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

    SAXTON, JIM (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Amendments
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5594 [15JY], H5710 [16JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7267 [5AU]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Criticism--EU Bankers Hit at IMF on Bailouts, Wolfgang Mu�4chau and
            Lionel Barber, Financial Times (publication), H1409 [24MR]
        Time Will Tell if IMF Helped Save or Wreck Indonesia, Bob Davis and
            David Wessel, Wall Street Journal, H3367 [19MY]
      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), H100 [28JA]
        ------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
            H.R. 2537), H101 [28JA]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4962
            [22JN]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H6697 [29JY]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H755 [3MR]
        China, People's Republic of:  prohibit U.S. export of missile
            equipment and technology, (see H.R. 3886), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, (see H.
            Res. 438), H3312 [14MY]
        Civil rights:  religious accommodations in the workplace, (see H.R.
            2948), H3024 [11MY]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H2606 [29AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H3014
            [7MY]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H2813 [5MY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        Ecology and environment:  provide for innovative strategies for
            achieving superior environmental performance, (see H.R. 3180),
            H445 [11FE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H4055 [3JN]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H330 [4FE]
        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), H4712 [17JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2237 [22AP]
        Foreign countries:  funding for the construction of U.S. chancery
            facilities in Berlin and Jerusalem so that comparable rates of
            construction and occupation of the facilities are ensured, (see
            H.R. 4181), H5404 [25JN]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H3247 [13MY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2319
            [23AP]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2707
            [30AP]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        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), H8083 [18SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
        Italian Americans:  prepare report detailing injustices suffered
            during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the
            President, (see H.R. 2090), H241 [3FE]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H3106 [12MY]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
        Lighthouses:  establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
            program, (see H.R. 2970), H631 [25FE]
        Long Island Sound:  prohibit dumping of dredged material, (see H.R.
            55), H2119 [21AP]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3972 [22MY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H1642
            [26MR]
        National Commission on Terrorism:  establish, (see H.R. 4536), H7494
            [9SE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H10833 [13OC]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H1699 [27MR]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2606 [29AP]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H10833 [13OC]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6698 [29JY]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H5405 [25JN]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H579 [24FE]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
            limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H7803
            [15SE]
        ------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
            and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ require CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use
            dynamic in addition to static economic modeling in the
            preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in
            Federal revenue law, (see H.R. 4452), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of meals furnished to employees at a place of
            business if they are furnished for the convenience of the
            employer, (see H.R. 3834), H8932 [25SE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3625 [20MY]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
            Res. 220), H2707 [30AP]
        Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H5494 [14JY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H5957 [20JY]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H6186
            [22JY]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ 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]
        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), H8931 [25SE]
        World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10076 [8OC]
        Commission on Ocean Policy:  establish, (see H.R. 3445), H1158
            [12MR]
        Committees of the House:  majority party appointments, (see H. Res.
            354), H446 [11FE]
        Fish and fisheries:  reduce fishing capacity in U.S. fisheries, (see
            H.R. 4180), H5404 [25JN]
        Fish and fishing:  approve international fishery agreement with
            Estonia, (see H.R. 4749), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ approve international fishery agreement with Latvia, (see
            H.R. 3460), H1158 [12MR]
        ------ approve international fishery agreement with Lithuania, (see
            H.R. 4750), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ approve international fishery agreement with Poland, (see
            H.R. 3461), H1158 [12MR]
        ------ limit fishing in the Atlantic swordfish pelagic longline
            fishery, (see H.R. 4500), H7413 [6AU]
        Foreign policy:  allow attachment of certain property of foreign
            states in execution of judgements for acts of terrorism, (see
            H.R. 4292), H6070 [21JY]
        IMF:  encourage fundraising through private financial markets, (see
            H. Con. Res. 207), H240 [3FE]
        ------ ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H850
            [4MR]
        ------ prohibit funding until Iraq is expelled, (see H.R. 3599),
            H1776 [30MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3108), H63
            [27JA]
        Middle East:  U.S. policy relative to Israeli concessions in peace
            process against their own self-interest, (see H. Con. Res. 276),
            H3246 [13MY]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4327), H6453 [24JY]
        NOAA:  describe the hydrographic services functions of the
            Administrator, (see H.R. 3164), H385 [5FE]
        Taxation:  permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for
            medical expenses of certain older relatives, (see H.R. 3600),
            H1776 [30MR]
        Toms River, NJ:  tribute to the Toms River East American Little
            League team, (see H. Res. 524), H7494 [9SE]
        Veterans:  termination of certain contributions to the Survivor
            Benefit Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H63 [27JA]
      Letters
        Fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
            Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico:  Bobbi M. Walker, Orange Beach
            Fishing Association, H7222 [5AU]
        ----- Ed Schroeder, Galveston Party Boats, Inc., H7223 [5AU]
        ----- Mike Eller, Destin Charter Boat Association, H7222 [5AU]
        ----- Phil Horn, Clark Seafood Co., Inc., H7222 [5AU]
        ----- R.F. Zales II, Panama City Boatman Association, H7223 [5AU]
        Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act:  Alfred S. Donau III and Ron
            Marlenee, Safari Club International, H7503 [10SE]
        ------ Bill Gaines, California Waterfowl Association, H7501 [10SE]
        ------ Brent Manning, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, H7502
            [10SE]
        ------ Greg Franke, Migratory Waterfowl Hunters, Inc., H7502 [10SE]
        ------ Larry D. Closson, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, H7502
            [10SE]
        ------ R. Max Peterson, International Association of Fish and
            Wildlife Agencies, H7502 [10SE]
        ------ Robert Gormley, Grand National Waterfowl Association, H7501
            [10SE]
        ------ Susan R. Lamson, NRA, H7502 [10SE]
        ------ William P. Horn, Wildlife Legislative Fund of America, H7503
            [10SE]
      Lists
        Legislation to be considered under suspension of House Rules, H10337
            [9OC]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H759 [4MR]
      Remarks
        Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, H7418
            [7AU]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2289
            [23AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, E2305<bullet> [21OC]
        Buy American Act:  compliance, H2130 [22AP]
        China, People's Republic of:  U.S. policy, H3559 [20MY]
        Christian Caring Center-Pemberton, Inc.:  tribute, E389<bullet>
            [17MR]
        Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center:  convey to
            Alabama (S. 1883), H7437 [9SE]
        Commission on Ocean Policy:  establish (H.R. 3445), H7754 [15SE]
        Committees of the House:  majority party appointments (H. Res. 354),
            H408 [11FE]
        Courts:  allow lawsuits against foreign countries that commit acts
            of terrorism or human rights abuses against U.S. citizens, H1095
            [11MR]
        ------ permit claims in U.S. courts against foreign countries which
            are sponsors of international terrorism, or where no extradition
            treaty or other remedies exist, H5710 [16JY], H5712 [16JY]
        ------ permit claims in U.S. courts against foreign countries which
            are sponsors of international terrorism, or where no extradition
            treaty or other remedies exist, E2305<bullet> [21OC]
        Crime:  consumer fraud (H.R. 1847), H4593 [16JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3559 [20MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            H8569 [24SE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
            national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
            region (H.R. 1856), H8076 [18SE], H8077<bullet> [18SE]
        ------ convey title for Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station to the
            University of Idaho (S. 2505), H10337 [9OC], H10338 [9OC]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5710 [16JY], H5712 [16JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, E2305<bullet> [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7222 [5AU], H7223
            [5AU], H7267 [5AU]
        Fish and fishing:  approve international fishery agreement with
            Latvia (H.R. 3460), H6916 [3AU]
        ------ fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi,
            and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7222 [5AU], H7223 [5AU]
        ------ limit fishing in the Atlantic swordfish pelagic longline
            fishery (H.R. 4500), E1590<bullet> [7AU]
        Foreign policy:  allow attachment of certain property of foreign
            states in execution of judgements for acts of terrorism, H7267
            [5AU], H7418 [7AU]
        Foreign trade:  prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
            products derived from rhinoceros or tiger (H.R. 2807), H2348
            [28AP], H2349 [28AP], H2350 [28AP]
        House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
            consider certain legislation (H. Res. 575), H10337 [9OC]
        Hunting and trapping:  clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
            habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 2863), H7500
            [10SE], H7503 [10SE], H7504 [10SE], H7506 [10SE]
        ------ use receipts from the sale of migratory bird hunting and
            conservation stamps to promote additional stamp purchases (H.R.
            4248), H9094 [28SE], H9095 [28SE]
        IMF:  ensure transparency of operations (H.R. 3331), H1172 [17MR],
            H1835 [31MR], H10988 [15OC], E2307<bullet> [12NO]
        ------ funding, H2289 [23AP], H4874-H4876 [19JN]
        ------ impact of policies relative to social and political
            instability in Indonesia, H3367 [19MY]
        ------ lending practices, H1409 [24MR]
        Marion National Fish Hatchery:  convey to Alabama (S. 1883), H7437
            [9SE]
        Marlton, NJ:  anniversary of Marlton Fire Co. No. 1, E1767<bullet>
            [18SE]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (H.R. 4337),
            H9092 [28SE], H9093 [28SE], H9094 [28SE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10252<bullet> [9OC]
        National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
            reauthorize and amend (S. 2095), H10475 [10OC], H10477 [10OC]
        National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927), H403
            [11FE], H404 [11FE], H406 [11FE]
        National security:  increase funding for intelligence and
            counterterrorism efforts, H7419 [7AU], H7420 [7AU]
        ------ military readiness of U.S. forces, H1101 [11MR], H1102 [11MR]
        Native Americans:  distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi
            Sioux Indian tribes (S. 391), H10477 [10OC], H10479 [10OC]
        New Jersey Exercise Tiger Association:  anniversary, E610<bullet>
            [21AP]
        NOAA:  describe the hydrographic services functions of the
            Administrator (H.R. 3164), H2129 [22AP], H2130 [22AP]
        ----- describe the hydrographic services functions of the
            Administrator (H.R. 3164), unanimous-consent agreement, H2128
            [22AP]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (H.R.
            2556), H3420<bullet> [19MY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (H.R. 2556),
            H3420<bullet> [19MY]
        Pedricktown, NJ:  tribute to 424th Medical Logistics Battalion,
            E1777<bullet> [23SE]
        Point of order, H5710 [16JY]
        Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
            relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
            People's Republic of China, H3559 [20MY]
        Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 3113),
            H1710<bullet> [30MR]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), consideration (H. Res. 500), H5543 [15JY]
        Saudi Arabia:  resolution of commercial disputes with Hill
            International, Inc., H7811 [16SE]
        Seaside Park, NJ:  anniversary, E173<bullet> [12FE]
        Subaru of America (business):  anniversary, E1863<bullet> [1OC]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2147 [22AP]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 891), H759
            [4MR]
        Toms River, NJ:  tribute to the Toms River East American Little
            League team, E1662<bullet> [9SE]
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:  utilization of proceeds from sales
            of certain items (S. 2094), H10339 [9OC]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, H10252<bullet> [9OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, E1834<bullet> [28SE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1546 [25MR], H8929 [25SE]
        Special order:  granted, H1103 [11MR], H1698 [27MR], H1850 [31MR],
            H2602 [29AP], H7428 [7AU], H11022 [15OC]
      Reports
        How Congress Should Reform the IMF:  Brett D. Schaefer, Heritage
            Foundation, H1836 [31MR]
      Reports filed
        1998 Economic Report of the President:  Committee on Economics
            (Joint) (H. Rept. 105-807), H10512 [10OC]
      Tributes
        DeMarco, J. Garfield, E1461<bullet> [29JY]
        Hoffman, Steven S., E2159<bullet> [14OC]
        Hovnanian, Jirair S., E1366<bullet> [21JY]
        Mancini, James J., E1667<bullet> [9SE]