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

    DINGELL, JOHN D. (a Representative from Michigan)
      Amendments
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6283 [23JY], H6382 [24JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4856 [19JN]
      Analyses
        Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act (H.R.
            1872):  Section 641 Relative to Direct Access, H2833 [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
            Compact Consent Act, H3074 [12MY]
        ------ H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, H8507 [23SE]
        ------ H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
            Equity Act, H2205 [22AP]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, H7888
            [16SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Protecting Consumers Is a Big Part of Reforming Bank Laws, USA
            Today, H3177 [13MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H3247
            [13MY]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7585 [10SE]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        Birds:  establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
            birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6186 [22JY]
        Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI:  designate, (see H.R.
            3808), H3013 [7MY]
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
        CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H1776 [30MR]
        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]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H10012 [7OC]
        ------ 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), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7584 [10SE]
        Diseases:  prostate cancer screening benefits, (see H.R. 2639),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers,
            (see H.R. 2852), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H4712
            [17JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
        Foreign trade:  clarify antitrust policy relative to commerce with
            foreign nations, (see H.R. 4453), H7412 [6AU]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
            countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
            Res. 418), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 3605), consideration, (see H. Res. 486), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2120
            [21AP]
        Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3120), H99 [28JA]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        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]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6454 [24JY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H9722 [6OC]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3247 [13MY]
        Medicaid:  prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary
            and per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10011 [7OC], (see
            H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H330 [4FE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H2056 [1AP]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H578 [24FE]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H7415 [6AU]
        Postage and stamps:  use receipts from the sale of migratory bird
            hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp
            purchases, (see H.R. 4248), H5736 [16JY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H101 [28JA]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H3742 [21MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7585 [10SE]
        Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see H. Con. Res. 322),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
        Taxation:  increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated
            in each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3744 [21MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H64 [27JA]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
            connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
            H4711 [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  ensure the restoration and preservation of
            State authority over intrastate telecommunications, (see H.R.
            4801), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ State and local government regulation of citizens band radio
            equipment, (see H.R. 2612), H2423 [28AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
            [9SE]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H100 [28JA]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            (see H.R. 4577), H7914 [16SE]
        Food:  improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
            [18JN]
        Health:  awareness and use of federally-supported research findings
            on the social and economic costs of sleep deprivation and sleep
            disorders, (see H. Con. Res. 250), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        International economic relations:  limit Exchange Stabilization Fund
            disbursements, monitor foreign compliance with IMF commitments,
            and enforce trade law remedies, (see H.R. 3573), H1699 [27MR]
        Telephones:  protect consumers from cramming of charges on telephone
            bills, (see H.R. 3990), H4164 [4JN]
      Explanations
        Financial Services Act (H.R. 10):  Bliley Amendment on Strengthening
            Investor and Consumer Protections, H3178 [13MY]
        ------ by, E1054<bullet>-E1056<bullet> [5JN]
      Letters
        Financial Services Act:  Mary Griffin, Consumers Union, H3177 [13MY]
        Needle exchange programs:  by, H2463 [29AP]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  Arthur Levitt, Issac
            C. Hunt, Jr., and Laura S. Unger, SEC, H6062 [21JY]
        ------ Bruce Lindsey and Gene Sperling, Executive Office of the
            President, H6061 [21JY]
        ------ Norman S. Johnson, SEC, H6062 [21JY]
        ------ Senator Reed, H10777<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ Senators D'Amato, Gramm, and Dodd, H6062 [21JY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11662<bullet> [20OC]
        Automobile National Heritage Area:  authorize (H.R. 3910),
            H10415<bullet> [10OC], E2134<bullet> [13OC]
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares
            (H.R. 4577), E1729<bullet> [16SE]
        Barry, Thomas M.:  appointment as President of SBC International's
            Telkom South Africa operations, E1881<bullet> [2OC]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4201 [5JN]
        Business and industry:  improve competitiveness of U.S. business and
            promote foreign commerce (H.R. 4353), E2095<bullet> [12OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6478<bullet> [27JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11791 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10093<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11791 [18DE]
        ------ independent counsel report on investigation relative to
            perjury, obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct,
            H7468 [9SE], H7469 [9SE]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
            3783), H9910<bullet> [7OC]
        Congress:  exempt legislation resulting in an overall reduction in
            tax or tariff revenues from the unfunded mandates point of order
            requirement, H3435 [19MY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H7049 [4AU]
        Crime:  strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
            corrupt practices (S. 2375), H11672 [20OC]
        Cuba:  TV Marti funding, H7112 [4AU]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), H10792 [13OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11662<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7112 [4AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5756 [17JY], H6221 [23JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), consideration
            (H. Res. 538), H7860 [16SE]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), H2462 [29AP]
        Drugs:  exclusivity periods for medications to treat drug addiction,
            H7860 [16SE]
        Ecology and environment:  cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
            sites, H5756 [17JY]
        ------ exempt educational outreach or information seminars on
            greenhouse gas emissions from EPA and Council on Environmental
            Quality funding limitations, H6221 [23JY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth (H.R. 678), H7442 [9SE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (S.
            417), H10955<bullet> [15OC]
        EPA:  implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
            H6221 [23JY]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1763<bullet>
            [30MR]
        Financial institutions:  allow operating subsidiaries to offer
            certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
            consumer protections, H3186 [13MY]
        ------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), H3140 [13MY], H3177 [13MY], H3186 [13MY], H3200 [13MY],
            H3207 [13MY], H3220 [13MY] increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 403), H1828
            [31MR] increase competition in the financial services sector
            (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 428), H3126 [13MY]
        ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
            holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3207
            [13MY]
        ------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
            sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
            operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
            H3200 [13MY]
        ------ strengthen investor and consumer protections, H3177 [13MY]
        ------ sunset on requirement that banks purchase an insurance agency
            to conduct insurance activities in other States, H3220 [13MY]
        Focus--HOPE (organization):  anniversary, E1401<bullet> [23JY]
        Food:  improve safety of imported foods (H.R. 4080), E1166<bullet>
            [18JN]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7957<bullet> [17SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4098<bullet> [4JN]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3435 [19MY]
        Health:  awareness and use of federally-supported research findings
            on the social and economic costs of sleep deprivation and sleep
            disorders (H. Con. Res. 250), E469<bullet> [25MR]
        ------ develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects (S. 419), H923<bullet> [10MR]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), H10769 [13OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            E549<bullet> [1AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H6368 [24JY], H6369 [24JY], H6399 [24JY], H6412 [24JY]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), motion to recommit, H6413 [24JY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7749<bullet> [15SE]
        Hungary:  independence anniversary, E291<bullet> [4MR]
        IMF:  funding, H7957<bullet> [17SE]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, H4858
            [19JN]
        International economic relations:  limit Exchange Stabilization Fund
            disbursements, monitor foreign compliance with IMF commitments,
            and enforce trade law remedies (H.R. 3573), E506<bullet> [27MR]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (H. Res. 598), H10965<bullet> [15OC]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852),
            E2097<bullet> [12OC]
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  reauthorization
            (H.R. 2691), H2072 [21AP]
        National Wildlife Refuge System:  prohibit expenditure of certain
            funds for new refuges without specific authorization from
            Congress (H.R. 512), H3422<bullet> [19MY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3280<bullet> [14MY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H3197 [13MY], H6064 [21JY], H7468 [9SE],
            H7469 [9SE], H10015 [8OC]
        Petroleum:  purchases from the strategic petroleum reserve by
            entities in the insular areas of the U.S., H10955<bullet> [15OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4685 [17JN], H4858 [19JN], H5472 [14JY]
        ----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485),
            H1763<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens, H5472 [14JY]
        Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
            fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
            owners and operators, H10955<bullet> [15OC]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9753 [7OC]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H256 [4FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (H.R. 1689), H6061 [21JY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), conference report, H10776 [13OC], E2246<bullet>
            [20OC]
        Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
            constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
            COMSAT, H2844 [6MY], H2845 [6MY], H2848 [6MY]
        ------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
            renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2852 [6MY],
            H2854 [6MY]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications (H.R. 1872), H2826 [6MY], H2831 [6MY],
            H2833<bullet> [6MY], H2844 [6MY], H2845 [6MY], H2848 [6MY],
            H2852 [6MY], H2854 [6MY]
        Telephones:  protect consumers from cramming of charges on telephone
            bills (H.R. 3990), E1027<bullet> [4JN]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (H.R.
            3888), H10610 [12OC]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace (H.R. 2921), H9936<bullet> [7OC]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            H3947 [22MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), H7099<bullet> [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10616 [12OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), H7099<bullet> [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10616 [12OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H5294 [24JN]
      Statements
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  by, H10778 [13OC]
        ------ Representative Klink, H10779 [13OC]
        Tribute to Thomas M. Barry:  Jack Brooks, E1882<bullet> [2OC]
      Tables
        State comparison of statute of limitations and aiding and abetting
            liability, H10778 [13OC]
      Tributes
        McLucas, William, E721<bullet> [30AP]
        Moss, John E., H18 [27JA], E7<bullet> [27JA]
        Solomon, Representative, E2027<bullet> [10OC]