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

    THOMAS, WILLIAM M. (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3666 [21MY], H3710 [21MY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10077 [8OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4722 [17JN], H4797 [18JN]
        U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund:  establish on behalf of John M.
            Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (H.R. 4354), H6865 [31JY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see H.
            Con. Res. 311), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res.
            310), H6487 [27JY]
        Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area:  establish, (see H.R.
            3604), H1853 [31MR]
        CERCLA:  amend, (see H.R. 3000), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services, (see H.R. 1054),
            H2706 [30AP]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3809), H3488
            [19MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2606 [29AP]
        Endangered species:  protection of the California spotted owl and
            its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
        European Union:  canned fruit subsidy, (see H. Res. 406), H3972
            [22MY]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports, (see H.R. 3582), H1776
            [30MR]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
            of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H8528 [23SE], (see
            H.R. 3949), H10353 [9OC]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2707 [30AP]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
            H.R. 3254), H6453 [24JY]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        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), H7178
            [4AU]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        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]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H4550 [11JN]
        Supreme Patriarch Karekin I:  tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
            centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
            (see H. Con. Res. 271), H3015 [7MY]
        Taxation:  depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
            3500), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see H.R. 3688), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H1112 [11MR]
        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]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H1445 [24MR]
        U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund:  establish on behalf of John M.
            Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut, (see H.R. 4354), H6819 [30JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Committee on House Oversight (House):  investigation of voter
            irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, (see
            H. Res. 355), H445 [11FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            (see H.R. 3511), H1336 [19MR]
        Endangered Species Act:  reform Federal land management activities
            relative to conservation, (see H.R. 4554), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ reform liability provisions relative to civil and criminal
            penalties, (see H.R. 4555), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ reform regulatory process, (see H.R. 4556), H7617 [11SE]
        FEC:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3748), H2605 [29AP]
        House of Representatives:  permit official photographs to be taken
            while the House is in session, (see H. Res. 577), H9536 [5OC]
        Kern County, CA:  convey Forest Service property in exchange for
            county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National Forest,
            (see H.R. 4023), H4325 [9JN]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H2813 [5MY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services, (see
            H.R. 4567), H7802 [15SE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3485), H1298 [18MR], (see H.R. 3581), H1776 [30MR]
        Tariff:  clarify review policies for certain antidumping cases, (see
            H.R. 3432), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ electromagnets, (see H.R. 4387), H6999 [3AU]
        ------ purified terephthalic acid, (see H.R. 3501), H1298 [18MR]
        Taxation:  clarify the income and gift tax consequences of catching
            and returning record home run baseballs, (see H.R. 4522), H7493
            [9SE]
        ------ provide income tax credits for the purchase of a new energy
            efficient affordable home and for energy efficiency improvements
            to existing homes, (see H.R. 4626), H8627 [24SE]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
      Explanations
        Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act (H.R.
            4567), H10254-H10256 [9OC]
      Letters
        Prohibit Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions of the President's Task Force on National Health Care
            Reform:  by, H290 [4FE]
        Request for electronic version of independent counsel report on
            investigation of President Clinton relative to perjury,
            obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct:  Daniel F.
            Crowley and Bernard Raimo, H7597 [11SE]
      Orders
        House of Representatives' franked mail allowance:  Committee on
            House Oversight (House), H6851 [30JY]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3686 [21MY], H3687 [21MY],
            H3688 [21MY], H3689 [21MY], H3690 [21MY], H3692 [21MY]
        Bakersfield, CA:  convening of American Wind Energy Association
            conference, E607<bullet> [21AP]
        ------ dedication of Bakersfield Police Memorial, E1040<bullet>
            [5JN]
        ------ dedication of Police Memorial, E864<bullet> [14MY]
        ------ tribute to the Bakersfield Southwest Babe Ruth baseball team,
            E1667<bullet> [9SE]
        Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act:  invalidate entire legislation if
            any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4797
            [18JN], H4800 [18JN]
        California:  treatment of claim relative to naval petroleum reserve,
            H3710 [21MY]
        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), H6465 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the
            Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 206), H920 [10MR]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7193 [5AU]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H4742 [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11933 [18DE]
        Committee on House Oversight (House):  investigation of voter
            irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H.
            Res. 355), H453 [12FE], H456 [12FE], H457 [12FE], H462 [12FE],
            H463 [12FE]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7597 [11SE]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), consideration (H. Res. 476), H4742 [18JN]
        ----- transfer funds previously allocated for investigations, H4742
            [18JN]
        Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services (H.R. 4105),
            H5036<bullet> [23JN]
        Congress:  authorize printing of eulogies of the Senate and the
            House of Representatives for John M. Gibson and Jacob J.
            Chestnut (S. Con. Res. 112), H6486 [27JY]
        ------ waive enrollment requirements for certain legislation (H.J.
            Res. 131), H10121 [8OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3686 [21MY], H3687 [21MY], H3688 [21MY], H3689 [21MY], H3690
            [21MY], H3692 [21MY], H3710 [21MY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), unanimous-consent
            agreement, H3666 [21MY]
        ------ development of Southwest Defense Complex, E1791<bullet>
            [24SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
            illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
            service, H3951 [22MY], H3952 [22MY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7193 [5AU], H7283
            [5AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 574), H9598 [6OC]
        Echeverria, Lynelle:  Kern County, CA, Cattlewoman of the Year Award
            recipient, E162<bullet> [12FE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7538<bullet> [10SE]
        Endangered Species Act:  reform Federal land management activities
            relative to conservation (H.R. 4554), E1697<bullet> [11SE]
        ------ reform liability provisions relative to civil and criminal
            penalties (H.R. 4555), E1697<bullet> [11SE]
        ------ reform regulatory process (H.R. 4556), E1697<bullet> [11SE]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1754 [30MR],
            H1755 [30MR], H1760 [30MR]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), consideration (H. Res. 383),
            H1031 [11MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6377 [24JY], H6399 [24JY], H6403 [24JY]
        ----- protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), motion to recommit, H6413 [24JY], H6414 [24JY]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H5459 [14JY], H5476
            [14JY], H6417 [24JY], H6418 [24JY], H10243 [9OC]
        ------ permit official photographs to be taken while the House is in
            session (H. Res. 577), H9647 [6OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service (H. Res. 422), E1040<bullet> [5JN]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H8544
            [24SE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10243-H10248 [9OC]
      Tributes
        Fazio, Representative, H8544 [24SE]
        Haaland, Sterling, E1079<bullet> [9JN]
        Meyer, Lee G., E26<bullet> [27JA]
        Olson, Trevor, E1077<bullet> [9JN]
        Solomon, Representative, H9598 [6OC]