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

    COMBEST, LARRY (a Representative from Texas)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
            Reform Act, H535 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
            (see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H4324 [9JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
        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]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H1112 [11MR]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  undertake an inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton, (see H. Res.
            304), H7495 [9SE]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  limit CFTC authority to alter the
            regulation of certain hybrid instruments and swap agreements,
            (see H.R. 4507), H7414 [6AU]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
        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]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H631 [25FE]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H4479 [10JN]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1644 [26MR]
        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), H5738 [16JY]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
        Forest Service:  reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system,
            (see H.R. 4149), H5402 [25JN]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses, (see H.R. 3310), H1299 [18MR]
        Health:  develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects, (see H.R. 1114), H386 [5FE]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 1415), H631 [25FE]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        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. 3205), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H5405 [25JN]
        National Center for Bioengineering Research:  establish, (see H.R.
            4170), H10012 [7OC]
        National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
            permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
        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]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        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]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2932
            [6MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H6697
            [29JY]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H10833 [13OC]
        ------ 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), H909 [9MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H2119 [21AP]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
            (see H.R. 3687), H7290 [5AU]
        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]
        U.N.:  U.S. withdrawal, (see H.R. 1146), H64 [27JA]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Volunteer workers:  eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
            supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
            (see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4125 [4JN], H4128
            [4JN]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H518 [24FE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            H6927 [3AU]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H9332 [2OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9332
            [2OC]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9127<bullet>
            [28SE], H10797 [13OC]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6927 [3AU]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4125 [4JN], H4128 [4JN]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
            H4128 [4JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H9176 [28SE]
      Tributes
        Roberts, James, E73<bullet> [3FE]