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

    FORD, HAROLD E., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7915 [16SE]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294), H4961
            [22JN]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2931 [6MY]
        Army:  close School of the Americas, (see H.R. 611), H100 [28JA]
        Aviation:  require air carriers to charge a reduced fare for air
            transportation to and from certain clinical health trials, (see
            H.R. 2797), H498 [12FE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  amend, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 3000), H6593
            [29JY], (see H.R. 3000), H6820 [30JY]
        ------ clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H6697 [29JY]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs,
            (see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H6697 [29JY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4550 [11JN]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
            (see H.R. 23), H578 [24FE]
        Colleges and universities:  improve international education at
            postsecondary institutions, (see H.R. 3311), H754 [3MR]
        ------ make information regarding men's and women's athletic
            programs available to prospective students, (see H.R. 1987),
            H100 [28JA]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H7617 [11SE]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H5493
            [14JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1021 [10MR]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
            [19MR]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H498 [12FE]
        Dept. of Education:  make grants for postsecondary information
            technology education and employment assistance projects, (see
            H.R. 3896), H3488 [19MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1445 [24MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H6880 [31JY]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see H.R. 2545), H330 [4FE]
        ------ treatments relative to the transmission of HIV, (see H.R.
            3072), H498 [12FE]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H100
            [28JA]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen
            protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local
            governments and individuals relative to economic development
            efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H64 [27JA]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963), H678
            [26FE]
        ------ establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial
            fellowship programs, (see H.R. 3031), H6820 [30JY]
        ------ give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop
            their capabilities, (see H.R. 4127), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ improve teacher quality, (see H.R. 2698), H851 [4MR]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
            3269), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
            under-represented student populations, cosponsorship withdrawn,
            (see H.R. 2495), H1113 [11MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ role in character development and teaching of moral values,
            (see H. Con. Res. 127), H101 [28JA]
        Employment:  make parental leave for birth parents equitable to
            adoptive and foster parents, (see H.R. 1573), H100 [28JA]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H631 [25FE]
        ------ improve child care and family support services, (see H.R.
            2713), H330 [4FE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN] increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
            Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
        ------ reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of
            prevention programs, (see H.R. 1736), H100 [28JA]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H11023 [15OC]
        ------ extend authority under which comparability allowances may be
            paid to Government physicians, (see H.R. 2541), H631 [25FE]
        ------ increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor,
            (see H.R. 2943), H65 [27JA]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H578 [24FE]
        ------ provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage
            errors, (see H.R. 3249), H578 [24FE]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of bone mass
            measurements, (see H.R. 2699), H5593 [15JY]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H64 [27JA]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H64
            [27JA]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H6880
            [31JY]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H5064
            [23JN]
        ------ require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a
            handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
        Food stamps:  modify certain eligibility disqualifications, (see
            H.R. 1507), H64 [27JA]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2707 [30AP]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H7584
            [10SE], (see H.R. 4283), H7585 [10SE]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H579 [24FE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6697 [29JY]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Government:  require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H62 [27JA]
        Health:  expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H64 [27JA]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ managed care system reform proposal, (see H.R. 2905), H1112
            [11MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H5297
            [24JN]
        Health care professionals:  establish a national abusive and
            criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
            H.R. 2953), H7428 [7AU]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H11696 [20OC]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H65 [27JA]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H1445 [24MR]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H4880 [19JN]
        ------ coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from
            mastectomies, (see H.R. 164), H100 [28JA]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business in
            the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
            with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
            H.R. 3143), H447 [11FE]
        ------ provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to
            compensation for economic and non-economic losses, (see H.R.
            2021), H447 [11FE]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
            mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H330 [4FE]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H7415 [6AU]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  approve location of proposed memorial in
            the District of Columbia, (see H.J. Res. 113), H4712 [17JN]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
            (see H.R. 2850), H330 [4FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1445 [24MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1159 [12MR]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H678
            [26FE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H497 [12FE]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H65
            [27JA], (see H.R. 3137), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical
            equipment, (see H.R. 2671), H447 [11FE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9537 [5OC]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ require hospitals to establish and implement security
            procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction
            and baby switching, (see H.R. 4680), H9344 [2OC]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H498 [12FE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H498 [12FE], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
        Music and dance:  recognize the contributions of the cities of
            Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, and their people to the origins
            and development of country music, (see H. Con. Res. 214), H3015
            [7MY]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H329 [4FE]
        National forests:  ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity,
            and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests
            and roadless areas, (see H.R. 1376), H447 [11FE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H7618 [11SE]
        Native Americans:  mint coins in commemoration of history and
            culture, (see H.R. 4448), H10077 [8OC]
        NIH:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone
            diseases, (see H.R. 2697), H6697 [29JY]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H10353
            [9OC]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3366 [18MY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H7415 [6AU]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4078), H6454
            [24JY], (see H.R. 4086), H7428 [7AU]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H631 [25FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H631 [25FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H578 [24FE]
        Senior citizens:  establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for
            elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage, (see H.R.
            2681), H101 [28JA]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H241 [3FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
            equipment, (see H.R. 1968), H755 [3MR]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H241 [3FE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H6698 [29JY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H329
            [4FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3744 [21MY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H7429 [7AU]
        Washington Interdependence Council:  establish a memorial to
            Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 3499),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Women:  research health risks posed by the presence of certain
            additives and synthetic fibers in tampons and similar products,
            (see H.R. 2900), H65 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
            Res. 287), H4241 [5JN]
      Letters
        Marketing of tobacco products to children:  by, E1032<bullet> [4JN]
      Lists
        Students from Tennessee's 9th Congressional District supporting
            tobacco legislation, E1032<bullet>-E1035<bullet> [4JN]
      Proclamations
        World Population Awareness Week:  Don Sundquist, Governor of
            Tennessee, E2275<bullet> [21OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H9333<bullet> [2OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report,
            H9333<bullet> [2OC]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4203 [5JN]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9125 [28SE]
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence (H. Con. Res.
            287), E1054<bullet> [5JN]
        ------ censure, H11934 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10091 [8OC]
        ------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
            justice, and improper sexual conduct, H7699 [15SE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11934 [18DE]
        Committee on Education and the Workforce (House):  provide special
            authority relative to investigation of the International
            Brotherhood of Teamsters (H. Res. 507), H6764 [30JY]
        Danziger, Harry:  National Conference of Christians and Jews
            Humanitarian Award recipient, E483<bullet> [26MR]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees,
            including any appointed independent counsel, and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7230 [5AU], H7235 [5AU]
        ------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7230 [5AU], H7235 [5AU]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7230 [5AU], H7235
            [5AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations, E1330<bullet> [17JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
            564), H9288<bullet> [2OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9620
            [6OC]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), H7853 [16SE]
        ------ prohibit military aid to certain Colombian and Mexican law
            enforcement agencies and bar diplomatic status for certain U.S.
            and Mexican law enforcement officers, H7853 [16SE]
        Education:  reduce class size in the early grades and improve
            teacher quality, H8063 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8063 [18SE]
        Employment:  summer youth jobs programs funding, E1330<bullet>
            [17JY]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, H4234<bullet> [5JN]
        Haskell Indian Nations University:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9643 [6OC]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
            E2087<bullet> [11OC]
        Lockhardt, H.T:  National Conference of Christians and Jews
            Humanitarian Award recipient, E483<bullet> [26MR]
        Medicare:  reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4627),
            E2061<bullet> [11OC]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646), H9352
            [5OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H3495
            [20MY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3790
            [22MY], H7322 [6AU]
        Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9643 [6OC]
        Steib, J. Terry:  National Conference of Christians and Jews
            Humanitarian Award recipient, E483<bullet> [26MR]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8968 [26SE]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4731 [18JN]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices,
            E1032<bullet> [4JN]
        University of Memphis:  tribute to women's basketball team,
            E281<bullet> [4MR]
        Votes:  position on missed, H7468<bullet> [9SE], E520<bullet>
            [30MR], E1158<bullet> [18JN], E1259<bullet> [26JN],
            E1462<bullet> [29JY]
        Walters, Jane:  National Conference of Christians and Jews
            Humanitarian Award recipient, E483<bullet> [26MR]
        World Population Awareness Week:  observance, E2275<bullet> [21OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H558 [24FE], H1546 [25MR], H5733 [16JY],
            H5954 [20JY], H6067 [21JY], H6181 [22JY], H6278 [23JY], H6451
            [24JY]
        Special order:  granted, H327 [4FE], H4237 [5JN]
      Reports
        Drug Pricing in the 9th Congressional District of Tennessee--Drug
            Companies Profit at the Expense of Older Americans:  Committee
            of Government Reform and Oversight (House),
            E2062<bullet>-E2065<bullet> [11OC]
      Tributes
        Bean, Gregory G., E1141<bullet> [16JN]
        Draper, O'Landa, E1425<bullet> [24JY]
        Robson, Elliot, E1170<bullet> [18JN]
        Withers, Ernest C., Sr., E735<bullet> [1MY]