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

    ARCHER, BILL (a Representative from Texas)
      Amendments
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H7000 [3AU]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, H3938 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, H2296
            [23AP]
      Articles and editorials
        Ethanol Tax Break Outdated, Rapid City (SD) Journal, H3962 [22MY]
        Mistake Prevails, as Certainly as Death and Taxes, S7650 [8JY]
        Wrong Way on Ethanol, H3962 [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
        Employment:  provide an exemption of overtime compensation for
            certain firefighters and rescue squad members, (see H.R. 94),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2814 [5MY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Government regulations:  accounting of costs and benefits, (see H.R.
            2840), H1699 [27MR]
        Guatemala:  investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and
            implementation of peace accords, (see H. Res. 421), H3247 [13MY]
        Health:  permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see H. Res. 422), H3013 [7MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        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), H7915
            [16SE]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
            [11JN]
        National Blue Ribbon Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government:
            reestablish, (see H.R. 132), H64 [27JA]
        National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
            permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
        Political campaigns:  require worker approval for use of labor
            organization dues and fees for political activities, (see H.R.
            2608), H631 [25FE]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H. Res. 343), H100 [28JA], (see H.J. Res. 107),
            H240 [3FE]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H1236 [17MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2318
            [23AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish, (see H.R. 3095), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3546), H1549
            [25MR]
        Foreign trade:  miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade
            laws, (see H.R. 4856), H11694 [20OC]
        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. 350), H10667 [12OC]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted, (see H.R. 4578), H7914 [16SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for farmers and small businesses and
            extend certain expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4738), H10075
            [8OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of certain liquidating distributions of a regulated
            investment company or real estate investment trust which are
            allowable as a deduction, (see H.R. 3947), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ treatment of certain transfers of assets and liabilities to a
            corporation, (see H.R. 4852), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ treatment of stapled real estate investment trusts, (see H.R.
            3558), H1642 [26MR]
      Conference reports
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act (H.R. 2676), H5100-H5195 [24JN]
      Explanations
        Tax Treatment of Certain Transfers of Assets and Liabilities to a
            Corporation (H.R. 4852), E2236<bullet> [19OC]
        Tax Treatment of Stapled Real Estate Investment Trusts (H.R. 3558),
            E488<bullet> [26MR]
      Letters
        Application of sanctions laws to intelligence activities:  by,
            Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2947 [7MY]
        Constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the
            passage of legislation increasing taxes, H2137 [22AP]
        Digital Millennium Copyright Act:  by, Committee on Ways and Means
            (House), E1714 [14SE]
        Eliminate Japanese barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis:  by, E1429 [24JY]
        FAA programs reauthorization:  by, H7035 [4AU]
        National Dialogue on Social Security Act:  Horace B. Deets, AARP,
            H2491 [29AP]
        ------ Martha Phillips, Concord Coalition, H2491 [29AP]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             by, H8500 [23SE]
        Prevent issuance of food stamps to deceased individuals:  by, H10936
            [15OC]
        Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act, H2351 [28AP]
        SEC limitation on the collection of certain fees, E1874 [1OC]
        Voter Eligibility Verification Pilot Program Act:  by, H468 [12FE]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  by, H7846 [16SE]
      Remarks
        Amtrak:  expand eligible uses of funding to non-Amtrak States, H1895
            [1AP]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11659<bullet> [20OC]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2487 [29AP], H2490 [29AP], H2491 [29AP],
            E471<bullet> [25MR]
        Budget:  proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989),
            H4182 [5JN]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4215 [5JN]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status, H5358
            [25JN]
        ------ most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 121), H6078 [22JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H7047 [4AU]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809), H3407
            [19MY], H3409 [19MY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11659<bullet> [20OC]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            H3392<bullet> [19MY]
        Federal employees:  provide for the rectification of certain
            retirement coverage errors (H.R. 3249), E1362<bullet> [21JY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8765
            [25SE], H8776 [25SE], H8793 [25SE]
        ------ substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of
            ``most-favored-nation treatment'', H5358 [25JN]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate (H.R. 3821), H6908 [3AU]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6370 [24JY]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (H. Con. Res. 350), H10632 [12OC]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, H5352
            [25JN], H5353 [25JN], H5358 [25JN]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services,
            H11659<bullet> [20OC]
        Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
            transportation trust funds, H1894 [1AP]
        Power resources:  extension of ethanol subsidy, H3962 [22MY]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), H293 [4FE], H294 [4FE]
        Rives Carlberg (advertising agency):  anniversary, E1687<bullet>
            [10SE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8733 [25SE], H8734 [25SE], H8735
            [25SE], H8736 [25SE], H8737 [25SE], H8747 [25SE], H8749 [25SE],
            H8750 [25SE], H8752 [25SE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4007 [3JN], H4018 [3JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for farmers and small businesses and
            extend certain expiring provisions (H.R. 4738), H10622 [12OC],
            H10628 [12OC], H10630 [12OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8733 [25SE], H8735 [25SE], H8737 [25SE], H8747 [25SE], H8749
            [25SE], H8806 [25SE], H8835 [25SE], H8836 [25SE], H8937 [26SE],
            H8961 [26SE], H8963 [26SE], H8964 [26SE], H8965 [26SE], H8966
            [26SE], H8969 [26SE]
        ------ rates, H4215 [5JN]
        ------ require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in
            all tax cases, H5358 [25JN]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, H2938 [7MY], H2939 [7MY], H2940 [7MY], H2941
            [7MY], H2942 [7MY], H2943 [7MY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4675<bullet>
            [17JN]
        ------ treatment of certain liquidating distributions of a regulated
            investment company or real estate investment trust which are
            allowable as a deduction (H.R. 3947), E960<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ treatment of certain transfers of assets and liabilities to a
            corporation (H.R. 4852), E2236<bullet> [19OC]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4730 [18JN] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct
            conferees, H2938 [7MY], H2939 [7MY], H2940 [7MY], H2941 [7MY],
            H2942 [7MY], H2943 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of railroad fuel relative to barge industry, H1895
            [1AP]
        ------ treatment of stapled real estate investment trusts (H.R.
            3558), E488<bullet> [26MR]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1894 [1AP], H1895
            [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3962 [22MY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H482
            [12FE]
      Reports filed
        Activities During the 105th Congress:  Committee on Ways and Means
            (House) (H. Rept. 105-832), H11878 [18DE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3546) (H. Rept. 105-
            493), H2317 [23AP]
        Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act:  Committee
            on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2400) (H. Rept. 105-467), H1699
            [27MR]
        Child Support Performance and Incentive Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3130) (H. Rept. 105-422), H691 [2MR]
        Customs Service Appropriations:  Committee on Ways and Means (House)
            (H.R. 3809) (H. Rept. 105-541), H3366 [18MY]
        Dept. of HHS Additional Exceptions to the Imposition of Civil Money
            Penalties in Cases of Payments to Beneficiaries:  Committee on
            Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3511) (H. Rept. 105-772), H9536
            [5OC]
        Education Savings and School Excellence Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 105-577), H4567 [15JN]
        Establish Protect Social Security Account Into Which Budget
            Surpluses Will Be Deposited Until Long-Term Reform Is Enacted:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4578) (H. Rept. 105-
            738), H8527 [23SE]
        European Union Restrictions on the Importation of U.S. Agricultural
            Products:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Con. Res.
            213) (H. Rept. 105-672), H6999 [3AU]
        Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3249) (H. Rept. 105-625), H5956 [20JY]
        Freedom From Religious Persecution Act:  Committee on Ways and Means
            (House) (H.R. 2431) (H. Rept. 105-480), H3023 [11MY]
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  Committee of Conference (H.R.
            2676) (H. Rept. 105-599), H5296 [24JN]
        Make Trade Relations With Vietnam Contingent Upon Free Emigration:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.J. Res. 120) (H. Rept.
            105-653), H6696 [29JY]
        Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement Act:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4567) (H. Rept. 105-
            773), H9536 [5OC]
        Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Membership Expansion:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4377) (H. Rept. 105-
            774), H9536 [5OC]
        Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act:  Committee on
            Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4342) (H. Rept. 105-671), H6999
            [3AU]
        Most-Favored-Nation Status for the People's Republic of China:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.J. Res. 121) (H. Rept.
            105-638), H5956 [20JY]
        Payments to Individuals With Blood-Clotting Disorders Who Contracted
            HIV Due to Contaminated Blood Products:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 105-465), H3012 [7MY]
        Provide Disabled Social Security Beneficiaries the Opportunities To
            Return to Work, Extend Medicare Coverage, and Continue Tax
            Credits:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3433) (H.
            Rept. 105-537), H3365 [18MY]
        Provide Relief for Farmers and Small Businesses and Extend Certain
            Expiring Provisions:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R.
            4738) (H. Rept. 105-817), H10667 [12OC]
        Public Assistance and Benefits for Noncitizens Clarification and
            Improvement:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4558)
            (H. Rept. 105-735), H8461 [22SE]
        Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Investment Policy:  Committee on Ways
            and Means (House) (H.R. 1432) (H. Rept. 105-423), H691 [2MR]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R.
            4579) (H. Rept. 105-739), H8527 [23SE]
        Veterans Medicare Access Improvement Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3828) (H. Rept. 105-793), H10010 [7OC]
      Tables
        Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4738, provide tax relief for
            farmers and small businesses and extend certain expiring
            provisions, H10631 [12OC]
      Texts of
        H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act, H4007-H4018
            [3JN]
      Tributes
        Johnson, Representative Sam, H482 [12FE]