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

    DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)
      Amendments
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5676 [16JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6543 [29JY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and
            related agencies program appropriations, H7708 [15SE]
      Articles and editorials
        So Now We're Back to Flammable Pajamas? Molly Ivins, Fort Worth (TX)
            Star-Telegram, H6588 [29JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H678
            [26FE]
        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), H2236 [22AP]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H330 [4FE]
        Aviation:  require air carriers to establish procedures for
            responding to in-flight medical emergencies, (see H.R. 1670),
            H851 [4MR]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H329 [4FE]
        Beechman, Laurie:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 4199), H7290
            [5AU]
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H5957 [20JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H447 [11FE]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Chavez, Cesar E.:  commemorate birthday, (see H.J. Res. 65), H2056
            [1AP]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H10352 [9OC]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ 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), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ provide greater access to child care services for Federal
            employees, (see H.R. 4280), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H3104 [12MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Colleges and universities:  make information regarding men's and
            women's athletic programs available to prospective students,
            (see H.R. 1987), H100 [28JA]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H7415 [6AU]
        Courts:  confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
            proceedings, (see H.R. 3577), H1699 [27MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H4835 [18JN]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ increase research of link between violence against animals
            and violence against humans, (see H. Con. Res. 286), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H386 [5FE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  reform agricultural credit programs, (see
            H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ make grants to States and businesses to improve the quality
            of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H8627
            [24SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H6487 [27JY]
        Ecology and environment:  protect children from exposure to certain
            environmental pollutants, (see H.R. 2451), H4055 [3JN]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R. 4009),
            H5405 [25JN]
        ------ grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
            training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
            4552), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ improve teacher quality, (see H.R. 2228), H64 [27JA]
        ------ terminate social promotion in schools, (see H. Res. 401),
            H3015 [7MY]
        ERISA:  regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
            (see H.R. 4238), H5736 [16JY]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H100 [28JA]
        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), H903 [5MR]
        FDA:  establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
            H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
        Federal employees:  eligibility of certain appointees for
            competitive status for purposes of transfer or reassignment,
            (see H.R. 1874), H678 [26FE]
        ------ make certain temporary Federal service creditable for
            retirement purposes, (see H.R. 1873), H678 [26FE]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H3744 [21MY]
        Firearms:  provide grants to improve safety and study effects of
            developing technology on firearms safety, (see H.R. 3895), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H7585 [10SE]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
        Gardner, Ava:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
            H4880 [19JN]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see H.R. 3981), H5738 [16JY]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Government:  streamline and improve Federal grant application,
            administrative, and reporting requirements, (see H.R. 3921),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Health:  develop and implement integrated cockroach management
            programs in urban communities to reduce health risks to
            residents, especially children, suffering from asthma and
            asthma-related illnesses, (see H.R. 3897), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
            individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121), H8932
            [25SE]
        ------ prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see H.R. 4376), H6879
            [31JY]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ revise and extend programs relative to the health of
            individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
            H1021 [10MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
            [22MY]
        Housing:  remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing,
            (see H.R. 3435), H3312 [14MY]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
            3287), H755 [3MR]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
            and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
            suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
            H7915 [16SE]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H2606 [29AP]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
            and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
            individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ require health plans to provide adequate access to services
            provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, (see H.R. 1737), H2813
            [5MY]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H4550
            [11JN]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        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), H447 [11FE]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act:  Federal land acquisitions
            funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
            conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H10353
            [9OC]
        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]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H904 [5MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ continuous open enrollment of individuals in Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4653), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H10077
            [8OC]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4055 [3JN],
            (see H.R. 4339), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H6880 [31JY]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H10513 [10OC], (see H.R. 4646), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4370), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H11696 [20OC]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H8084 [18SE]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H330 [4FE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H9723 [6OC]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
            [10SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H7618 [11SE]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H11696 [20OC]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        Native Americans:  mint coins in commemoration of history and
            culture, (see H.R. 4448), H10077 [8OC]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6999 [3AU]
        Northern Ireland:  encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
            condemn violence and address human rights violations, (see H.
            Con. Res. 152), H330 [4FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2606 [29AP]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H241 [3FE]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3972 [22MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H1112 [11MR]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5594
            [15JY]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H3247 [13MY]
        Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H11696
            [20OC]
        States:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H4056 [3JN]
        Taxation:  enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H5493 [14JY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1236 [17MR]
        ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
            contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H909 [9MR]
        ------ 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), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce individual tax preparation time, (see H. Con. Res.
            241), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ reform Internal Revenue Code and protect Social Security and
            Medicare trust funds, (see H. Con. Res. 248), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 372), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
            shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H3312 [14MY]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H5594 [15JY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H4479 [10JN]
        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]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H3744
            [21MY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Urban areas:  development of municipally owned vacant lots by
            nonprofit community organizations, (see H.R. 726), H1699 [27MR]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H9537 [5OC]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H64
            [27JA]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H6453
            [24JY]
        Virgin Islands:  commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
            the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
            Independence Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H7415 [6AU]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H7415 [6AU]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Crime:  identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H1549 [25MR]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit fees for using teller windows,
            (see H.R. 4811), H10667 [12OC]
        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]
      Letters
        Needle exchange programs:  John DeStefano, Jr., Mayor of New Haven,
            CT, H2461 [29AP]
        ------ Melvin H. Wearing, Chief of Police of New Haven, CT, H2461
            [29AP]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4133<bullet> [4JN]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3770 [22MY]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H9329 [2OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4988<bullet> [23JN], H5095
            [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9329
            [2OC]
        Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), H10321 [9OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), H10582 [12OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), H10866 [14OC]
        ------ making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), H1816<bullet> [31MR]
        ------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H10582 [12OC]
        Armed Forces:  funding of abortions for military personnel and
            dependents at overseas military medical facilities, H3572 [20MY]
        ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
            Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11745<bullet> [17DE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2504 [29AP]
        Black History Month:  observance, H416 [11FE]
        Bouchet, Edward A.:  dedication of burial monument, E2321<bullet>
            [12NO]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4068 [4JN], H4201 [5JN]
        ------ tax treatment of tobacco products, H2150 [22AP]
        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), H6469 [27JY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H4041 [3JN], H6789 [30JY], H7008 [4AU]
        Children and youth:  provide that children's sleepwear be
            manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
            H5647 [16JY], H6543 [29JY], H6545 [29JY]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, H9623<bullet>
            [6OC]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11780 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10089 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11780 [18DE]
        ------ State of the Union Message, H69 [28JA]
        ------ urge full cooperation by former political appointees,
            friends, and associates with congressional investigations (H.
            Res. 433), consideration (H. Res. 436), H3639 [21MY]
        Colleges and universities:  reporting requirements for reductions in
            athletic funding or scholarships, H2881 [6MY]
        Colombia:  provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
            enforcement efforts (H. Res. 398), H1717 [30MR]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H3262 [14MY]
        ------ release of confidential information relative to investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H2820 [6MY], H2937 [7MY], H3262 [14MY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), E1725<bullet> [15SE]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10533 [11OC],
            H10565 [12OC], H10923 [15OC], H11027 [16OC]
        CPSC:  upholstery flammability standards, H6577 [29JY]
        Crime:  identity fraud (H.R. 3551), E512<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ identity fraud (H.R. 4151), H9996 [7OC]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4499<bullet> [11JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, H4499<bullet> [11JN]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, H20 [27JA]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3572 [20MY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), consideration (H. Res.
            484), H5218 [24JN]
        ------ year 2000 computer problem emergency funding, H5218 [24JN]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H338
            [5FE], H351 [5FE]
        ----- prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), consideration (H.
            Res. 348), H341 [5FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), H10795<bullet> [13OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  tribute to Office of Community Oriented Policing
            Services, H10822 [13OC]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            H1593 [26MR]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6006<bullet> [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5676 [16JY], H5678 [16JY], H5683 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, H9930
            [7OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), consideration (H.
            Res. 508), H6789 [30JY]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res. 564), H9283
            [2OC]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
            584), H10128 [8OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6543 [29JY], H6545 [29JY],
            H6577 [29JY], H6586<bullet> [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5647 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report,
            H9623<bullet> [6OC]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7393
            [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7393 [6AU]
            scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502),
            consideration (H. Res. 413), H2615 [30AP]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs (H.R. 3717), H2460 [29AP]
        Education:  increase number of teachers, H10838 [14OC]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, E728<bullet>
            [30AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H762 [4MR], H854 [5MR],
            H8040 [18SE], H10533 [11OC], H10538 [11OC], H10539 [11OC],
            H10540 [11OC], H10547 [11OC], H10553 [11OC], H10678 [13OC],
            H10822 [13OC], H10866 [14OC], H10923 [15OC], H11003 [15OC],
            H11005 [15OC], H11006 [15OC], H11007 [15OC], H11027 [16OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H11003 [15OC], H11005 [15OC], H11006 [15OC], H11007 [15OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8040 [18SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3731 [21MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H400 [11FE]
        FDA:  prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of
            any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5095 [24JN]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  allow plan coverage for
            abortions, H5678 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of abortion procedures, H5676 [16JY], H5683 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H5678 [16JY], H5683 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H9930 [7OC]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit fees for using teller windows
            (H.R. 4811), E2094<bullet> [12OC]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, H1593 [26MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8792 [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4083 [4JN]
        Government:  shutdown relative to budget process, H10547 [11OC]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), E1725<bullet>
            [15SE]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H80 [28JA], H82 [28JA], H83 [28JA]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H624
            [25FE], H5506 [15JY], H5641 [16JY], H5742 [17JY], H6074 [22JY],
            H6192 [23JY], H9728 [7OC], H10549 [11OC], H10550 [11OC], H10551
            [11OC], H10552 [11OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3605), H10223 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            337), H633 [26FE] protection of enrollees in managed care plans
            and HMO's (H.R. 3605), H5070 [24JN] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), H6397 [24JY]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), consideration (H. Res. 509), H6302 [24JY] protection of
            enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 820), H1116
            [12MR]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7749<bullet> [15SE]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (H.R. 1415), H244 [4FE]
        ------ tribute to ``Kick Butts Connecticut'' campaign participants,
            H1651 [27MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2881 [6MY],
            E728<bullet> [30AP]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9161<bullet> [28SE]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H4538 [11JN]
        House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
            consider certain legislation (H. Res. 589), H10363 [10OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2367 [28AP]
        Labor unions:  allow employees to organize and form collective
            bargaining units to improve salaries and working conditions,
            H4955 [22JN], H4956 [22JN]
        LIHEAP:  funding, H10128 [8OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), E1725<bullet> [15SE]
        Medicare:  improve access to health insurance and benefits for
            certain individuals, H1174 [17MR]
        ----- improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals (H.R. 3470), H1241 [18MR]
        ------ reform, H83 [28JA], H1174 [17MR]
        Minimum wage:  level, H1303 [19MR]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H6006<bullet> [21JY]
        New Haven, CT:  anniversary of Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church,
            E829<bullet> [12MY]
        ------ tribute to Regional Workforce Development Board,
            E2320<bullet> [12NO]
        NIH:  biomedical research funding, E698<bullet> [29AP]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1605 [26MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1454
            [25MR], H3634 [21MY], H4843 [19JN]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3786
            [22MY], H4823<bullet> [18JN], H5925 [20JY], H6847 [30JY], H7305
            [6AU] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
            consideration (H. Res. 442), H3731 [21MY] ethics reform and
            contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res. 458),
            H4777 [18JN], H4778 [18JN] ethics reform and contribution limits
            (H.R. 3485), H1557 [26MR] ethics reform and contribution limits
            (H.R. 3526), H4484 [11JN]
        ------ itemization of amounts spent by labor organizations, H5925
            [20JY]
        ------ prohibit bundling of campaign contributions, H6847 [30JY]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities, H3979 [3JN] require worker
            approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for
            political activities (H.R. 2608), H1752 [30MR]
        Presidents of the U.S.:  use of executive privilege (H. Res. 432),
            consideration (H. Res. 436), H3639 [21MY]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H1857 [1AP], H10363 [10OC],
            H10517 [11OC], H10533 [11OC], H10923 [15OC]
        ------ political contributions by tobacco companies, H2443 [29AP]
        Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT:  designate (S. 1355),
            H8495 [23SE]
        San Francisco, CA:  prevent use of Federal funds to require city
            contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6586 [29JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (H.R. 1689), E1402<bullet> [23JY]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10930 [15OC]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H10547 [11OC],
            H10552 [11OC]
        ------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
            surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
            (H.R. 4578), H7814 [16SE], H7930 [17SE], H8539 [24SE],
            H8745<bullet> [25SE], H8752 [25SE]
        Southern Connecticut State University:  anniversary of Phi Delta
            Kappa (fraternal organization) chapter, E2333<bullet> [12NO]
        ------ anniversary of Phi Delta Kappa (organization) chapter,
            E1892<bullet> [2OC]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2150 [22AP]
        ------ establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses,
            H1628 [26MR], H2108 [21AP]
        ------ provide relief for farmers and small businesses and extend
            certain expiring provisions (H.R. 4738), E2096<bullet> [12OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H7814 [16SE], H7930 [17SE], H8539 [24SE], H8745<bullet> [25SE],
            H8752 [25SE], H8837 [25SE], H10552 [11OC]
        ------ rates, H1786 [31MR], H2040 [1AP], H2041 [1AP], H2042 [1AP],
            H4674<bullet> [17JN]
        ------ repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax, H1626
            [26MR], H1627 [26MR], H1628 [26MR], H1629 [26MR], H1631 [26MR],
            H2106 [21AP], H2108 [21AP], H2109 [21AP], H2111 [21AP]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, H2939 [7MY], H4734 [18JN] tax credits relative to
            elementary and secondary school construction (H.R. 3320), H762
            [4MR], H854 [5MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H1626 [26MR], H1627 [26MR],
            H1628 [26MR], H1629 [26MR], H1630 [26MR], H1631 [26MR], H2106
            [21AP], H2108 [21AP], H2110 [21AP], H2111 [21AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4674<bullet>
            [17JN]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4734 [18JN] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct
            conferees, H2939 [7MY]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2834<bullet> [6MY]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA:  designate
            (H.R. 4000), H9454<bullet> [5OC]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, H1026 [11MR], H2124
            [22AP]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate
            Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance
            investments in biomedical and basic scientific research (H.R.
            3028), E698<bullet> [29AP]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2124 [22AP],
            H4777 [18JN], H4843 [19JN] tobacco industry liability settlement
            relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
            practices (S. 1415), H2091 [21AP], H2092 [21AP], H2093 [21AP],
            H2094 [21AP]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            H3956<bullet> [22MY]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H468 [12FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1234 [17MR], H1296 [18MR], H2049 [1AP],
            H2422 [28AP], H5062 [23JN], H10559 [11OC], H10831 [13OC], H10916
            [14OC]
      Statements
        Children's Sleepwear Flammability Standards:  Ann Brown, CPSC, H6588
            [29JY]
      Tributes
        Abzug, Bella S., E660<bullet> [23AP]
        Ambrogio, John, E1952<bullet> [8OC], E2318<bullet> [12NO]
        Dellums, Representative, H208<bullet> [3FE]
        Kelly, Dave, E2329<bullet> [12NO]
        Lovell, Harold (Bud), E827<bullet> [12MY]
        Martinez, Juan, E1718<bullet> [15SE], E2331<bullet> [12NO]
        Pastore, Philip, E1809<bullet> [25SE], E2322<bullet> [12NO]
        Pelli, Cesar, E1719<bullet> [15SE], E2328<bullet> [12NO]
        Strona, Frank, E290<bullet> [4MR]
        Whitman, Michael, E47<bullet> [28JA]
        Wilson, Courtland Seymour, E684<bullet> [28AP]