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

    BALDACCI, JOHN ELIAS (a Representative from Maine)
      Amendments
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4408 [10JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
        Alaska:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
            H2236 [22AP]
        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]
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Civil rights:  prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based
            on sex, race, or national origin, (see H.R. 1302), H851 [4MR]
        ------ provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment
            of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4550 [11JN]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Colleges and universities:  improve and strengthen recruitment and
            training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
            [5MR]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H755 [3MR], (see H.R.
            1151), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H65 [27JA]
        ------ 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), H100
            [28JA]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H498 [12FE]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H2319
            [23AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5297 [24JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  modernize requirements and establish consensus
            process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
            standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
            H2606 [29AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1445 [24MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ 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. 4070),
            H5405 [25JN]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
            (see H. Con. Res. 291), H4879 [19JN]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1021
            [10MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3624 [20MY]
        Education:  give gifted and talented students the opportunity to
            develop their capabilities, (see H.R. 4127), H7000 [3AU]
        Employment:  prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic
            information, (see H.R. 2275), H2931 [6MY]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H5736 [16JY]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H5404 [25JN]
        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), H3488 [19MY]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H1643 [26MR]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H329 [4FE]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H329
            [4FE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2056 [1AP]
        Government:  require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H62 [27JA]
        Hazardous substances:  reduce use and emissions of mercury and
            increase recycling, (see H.R. 2910), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to
            reduce mercury emissions, (see H.R. 3791), H2813 [5MY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
            [22MY]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H2424
            [28AP]
        ------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans
            relative to neurobiological disorders, (see H.R. 2110), H329
            [4FE]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        House of Representatives:  prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors
            leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room, (see H. Res. 247),
            H2237 [22AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
            2955), H5493 [14JY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ notify upon examination any medical condition of an
            individual seeking insurance coverage, (see H.R. 2874), H2237
            [22AP]
        ------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
            and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
            individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H10668 [12OC]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H2423 [28AP]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H2056 [1AP]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
        Medicare:  continuous open enrollment of individuals in
            Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4653), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H579
            [24FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2707 [30AP]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H241 [3FE]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services, (see H.R. 3988),
            H10668 [12OC]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4674), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ provide payment for community health center services relative
            to coverage of individuals under managed care plans, (see H.R.
            2962), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
            home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H7803 [15SE]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        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]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  expand and coordinate
            activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
            H1337 [19MR]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H497 [12FE]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H10077 [8OC]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H5735 [16JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H2236 [22AP]
        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), H1854 [31MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3526),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 467), H5065 [23JN]
        Postage and stamps:  use receipts from the sale of migratory bird
            hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp
            purchases, (see H.R. 4248), H5957 [20JY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H2331 [27AP]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H7290 [5AU]
        Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs, (see
            H.R. 3716), H3972 [22MY]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H4241 [5JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H9275 [1OC]
        Research:  increase support for basic and applied scientific
            research, (see H. Con. Res. 243), H8528 [23SE]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H1112 [11MR]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H678 [26FE]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
            opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H4325
            [9JN]
        ------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H6820 [30JY]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
            3524), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H497 [12FE]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ 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), H579 [24FE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H851 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of year 2000 computer conversion costs for small
            businesses, (see H.R. 4134), H6454 [24JY]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H4324 [9JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3749), H3247 [13MY], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
        Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
            tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
            products to children, and establish the American Center on
            Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H7415 [6AU]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H4055 [3JN]
        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]
        Women:  increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
            1788), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H6880
            [31JY]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H4325
            [9JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  assist efforts of farmers and cooperatives seeking to
            engage in value-added processing of agricultural goods, (see
            H.R. 4113), H5064 [23JN]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
        Medicare:  graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219),
            H5593 [15JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5006 [23JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9331
            [2OC]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1804 [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11735 [17DE]
        Bankruptcy:  conduct study of impact on bankruptcy rate of extension
            of credit to dependent college students, H4408 [10JN]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4408 [10JN]
        Beal, Kim:  Maine 4-H Role Model of the Year Award recipient,
            E1297<bullet> [14JY]
        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), H6466 [27JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11849 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10087 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11849 [18DE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1873 [1AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5006 [23JN]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6737 [29JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  reallocation of certain veteran health
            care resources relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6558
            [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6251 [23JY], H6259 [23JY],
            H6558 [29JY]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6251 [23JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10674 [13OC]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement (H.R. 4266), E1343<bullet> [17JY]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4103 [4JN]
        ------ prohibit discrimination against certain beliefs and
            traditions, H4103 [4JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H5963 [21JY]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, H657 [26FE],
            H660 [26FE], H1804 [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11735 [17DE]
        Maine:  transportation projects funding, H1903 [1AP]
        Medicare:  graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4219),
            E1311<bullet> [15JY]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5006 [23JN]
        Political campaigns:  prohibit contributions from individuals that
            are not U.S. citizens (H.R. 34), H1743<bullet> [30MR]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices (H.R. 1231), H504 [24FE]
        Taxation:  tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, H4724 [18JN]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), motion to appoint conferees, H3070 [12MY]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            H6528 [29JY] grant congressional consent (H.R. 629),
            consideration of conference report (H. Res. 511), H6521 [29JY]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, H2127 [22AP]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2127 [22AP]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1903 [1AP]
        Votes:  position on missed, E1178<bullet> [19JN]
      Resignations
        Committee on Small Business (House), H1682 [27MR]
      Tributes
        Johnson, Arthur, E954<bullet> [22MY]