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

    THURMAN, KAREN L. (a Representative from Florida)
      Articles and editorials
        Longtime Activist in County Dies at 82, Josh Zimmer, Port Richey
            (FL) Citrus Times, E1560<bullet> [5AU]
        Walker Will Leave Legacy of Integrity, Crystal River (FL) Citrus
            County Chronicle, E1560<bullet> [5AU]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        Aircraft:  treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft, (see
            H.R. 1521), H2055 [1AP]
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H4325
            [9JN]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H851 [4MR]
        Budget:  authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions, (see H.R. 1321), H6697 [29JY]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H7415 [6AU]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4055 [3JN]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Colleges and universities:  improve and strengthen recruitment and
            training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
            [5MR]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish, (see H.R. 3007), H678 [26FE]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H3488 [19MY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H631 [25FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H4712 [17JN], (see H.R.
            4151), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1700 [27MR]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H329 [4FE]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H2319
            [23AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H2707 [30AP]
        ------ ensure individuals who undertake federally funded research
            and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements, (see
            H.R. 3758), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
            money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
            3511), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
            H3970 [22MY]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see H.R. 2545), H330 [4FE]
        ------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H3488
            [19MY]
        Ecology and environment:  provide for innovative strategies for
            achieving superior environmental performance, (see H.R. 3180),
            H445 [11FE]
        Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
            H678 [26FE]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H3625 [20MY]
        ERISA:  regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
            (see H.R. 4238), H7178 [4AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 3292), H4241
            [5JN], (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H3972 [22MY]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H3014 [7MY]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9346 [2OC]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign trade:  impose certain sanctions on countries that use child
            labor, (see H.R. 2678), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws,
            (see H.R. 4856), H11694 [20OC]
        ------ require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked with the
            country of origin, (see H.R. 4688), H9345 [2OC]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3972
            [22MY]
        Government:  require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the
            national debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con.
            Res. 228), H5065 [23JN]
        Great Irish Potato Famine:  honor memory of victims, (see H. Con.
            Res. 159), H1550 [25MR]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
            H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism:  establish,
            (see H.R. 1549), H4479 [10JN]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4550 [11JN]
        Health:  apply group health plan portability requirements to
            students covered under college-sponsored health plans, (see H.R.
            1281), H329 [4FE]
        ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
            individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121), H6454
            [24JY]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H10012 [7OC]
        ------ 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), H1337
            [19MR]
        House of Representatives:  require approval of any payments from the
            reserve fund designated for certain committee expenses, (see H.
            Res. 387), H4712 [17JN]
        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),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H7290 [5AU]
        IMF:  prohibit funding until Iraq is expelled, (see H.R. 3599),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers,
            (see H.R. 2377), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
            and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
            suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
            H10077 [8OC]
        ------ permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who
            are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens, (see H.R.
            2664), H2236 [22AP]
        Insurance:  coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from
            mastectomies, (see H.R. 164), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1112 [11MR]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8528 [23SE]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H65 [27JA]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5957 [20JY]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish counseling programs for
            disabled and retired police officers, (see H.R. 2434), H4055
            [3JN]
        ------ extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS
            revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors
            and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R. 1215), H4479 [10JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3625 [20MY]
        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), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients
            enrolled in certain clinical trials, (see H.R. 1628), H3625
            [20MY]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
            H3743 [21MY]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H1379 [23MR]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ provide for independent case managers for home health
            services, (see H.R. 4591), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE], (see H.R. 4646), H9083 [26SE]
        ------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 3128), H330 [4FE]
        Mexico:  renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H904 [5MR]
        National Days of Dialogue:  support in association with the national
            celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., (see H.
            Con. Res. 195), H330 [4FE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H8084 [18SE]
        Naval Armed Guard Service:  appreciation to veterans for service
            during World War I and World War II, (see H.J. Res. 99), H679
            [26FE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6999 [3AU]
        NIH:  improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
            3001), H6820 [30JY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H11023 [15OC]
        Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network:  nullify certain
            operational regulations, (see H.R. 3767), H3625 [20MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3105 [12MY]
        Postal Service:  designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
            Carol City, and Miami, FL, (see H.R. 4052), H4549 [11JN]
        ------ guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H64 [27JA]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H756 [3MR]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H5405
            [25JN]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            (see H.R. 2154), H386 [5FE]
        Research:  increase the amount authorized for basic scientific,
            medical, and pre-competitive engineering research, (see H.R.
            3660), H4880 [19JN]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H495 [12FE]
        Schools:  ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
            4224), H7495 [9SE]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H1236 [17MR]
        States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H3105 [12MY]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
            individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
            coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
            opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H7290
            [5AU]
        ------ allow the work opportunity credit against the alternative
            minimum tax, (see H.R. 3772), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ business meal, entertainment, and certain travel expense
            deductions, (see H.R. 628), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
            3500), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H6820 [30JY]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
            extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H241 [3FE]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H6070
            [21JY]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
            H6281 [23JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1550 [25MR]
        ------ increase maximum contribution to education savings accounts,
            (see H.R. 4147), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
            3524), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
            4538), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
        ------ provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a
            State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for
            property, (see H.R. 4361), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H3488
            [19MY]
        ------ repeal inflation adjustment provisions for income tax rates,
            standard deductions, and personal exemptions, (see H.R. 3965),
            H6487 [27JY]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
            repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
            4489), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
            communities, (see H.R. 465), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
            nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
            H.R. 4611), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on
            land subject to conservation easement, (see H.R. 4301), H6282
            [23JY]
        ------ treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a
            principal residence, (see H.R. 535), H6186 [22JY]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H10668
            [12OC]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H5405
            [25JN]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses,
            (see H.R. 4025), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned
            income tax credit, (see H.R. 3995), H4880 [19JN]
        ------ waive interest and penalties for failure to file schedule D
            with a timely filed return, (see H.R. 3974), H7178 [4AU]
        Telephones:  protect consumers from cramming of charges on telephone
            bills, (see H.R. 3798), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H447 [11FE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1445 [24MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H329 [4FE]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H579 [24FE]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity
            compensation for certain surviving spouses, (see H.R. 2004),
            H691 [2MR]
        ------ repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving
            spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset, (see H.R.
            165), H3014 [7MY]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H2814 [5MY]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida, (see H. Con. Res. 298),
            H5737 [16JY]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H6282
            [23JY]
        ------ research health risks posed by the presence of certain
            additives and synthetic fibers in tampons and similar products,
            (see H.R. 2900), H65 [27JA]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H1444
            [24MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3488 [19MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agricultural Adjustment Act:  require comparable requirements on
            imported and domestic fruits and vegetables under agricultural
            marketing orders, (see H.R. 3335), H850 [4MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  convey certain mineral interests to Florida
            and release reversionary interests in four deeds that conveyed
            certain lands so as to permit the State to sell, exchange, or
            otherwise dispose of the lands, (see H.R. 4842), H11023 [15OC]
        Insurance:  require health insurance issuers to notify participants
            if a group health plan fails to pay premiums, and provide a
            conversion option if the plan is terminated, (see H.R. 4709),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate, (see H.R. 3336), H850 [4MR]
        Taxation:  treatment of year 2000 computer conversion costs for
            small businesses, (see H.R. 4134), H5297 [24JN]
        Water:  authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
            water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
            3243), H497 [12FE]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, H6205
            [23JY]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2497 [29AP]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11921 [18DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            consideration (H. Res. 435), H3466 [19MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  extend authority to treat illnesses of
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans and illnesses due to future
            combat service, and revise research priorities relative to
            certain service-related health consequences (H.R. 3980), H6897
            [3AU]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6559
            [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6978 [3AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6559 [29JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, H5355
            [25JN]
        LSC:  funding, H6978 [3AU]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate (H.R. 3336), H6897 [3AU]
        Racial relations:  encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
            U.S., H1217 [17MR]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8751 [25SE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4020 [3JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8751 [25SE], H8969 [26SE]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida (H. Con. Res. 298), H5881
            [20JY]
      Tributes
        Lewis, Representative John, H1217 [17MR]
        Walker, David, E1560<bullet> [5AU]