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

    HEFLEY, JOEL (a Representative from Colorado)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3563 [20MY], H3577 [20MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5298 [24JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7256 [5AU]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5829 [17JY], H5926 [20JY]
        World War II:  Berlin Airlift anniversary (H. Con. Res. 230), H5385
            [25JN]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
      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]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H5594
            [15JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H4835 [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes:  final settlement of water rights
            claims, (see H.R. 3478), H1236 [17MR]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
            [29AP]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H4629 [16JN]
        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),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H4712 [17JN]
        Dept. of Labor:  establish advisory panels relative to occupational
            safety and health, (see H.R. 2871), H1159 [12MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1379 [23MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H63
            [27JA]
        Federal firefighters:  hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity
            with other civil service employees and public sector
            firefighters, (see H.R. 1166), H5297 [24JN]
        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), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H498 [12FE]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H64 [27JA]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6487 [27JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Germany:  jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H851 [4MR]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H.R. 4232), H6820 [30JY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on efforts to acquire advance missile
            technology and expedite the development of a missile defense
            system for both U.S. and Israeli Armed Forces, (see H. Con. Res.
            342), H10076 [8OC]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        ------ material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
            relative to weapons inspections, (see H. Con. Res. 340), H10076
            [8OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  U.S. commitment to arrange
            foreign assistance and construction of nuclear reactors relative
            to threat to international peace and security, (see H. Con. Res.
            341), H10076 [8OC]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 312),
            H7000 [3AU]
        ------ human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 313),
            H7495 [9SE]
        ------ 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]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ enhance and expand special enrollment periods for certain
            military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 3863), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
            Res. 304), H7495 [9SE]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H2236 [22AP]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H11769 [17DE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H904 [5MR]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  establish peer review of
            standards, (see H.R. 2661), H4479 [10JN]
        OSHA:  allow employers to use alternative means of meeting safety
            and health rules, (see H.R. 2875), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ clarify liability of employers at multiemployer worksites,
            (see H.R. 2879), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements, (see H.R. 2864),
            H1159 [12MR]
        ------ exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used
            to identify safety and health violations by employers, (see H.R.
            2869), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ identify and notify the specific industries to which
            regulations and compliance standards apply, (see H.R. 2873),
            H1159 [12MR]
        ------ prohibit any employee performance measures relative to number
            of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties
            assessed, (see H.R. 2877), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ waiver or abatement of penalties for small businesses if
            violations are corrected in a specified time, (see H.R. 2881),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Paraga, Dobroslav:  support efforts to bring about increased respect
            for democratic and human rights in Croatia, (see H. Res. 375),
            H904 [5MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H101 [28JA]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H385 [5FE]
        Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H241 [3FE]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4835
            [18JN]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
            H7178 [4AU]
        ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks, (see H.R. 4553),
            H8627 [24SE]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H7584
            [10SE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H241 [3FE]
        ------ 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), H755 [3MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses, (see
            H.R. 1285), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain
            private foundations, (see H.R. 519), H3366 [18MY]
        ------ treatment of golf caddies, (see H.R. 2321), H329 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H755 [3MR]
        ------ 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), H3488 [19MY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H7494 [9SE]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H4962 [22JN]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5297 [24JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Aviation:  public charter operations at certain reliever airports,
            (see H.R. 3380), H903 [5MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing certain construction at military
            installations, (see H.R. 3695), H2119 [21AP]
        Medicare:  waiver of the late enrollment penalty for certain
            military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 4771), H10352 [9OC]
        Mining and mineral resources:  ratification of payments made under
            preexisting onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs, (see
            H.R. 3962), H3971 [22MY]
        World War II:  Berlin Airlift anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 230),
            H678 [26FE]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H1855 [1AP], H4167 [5JN], H11551 [20OC]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H3030 [12MY], H11025 [16OC]
      Remarks
        AID:  Russian tax system reform funding, H5641 [16JY]
        Animals:  endangered species status of the black tail prairie dog,
            H7182 [5AU]
        Appropriations:  status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H10920
            [15OC]
        Armed Forces:  prohibit funding for assignment of duty at the U.N.
            Rapidly Deployable Missions Headquarters, H3577 [20MY], H3578
            [20MY], H3579 [20MY], H3580 [20MY], H3581 [20MY]
        ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
            Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11724 [17DE]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H388 [11FE], H636 [26FE], H1453
            [25MR], H11026 [16OC]
        ------ tax treatment of tobacco products, H2142 [22AP]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H3563 [20MY], H4639 [17JN], H4768 [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12025<bullet>
            [19DE]
        ------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
            obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
            conduct, H5969 [21JY]
        ------ visit to the People's Republic of China, H5416 [14JY]
        Colorado Springs, CO:  anniversary of North American Aerospace
            Defense Command, H3030 [12MY]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), H4768 [18JN]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H5505 [15JY]
        Copyrights:  duration of protection (H.R. 2589), H1478 [25MR]
        ------ reform music licensing practices and fees, H1478 [25MR]
        Cuba:  TV Marti funding, H7111 [4AU]
        Denver Broncos (football team):  tribute, H68 [28JA]
        Denver International Airport:  environmental impact of additional
            runway construction, H7034 [4AU]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3472 [19MY], H3563 [20MY], H3577 [20MY], H3578 [20MY], H3579
            [20MY], H3580 [20MY], H3581 [20MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 549), H8560 [24SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), conference report,
            H9133<bullet> [28SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5672 [16JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7111 [4AU], H7256
            [5AU]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10838 [14OC]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7256
            [5AU]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), H7034 [4AU]
        Government:  procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (S. 314),
            H9451<bullet> [5OC]
        India:  nuclear weapons testing, H4639 [17JN]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11724 [17DE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform, H1026 [11MR]
        National Historic Preservation Fund:  extend authorization (H.R.
            1522), H3417 [19MY], H3418 [19MY]
        National parks and recreation areas:  collection of fees for the
            making of motion pictures, television productions, and sound
            tracks (H.R. 2993), H7759 [15SE]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (H.R.
            2556), H3419 [19MY]
        Pakistan:  nuclear weapons testing, H4639 [17JN]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H7249 [5AU], H7250 [5AU], H7251 [5AU], H7258
            [5AU]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (H.R. 2556), H3419
            [19MY]
        Point of order, H5672 [16JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5925 [20JY], H5927 [20JY]
        ------ prohibit use of Air Force One for fundraising activities,
            H5926 [20JY], H5927 [20JY]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H1239 [18MR], H10670 [13OC],
            H10921 [15OC]
        Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act:  implementation,
            H10222 [9OC]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, H1303 [19MR]
        Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers
            (H.R. 2456), H1386 [24MR]
        ------ constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on
            the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2142 [22AP]
        ------ rates, H636 [26FE], H10670 [13OC]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H1558 [26MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4665 [17JN]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2142
            [22AP]
        World War II:  Berlin Airlift anniversary (H. Con. Res. 230), H5385
            [25JN]
      Tributes
        Stratton, Winfield S., E1349<bullet> [20JY]