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

    THUNE, JOHN R. (a Representative from South Dakota)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3668 [21MY]
      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), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon
            enlistment, (see H.R. 51), H1168 [16MR]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        Aviation:  provide assistance and slots to air carriers providing
            service between high-density and underserved airports, (see H.R.
            2748), H5493 [14JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        ------ qualifications for membership in a Federal credit union, (see
            H.R. 3276), H630 [25FE]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H5064 [23JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
            [11FE]
        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]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Foreign trade:  reduce barriers between U.S. and Canadian
            agricultural products, (see H. Res. 583), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654), H4056
            [3JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
            [28SE]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources, (see H.R. 2515), H755 [3MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H4629
            [16JN]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        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), H7178
            [4AU]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        SSA:  provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal
            earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals, (see
            H.R. 2669), H3972 [22MY]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1299 [18MR]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4629 [16JN]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            4399), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H5859
            [17JY]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational
            assistance, (see H.R. 127), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ treatment of farming-related gains and losses relative to
            eligibility for earned income tax credit, (see H.R. 4596), H8035
            [17SE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H1159 [12MR]
        Veterans:  permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H1643
            [26MR]
        Voting:  guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel,
            merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal,
            State, and local elections, (see H.R. 699), H1643 [26MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  retroactive lifting of caps on
            loan rates for marketing assistance loans, (see H.R. 4615),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            H.R. 4272), H5859 [17JY]
        Taxation:  increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
            lowest rate, (see H.R. 3151), H240 [3FE]
        ------ increase personal income tax exemption, (see H.R. 3149), H240
            [3FE]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H10835 [14OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4131 [4JN]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H6419 [24JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H7558 [10SE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (H.R. 4272),
            H5850 [17JY]
        Amtrak:  expand eligible uses of funding to non-Amtrak States, H1894
            [1AP], H1895 [1AP]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2497 [29AP]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H223 [3FE], H225 [3FE], H652 [26FE],
            H702 [3MR], H847 [4MR], H897 [5MR]
        ------ balance, H946 [10MR], H948 [10MR], H2083 [21AP], H2085 [21AP]
        ------ deficit, H2083 [21AP]
        ------ reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the
            public debt (H.R. 2191), H844 [4MR], E82<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H652 [26FE], H841
            [4MR], H844 [4MR], H897 [5MR]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11894 [18DE]
        ------ State of the Union Message, H223 [3FE], H225 [3FE]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10677 [13OC],
            H10809 [13OC], H10837 [14OC]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5528 [15JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5249 [24JN],
            H5250 [24JN]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, H946 [10MR], H2087
            [21AP], H2777 [5MY]
        ------ needle exchange programs, H2126 [22AP], H2225 [22AP]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H846 [4MR]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H948 [10MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4069 [4JN]
        Government:  shutdown relative to budget process, H9729 [7OC]
        IRS:  restructure and reform, H761 [4MR]
        National Guard:  Starbase Program funding, H5249 [24JN], H5250
            [24JN]
        Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
            transportation trust funds, H1894 [1AP], E605<bullet> [21AP]
        Political campaigns:  require worker approval for use of labor
            organization dues and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608),
            H3612 [20MY], H3614 [20MY], H3615 [20MY]
        Public welfare programs:  reform, H2085 [21AP]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H3305 [14MY]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H841 [4MR], H844
            [4MR], H9265 [1OC]
        ------ ensure integrity of trust funds (H.R. 857), H652 [26FE], H666
            [26FE], H667 [26FE], H948 [10MR]
        ------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
            surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
            (H.R. 4578), H8080 [18SE], H8539 [24SE], H8617 [24SE], H9165
            [28SE], H9265 [1OC]
        ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, H2086 [21AP]
        South Dakota:  transportation projects funding, E605<bullet> [21AP]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, H4540
            [11JN]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2224 [22AP]
        ------ increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
            lowest rate (H.R. 3151), H224 [3FE], H614 [25FE], H2224 [22AP],
            E82<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ increase personal income tax exemption (H.R. 3149), H224
            [3FE], H614 [25FE], H652 [26FE], H2224 [22AP], E82<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, H8080 [18SE]
            provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8080 [18SE], H8539 [24SE], H8617-H8617 [21AP] funding for
            Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit
            programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3961<bullet> [22MY]
        Votes:  position on missed, E1160<bullet> [18JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H626 [25FE], H674 [26FE], H753 [3MR], H2806
            [5MY], H4477 [10JN], H7582 [10SE], H8081 [18SE], H9176 [28SE]