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

    CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
            H6213 [23JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H4325
            [9JN]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H851 [4MR]
        Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
            the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
            H. Con. Res. 224), H631 [25FE]
        Clean Air Act:  proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
            the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
            (see H.R. 3690), H6282 [23JY]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
            [19MR]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
            4531), H7494 [9SE]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H2706
            [30AP]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H1700 [27MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            (see H.R. 3511), H5297 [24JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  determination of service connection for
            certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
            warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
            3279), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ 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, (see H.R. 3980), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H6453 [24JY]
        Employment:  make parental leave for birth parents equitable to
            adoptive and foster parents, (see H.R. 1573), H100 [28JA]
        ------ minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees,
            (see H.R. 2888), H4055 [3JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  recognize the importance of
            children and families, (see H. Con. Res. 302), H6070 [21JY]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Firearms:  treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H2706 [30AP]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5494 [14JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H4550 [11JN]
        Foreign Assistance Act:  repeal the housing guaranty program, (see
            H.R. 3352), H902 [5MR]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H5493 [14JY]
        Foreign trade:  exemptions from certain import prohibitions, (see
            H.R. 3340), H3972 [22MY], (see H.R. 3465), H3972 [22MY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H4479 [10JN]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2120
            [21AP]
        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),
            H1112 [11MR]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H7415 [6AU]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H7415 [6AU]
        Iraq:  adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and
            priority for veterans filing such claims, (see H.R. 3484), H3105
            [12MY]
        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), H8083 [18SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Iwo Jima Memorial:  prohibit the construction of any additional
            monument, memorial, or structure, (see H.R. 2313), H5593 [15JY]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4550 [11JN]
        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), H5957 [20JY]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H496 [12FE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H4550 [11JN]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H2055 [1AP]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H240 [3FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        ------ reimbursement to Military Health Services System, (see H.R.
            414), H6186 [22JY]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H2814 [5MY]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H6697 [29JY]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see H.R. 1595), H497
            [12FE]
        NRC:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4629 [16JN]
        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), H447
            [11FE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4056 [3JN]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H909 [9MR]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H904 [5MR]
        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), H578 [24FE]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H7494 [9SE]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
            [22AP]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H497 [12FE]
        ------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
            acquisition of computer hardware and software, (see H.R. 4184),
            H7428 [7AU] provide incentives to elementary and secondary
            teachers for technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H7428
            [7AU]
        ------ 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), H755 [3MR]
        ------ restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with
            State legislation, (see H.R. 532), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H11023 [15OC]
        ------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
            programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
            designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6185 [22JY]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H10012
            [7OC]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H7290 [5AU]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H4325 [9JN]
        Veterans:  authorize certain disabled veterans to use Dept. of
            Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges, (see H.R.
            2050), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish
            a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign
            conflicts other than declared wars, (see H.R. 1608), H5493
            [14JY]
        ------ benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H3488
            [19MY]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7178 [4AU]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6187 [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Medicare:  reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4794),
            H10513 [10OC]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H1854 [31MR]
        Veterans:  determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
            accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H4478 [10JN]
      Lists
        Supporters of H.R. 4519, authorize Presidential consent to the third
            party transfer of the Bowman County (U.S.S.) to the USS LST Ship
            Memorial, Inc., E2155 [14OC]
      Remarks
        Alabama:  completion of U.S. Highway 72, E1624<bullet> [7AU]
        Children and youth:  allow youth-serving organizations access to FBI
            criminal background information, H4511 [11JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12022<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4495 [11JN], H4511 [11JN]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), E2136<bullet> [13OC]
        Dept. of Energy:  tritium production, H3679 [21MY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6270 [23JY]
        Halsey, William L., III:  Arthritis Foundation James Record
            Humanitarian Award recipient, E1762<bullet> [18SE]
        Justice John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL:  designate (S.
            1298), H10313 [9OC]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6270 [23JY]
        Thrasher, Tom G.:  Arthritis Foundation James Record Humanitarian
            Award recipient, E1761<bullet> [18SE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H6997 [3AU]
      Tributes
        Brogden, Doreen S., E528<bullet> [31MR]
        Flippo, Ronnie G., E1624<bullet> [7AU]
        Jones, Robert E., Jr., E1624<bullet> [7AU]
        Wright, John C. and Margaret A., E2329<bullet> [12NO]
        Young, Ernest A., E1525<bullet> [3AU]