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

    HERGER, WALLY (a Representative from California)
      Appointments
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  labeling of imported meat and meat food products
            containing imported meat, (see H.R. 1371), H7494 [9SE]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish, (see H.R. 3095), H631 [25FE], (see H.R. 3546), H2237
            [22AP]
        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]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
        ------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
        California:  provide outlet modifications to Folsom Dam, study
            reconstruction of Northfork American River Cofferdam, and
            transfer all right, title, and interest in and to the Auburn
            Dam, (see H.R. 4111), H5063 [23JN]
        Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis:  establish, (see H.R.
            1704), H1112 [11MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        Declaration of Taking Act:  require coverage of all condemnations of
            property by the Government, (see H.R. 4303), H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  prohibit issuing regulations dealing with
            hybrid transactions, (see H.R. 4663), H11696 [20OC]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2931 [6MY]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H7617 [11SE]
        Endangered species:  protection of the California spotted owl and
            its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
        Endangered Species Act:  transfer enforcement functions of the
            National Marine Fisheries Service to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
            Service, (see H.R. 4335), H6453 [24JY]
        European Union:  canned fruit subsidy, (see H. Res. 406), H2055
            [1AP]
        Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
            [30AP]
        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:  clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
            arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ 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), H7803 [15SE]
        Forest Service:  Recreational Fee Demonstration Program termination,
            (see H.R. 4447), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system,
            (see H.R. 4149), H5402 [25JN]
        Forests:  payments to States relative to timber sales, (see H.R.
            2844), H3247 [13MY]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H5494 [14JY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H.R. 4196), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ 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]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2424 [28AP]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2056 [1AP]
        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), H4479
            [10JN]
        IMF:  eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
            certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H2707
            [30AP]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see H.R. 2377), H631 [25FE]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
            H.R. 3254), H631 [25FE]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards, (see H.R. 8), H4165 [4JN]
        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), H677 [26FE]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  establish peer review of
            standards, (see H.R. 2661), H4629 [16JN]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H7494 [9SE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
            [30AP]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted, (see H.R. 4578), H8528 [23SE]
        Taxation:  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), H447 [11FE]
        ------ 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), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2423
            [28AP]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H755 [3MR]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H495 [12FE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H755
            [3MR]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H631 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see H.R. 4173),
            H5403 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
            equipment, (see H.R. 3304), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
            [7AU]
        ------ treatment of graduated estate tax rates and the unified
            credit, (see H.R. 4468), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
            H1298 [18MR]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H3366 [18MY]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H3972 [22MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
        Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act:  reauthorize
            and amend, (see H.R. 3973), H3971 [22MY]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H904 [5MR]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of the Interior:  implement agreement conveying title for the
            Clear Creek Distribution System to the Clear Creek Community
            Services District, (see H.R. 3706), H2236 [22AP]
        Foreign Trade Zones Board:  expand a certain foreign trade zone to
            include an area of the municipal airport of Chico, CA, (see H.R.
            3350), H902 [5MR]
        Social Security:  provide prisoner information obtained by States to
            Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of
            benefits, (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        Taxation:  application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5087<bullet> [24JN]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2500 [29AP]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4147 [4JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11891 [18DE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Market Access Program funding, H5087<bullet>
            [24JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding,
            H6016 [21JY]
        ------ reallocation of Forest Service timber management to watershed
            improvement and recreational management, H6050 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6016 [21JY], H6050 [21JY]
        Forest Service:  road construction funding, H1677 [27MR], H1678
            [27MR]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1653 [27MR], H1677 [27MR], H1678
            [27MR]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H8543
            [24SE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8735 [25SE]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits
            (H.R. 4172), E1275<bullet> [26JN]
        Taxation:  application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities (H.R. 4407), E1554<bullet> [5AU]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit (H.R. 3945), E955<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty, H2822 [6MY]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8735 [25SE], H8938 [26SE]
        ------ rates, H7499 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), veto, H6052 [21JY]
        Votes:  correction, H6857<bullet> [31JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H327 [4FE]
        Special order:  granted, H3021 [11MY]
      Tributes
        Fazio, Representative, H8543 [24SE]
        Hill, Clair A., H3075 [12MY]
        Riggs, Representative, H11011 [15OC]