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

    THORNBERRY, WILLIAM M. ``MAC'' (a Representative from Texas)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3684 [21MY]
        Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
            (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
            (see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H6820 [30JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, (see H.R. 2145), H386 [5FE]
        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]
        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]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H755 [3MR]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1237 [17MR]
        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), H5405 [25JN]
        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), H5494 [14JY]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H6999 [3AU]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses,
            (see H.R. 3310), H754 [3MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers, (see H.R. 3736),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Medicare:  adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
            the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
            Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3162), H3105 [12MY]
        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 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
            permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H6820 [30JY]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Rokhlin, Lev Y.:  express sympathy to family and colleagues and urge
            prompt investigation into death, (see H. Res. 571), H9345 [2OC]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H3105 [12MY]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            4399), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see H.R. 3688), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ 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), H579 [24FE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H2055 [1AP]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H5738 [16JY]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H10077 [8OC]
        Volunteer workers:  eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
            supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of Defense:  establish a unified command for joint forces
            responsible for providing ready joint forces to regional
            combatant commands, (see H.R. 3845), H3105 [12MY]
        Dept. of State:  establish an independent nonpartisan review panel
            to assess efforts to fulfill its mission in the future, (see
            H.R. 4605), H8083 [18SE]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see H. Res. 493), H5297
            [24JN]
        Petroleum:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see H.R. 3334), H850
            [4MR]
        Taxation:  increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
            lowest rate, (see H.R. 3175), H445 [11FE]
        Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
            (see H.R. 3687), H2054 [1AP]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
            2344), H6930<bullet> [3AU]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3686 [21MY], H3688 [21MY],
            H3689 [21MY], H3693 [21MY]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con.
            Res. 227), H1278<bullet> [18MR]
        Children and youth:  provide that children's sleepwear be
            manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
            H6545 [29JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10100<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11957<bullet> [18DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H2785 [5MY], H3686 [21MY], H3688 [21MY], H3689 [21MY], H3693
            [21MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            H8568 [24SE]
        ------ establish a unified command for joint forces responsible for
            providing ready joint forces to regional combatant commands
            (H.R. 3845), E847<bullet> [13MY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6545 [29JY]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6930 [3AU]
        National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, H2785 [5MY]
        Nuclear weapons:  stockpile stewardship relative to age,
            maintenance, and testing, H2785 [5MY]
        Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
            (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]