
            [29JY]
        Farmington Hills, MI:  tribute to Harrison High School football
            team, E851<bullet> [13MY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7953 [17SE], H7990 [17SE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            consideration (H. Res. 553), H8757 [25SE]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  restrict foreign aid
            relative to compliance with nuclear weapons proliferation
            agreements, H7953 [17SE]
        Lipinsky, Tara:  tribute for participation in Olympic games, H694
            [3MR]
        Lithuania:  independence anniversary, E350<bullet> [11MR]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7990 [17SE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1611 [26MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5472 [14JY]
        ----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 767), H1739 [30MR]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens, H5472 [14JY] prohibit contributions from individuals
            that are not U.S. citizens (H.R. 34), H1739 [30MR], H1740 [30MR]
        Seeds of Peace (organization):  tribute, E2143<bullet> [13OC]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8464 [23SE], H9091 [28SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8464 [23SE], H8945<bullet> [26SE], H8970 [26SE]
        ------ rates, H1454 [25MR]
        ------ reduce tax rate for single filers, eliminate marriage penalty
            and change date for filing of Federal income tax returns (H.R.
            2718), H583 [25FE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, H1175 [17MR], H1240 [18MR], H4918 [22JN]
        ----- conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any
            international agreement relative to Kyoto Protocol (H.R. 3807),
            H2821 [6MY], H2936 [7MY], H3494 [20MY], E790<bullet> [7MY]
        ------ conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any
            international agreement relative to Kyoto Protocol, H9612 [6OC]
        U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  impact of treaty on
            economy, E76<bullet> [3FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), H7102 [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10617 [12OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), H7102 [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10617 [12OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H674 [26FE], H2112 [21AP]
      Resolutions by organizations
        U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  Oakland County, MI,
            Board of Commissioners, E76<bullet> [3FE]
      Tributes
        Allen, Lynn D., E2070<bullet> [11OC]
        Fawell, Representative, H9657 [6OC]
        Geake, Robert, E2082<bullet> [11OC]