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

    LAMPSON, NICK (a Representative from Texas)
      Addresses
        Issues Facing Congress:  by, E654<bullet> [23AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H5738 [16JY]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see H.R. 619), H2318 [23AP]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
        Aviation:  require air carriers to establish procedures for
            responding to in-flight medical emergencies, (see H.R. 1670),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4711 [17JN]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs,
            (see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ international cooperation in cases involving the illegal
            abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see H. Con. Res.
            224), H631 [25FE]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H3972 [22MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
            Res. 287), H6187 [22JY]
        ------ address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community
            policing and reduction of school crime, (see H. Res. 512), H6880
            [31JY]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H4880 [19JN]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H3625
            [20MY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H498 [12FE]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children, (see
            H.R. 3494), H1298 [18MR]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ reauthorize funding for court-appointed advocates for victims
            of child abuse, training programs on child abuse for judicial
            personnel and attorneys, and video taping of child victim
            testimony, (see H.R. 3902), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H100 [28JA]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H11705 [21OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H4961 [22JN]
        Dept. of Transportation:  assess available technologies for
            establishing a system to access motor vehicle driving records,
            (see H.R. 3555), H1549 [25MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H11042 [16OC]
        Disasters:  make modifications to the temporary housing assistance
            program, (see H.R. 2257), H2813 [5MY]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H755
            [3MR]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H4240 [5JN]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H6453
            [24JY]
        Employment:  make parental leave for birth parents equitable to
            adoptive and foster parents, (see H.R. 1573), H1445 [24MR]
        ERISA:  clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
            failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
            benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H330 [4FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H447 [11FE]
        ------ 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), H5737 [16JY]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of bone mass
            measurements, (see H.R. 2699), H1021 [10MR]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H447 [11FE]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H447
            [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), H9275 [1OC]
        Food:  improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 3052), H678
            [26FE]
        ------ purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H3366 [18MY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H4550 [11JN]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4550 [11JN], (see H.R.
            4283), H6820 [30JY]
        Foreign trade:  prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
            products derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H447
            [11FE]
        Gardner, Ava:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
            H4880 [19JN]
        Germany:  jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H2423 [28AP]
        Health:  increase the legal smoking age, (see H.R. 2519), H3488
            [19MY]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ revise and extend programs relative to the health of
            individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
            H2236 [22AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H4325 [9JN]
        Human rights:  anniversary of the signing of the Universal
            Declaration of Human Rights, (see H. Con. Res. 185), H6454
            [24JY]
        Income:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H7178 [4AU]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H4550 [11JN]
        Insurance:  establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
            determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with
            the patient, (see H.R. 4093), H4879 [19JN]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1379 [23MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3625 [20MY]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H1379
            [23MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H100 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
            liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H6186 [22JY]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H65 [27JA]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7618 [11SE]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H2424 [28AP]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ 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), H1021 [10MR]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H5405
            [25JN]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H498 [12FE]
        Music and dance:  tribute to African-American music, (see H. Con.
            Res. 27), H6070 [21JY]
        National forests:  ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity,
            and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests
            and roadless areas, (see H.R. 1376), H2931 [6MY]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H7494 [9SE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H8932 [25SE]
        Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
            requirements relative to textile industry, (see H.R. 1450),
            H7803 [15SE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H11696 [20OC]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H904 [5MR]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3744 [21MY]
        Public lands:  designate certain national parks, wild and scenic
            rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
            Washington, and Wyoming, (see H.R. 1425), H1379 [23MR]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H4712 [17JN]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H4241 [5JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H6453 [24JY]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6820 [30JY]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5594
            [15JY]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see H.R. 96), H1021
            [10MR]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 45), H8528 [23SE], (see H.R. 3008), H8627
            [24SE]
        ------ earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R. 612), H904
            [5MR]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        Space policy:  encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
            (see H. Con. Res. 267), H2605 [29AP]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3972 [22MY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4711 [17JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4325 [9JN]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H6511 [28JY]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            acquisition of computer hardware and software, (see H.R. 4184),
            H5594 [15JY] provide incentives to elementary and secondary
            teachers for technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H5594
            [15JY]
        ------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
            communities, (see H.R. 465), H755 [3MR]
        ------ treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and
            farmers, (see H.R. 2450), H4055 [3JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H8035 [17SE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H447 [11FE]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H10917 [14OC]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy:
            designate, (see H.R. 2931), H1337 [19MR]
        Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
            tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
            products to children, and establish the American Center on
            Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ 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]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3972 [22MY]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H64 [27JA]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H6282
            [23JY]
        ------ research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
            H2055 [1AP]
        World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H1699 [27MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Crime:  require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
            4531), H7494 [9SE]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Health:  extend COBRA continuation health coverage for surviving
            spouses, (see H.R. 4835), H10916 [14OC]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H4481 [11JN]
      Proclamations
        Port Arthur, TX, Anniversary, E913<bullet> [20MY]
      Remarks
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4434 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4434 [10JN]
        Beaumont, TX:  tribute to Beaumont Police Activities League boxing
            team, E1908<bullet> [5OC]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, H4483 [11JN]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11893 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11893 [18DE], H11953<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Crime:  increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children, H4494 [11JN]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4494 [11JN], H4513 [11JN]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center (H.R.
            3985), H4044 [3JN]
        Dept. of Education:  safe and drug-free school initiative funding,
            H2751 [5MY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6271 [23JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10922 [15OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H10922 [15OC]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2006 [1AP]
        Henley, Don:  tribute to conservation efforts relative to Walden
            Pond, H4246 [9JN]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, H3296 [14MY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination (H. Con. Res. 235), H1203
            [17MR]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons
            (H.R. 2850), E977<bullet> [22MY]
        Medicare:  reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646), H9198
            [1OC], H9199 [1OC], H9200 [1OC]
        National Child Abuse Prevention Month:  observance, H2347 [28AP]
        National Missing Children's Day:  observance, E977<bullet> [22MY]
        Port Arthur, TX:  anniversary, E913<bullet> [20MY]
        Schools:  national day of prayer to recognize start of school year,
            H7417 [7AU]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6271 [23JY]
        States:  establish community notification system relative to release
            of convicted sex offenders, H4513 [11JN]
        Texas City, TX:  development and implementation of missing children
            programs, H6421 [24JY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1902 [1AP], H2006
            [1AP]
        Votes:  position on missed, H585 [25FE], H5935 [20JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H5397 [25JN]
        Special order:  granted, H626 [25FE], H6451 [24JY]
      Tributes
        Rauschenberg, Robert, E167<bullet> [12FE]
        Rogers, Julie, H616 [25FE]
        Yarbrough, Jim and Carol, E1861<bullet> [1OC]