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

    HILLEARY, VAN (a Representative from Tennessee)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6283 [23JY], H6563 [29JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1299 [18MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H3625 [20MY]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  establish a Capitol Visitor Center,
            (see H.R. 20), H7414 [6AU]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        China, People's Republic of:  prohibit U.S. export of missile
            equipment and technology, (see H.R. 3886), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, (see H.
            Res. 438), H3312 [14MY]
        Committee on Education and the Workforce (House):  provide special
            authority relative to investigation of the International
            Brotherhood of Teamsters, (see H. Res. 507), H6070 [21JY]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1021 [10MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H679 [26FE]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H4479 [10JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5405 [25JN]
        Diseases:  prostate cancer screening benefits, (see H.R. 2639),
            H7494 [9SE]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people, (see H. Res. 267), H330
            [4FE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English, (see H.R. 3892), H4880 [19JN]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed
            funeral directors, (see H.R. 4540), H7583 [10SE]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
            [11FE]
        Federal agencies and departments:  review of efficiency and need for
            certain agencies, (see H.R. 2939), H386 [5FE]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Firearms:  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), H5594 [15JY]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H5738 [16JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  status of Executive orders that infringe on the powers
            and duties of Congress or are not specifically funded, (see H.
            Con. Res. 236), H903 [5MR]
        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), H5493
            [14JY]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H578 [24FE]
        ----- collective bargaining rights for public safety officers
            employed by States or local governments, cosponsorship
            withdrawn, (see H.R. 1173), H2057 [1AP]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H1021
            [10MR], (see H.R. 3137), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3162), H3105
            [12MY], (see H.R. 3205), H3625 [20MY], (see H.R. 4339), H7000
            [3AU]
        Motor vehicles:  average fuel economy standards for automobiles,
            (see H.R. 880), H4325 [9JN]
        Music and dance:  recognize the contributions of the cities of
            Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, and their people to the origins
            and development of country music, (see H. Con. Res. 214), H2606
            [29AP]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7495 [9SE]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see H.R. 1595), H64 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  amend, (see H.R. 2579), H2423
            [28AP]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H2119 [21AP]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H10833 [13OC]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H5405 [25JN]
        Small business:  establish minimum standards of fair conduct in
            franchise sales and franchise business relationships, (see H.R.
            4841), H10917 [14OC]
        ------ liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning
            solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H9345 [2OC]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        SSA:  provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal
            earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals, (see
            H.R. 2669), H11023 [15OC]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H2931 [6MY]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H631 [25FE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
            H7584 [10SE]
        ------ expand incentives for the construction and renovation of
            public schools, (see H.R. 4316), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ 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),
            H2119 [21AP]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H3743 [21MY]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H5859 [17JY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
        Truth in Lending Act:  simplify credit card payments to governments
            relative to transaction fees paid to credit card companies, (see
            H.R. 883), H578 [24FE]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H4962 [22JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7289 [5AU]
      Biographies
        Larsen, Gordon W. (Red), E2221<bullet> [16OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4989<bullet> [23JN]
        Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:  Horse Protection
            Strategic Plan implementation, H4989<bullet> [23JN]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11658<bullet> [20OC]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4222<bullet> [5JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11898 [18DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3684<bullet> [21MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  tritium production, H3684<bullet> [21MY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11658<bullet> [20OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  veterans extended care facilities
            construction funding through offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing
            Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program, H6563 [29JY], H6564
            [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6563 [29JY], H6564 [29JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8043 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8043 [18SE]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Lawrence County, TN, E1307<bullet>
            [15JY]
        Hutchison, Tim:  National Sheriffs' Association National Sheriff of
            the Year award recipient, E1542<bullet> [4AU]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services,
            H11658<bullet> [20OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (H.R. 4404),
            E1556<bullet> [5AU]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10259<bullet> [9OC]
        TVA:  non-power programs funding, H4222<bullet> [5JN]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, H10259<bullet> [9OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5540 [15JY]
      Statements
        Tribute to John W. (Red) Larsen:  Betty Larsen, E1733 [16SE]
      Tributes
        Larsen, John W. (Red), E1733<bullet> [16SE]
        Pack, Leonard and Audrey, E2218<bullet> [16OC]