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

    EMERSON, JO ANN (a Representative from Missouri)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  provide supplemental payments
            to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
            flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ retroactive lifting of caps on loan rates for marketing
            assistance loans, (see H.R. 4615), H8528 [23SE]
        Agriculture:  make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide
            under the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H579 [24FE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        ------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  disclosure of identity of any
            individual for whom a waiver of eligibility requirements for
            interment is granted, (see H.R. 3089), H241 [3FE]
        ------ enact into law eligibility requirements for interment, (see
            H.R. 3211), H1299 [18MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7428 [7AU]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H5297 [24JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
        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]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H9275 [1OC]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        ------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
            requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
            federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H496 [12FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H496 [12FE]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H7494 [9SE]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1021 [10MR]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see H.J. Res. 71), H330 [4FE]
        ------ implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims'
            rights, (see H.R. 1322), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H5957 [20JY]
        Declaration of Taking Act:  require coverage of all condemnations of
            property by the Government, (see H.R. 4303), H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H9346 [2OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in
            the performance of their border protection functions, (see H.R.
            2922), H4055 [3JN]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
            [27JA]
        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 Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H5737 [16JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
            H3970 [22MY]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4220),
            H7495 [9SE]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H2744 [4MY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in the
            presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
        Education:  establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial
            fellowship programs, (see H.R. 4665), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H497 [12FE]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H904 [5MR]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H5859 [17JY]
        FEC:  require electronic preservation and filing of reports by
            certain persons and require such reports to be made available
            through the Internet, (see H.R. 3174), H498 [12FE]
        Financial institutions:  insist that certain institutions uphold the
            trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
            receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
            H902 [5MR]
        Firearms:  clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
            arms, (see H.R. 3954), H9722 [6OC]
        ------ prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background checks
            before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention of
            resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H4325 [9JN]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4880 [19JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H4835 [18JN]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
            [28SE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H6487 [27JY], (see H.R. 4154), H8932 [25SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5405 [25JN]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  constitutional amendment relative to legal effects of
            new treaties and agreements on the Constitution, (see H.J. Res.
            83), H447 [11FE]
        ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.R.
            4196), H7290 [5AU], (see H. Con. Res. 299), H7290 [5AU], (see
            H.R. 4232), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H2744 [4MY]
        Government regulations:  accounting of costs and benefits, (see H.R.
            2840), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of
            proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see H.R. 3534), H2424
            [28AP]
        ------ reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses,
            (see H.R. 3310), H1299 [18MR]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3972 [22MY]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
        Insurance:  coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from
            mastectomies, (see H.R. 164), H100 [28JA]
        ------ Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance
            programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters, (see
            H.R. 219), H64 [27JA]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H10353 [9OC]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H64 [27JA]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H4835
            [18JN]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H2120
            [21AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H7584 [10SE]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7915
            [16SE]
        National forests:  suspend development of a roadless area policy
            pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
            affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H1445 [24MR]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see H.R. 1595), H64 [27JA]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Panama:  commend efforts to obtain the release of New Tribes Mission
            (organization) workers held hostage, (see H. Con. Res. 277),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Postal Service:  limit commercial nonpostal services, (see H.R.
            198), H578 [24FE]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        Social Security:  establish the Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H2931
            [6MY]
        ------ increase earnings limit, (see H.R. 326), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H4241 [5JN]
        Taxation:  allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades, (see H.R. 3110), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H6187 [22JY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2932
            [6MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4165
            [4JN]
        ------ 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),
            H1112 [11MR]
        ------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see
            H.R. 3650), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            3594), H4961 [22JN], (see H.R. 4399), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see H.R. 3127), H447 [11FE]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H5065 [23JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
            equipment, (see H.R. 3304), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 372), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
            insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
            tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H2054 [1AP]
        ------ treatment of Social Security benefits, (see H.R. 2723), H7415
            [6AU]
        Telecommunications:  provide funding for universal
            telecommunications services through creation of the
            Telecommunications Trust Fund, (see H.R. 4474), H7412 [6AU]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3749), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 3888), H3625 [20MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Tobacco products:  waive certain sanctions against States that
            penalize minors' drivers licenses for purchasing or possessing
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4159), H5403 [25JN]
        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]
        Veterans:  accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military
            installations for certain disabled individuals, (see H.R. 2760),
            H904 [5MR]
        ------ authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish
            a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign
            conflicts other than declared wars, (see H.R. 1608), H578 [24FE]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H64
            [27JA]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H64 [27JA]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H64 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Taxation:  allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums,
            (see H.R. 4465), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage, (see
            H.R. 4167), H5403 [25JN]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H337 [5FE], H581 [25FE], H911 [10MR],
            H1649 [27MR], H2747 [5MY], H6189 [23JY], H6753 [30JY], H8037
            [18SE], H10221 [9OC]
      Remarks
        Dept. of Justice:  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
            Programs funding through rescissions in Advanced Technology
            Program, E1563<bullet> [5AU], E1594<bullet> [7AU]
        Dept. of the Interior:  reallocation of Forest Service timber
            management to watershed improvement and recreational management,
            H6049<bullet> [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6049<bullet> [21JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1998 [1AP]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), E1563<bullet>
            [5AU], E1594<bullet> [7AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6221 [23JY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base (H.R. 3898), H7718<bullet>
            [15SE]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt educational outreach or information
            seminars on greenhouse gas emissions from EPA and Council on
            Environmental Quality funding limitations, H6221 [23JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8052<bullet> [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8052<bullet> [18SE]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4926 [22JN]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, H8003 [17SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H8003 [17SE]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1658<bullet> [27MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4100<bullet> [4JN]
        Girl Scouts:  anniversary of Missouri Cotton Boll Area Girl Scout
            Council, E596<bullet> [21AP]
        Health:  develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects (S. 419), H923 [10MR]
        McGwire, Mark:  tribute (H. Res. 520), H7767<bullet> [15SE]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish (H.R. 4464), E1631<bullet> [7AU]
        National Write Your Congressman (organization):  tribute,
            E594<bullet> [21AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs (S. 2364), H10744 [13OC]
        Rivers:  Challenge 21 Riverine Ecosystem Restoration and Flood
            Mitigation Program funding, H4926 [22JN]
        Taxation:  allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums
            (H.R. 4465), E1619<bullet> [7AU]
        ------ allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (H.R.
            4167), E1258<bullet> [26JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1897 [1AP], H1998
            [1AP]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol (H.R. 3807), H2936 [7MY]
        Votes:  correction, H7335 [6AU], E1563<bullet> [5AU], E1594<bullet>
            [7AU]
        ------ position on missed, H5352 [25JN]
      Tributes
        Craig, Marshall, E2052<bullet> [11OC]
        Emerson, Bill, E1193<bullet> [22JN]
        Huey, Clayton H., E698<bullet> [29AP]
        Parmenter, Leroy, E2109<bullet> [13OC]
        Sanders, Fred, E2169<bullet> [14OC]