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

    GOSS, PORTER J. (a Representative from Florida)
      Amendments
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4166 [4JN]
      Analyses
        Florida Water Restoration Projects:  Corps of Engineers, H4921
            [22JN]
      Appointments
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select), H4901
            [22JN]
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
      Articles and editorials
        For Gore, Low Profile on a High-Tech Headache, Stephen Barr and
            Rajiv Chandrasekaban, Washington (DC) Post, H5214 [24JN]
        Year 2000, Neil Munro, National Journal, H5214 [24JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
        Budget:  provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
        ------ reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
            emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
            programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
            mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H10917 [14OC]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  prevent teenage driving while under the
            influence of drugs, (see H.R. 3799), H2931 [6MY]
        Citizenship:  restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on
            birth in the U.S., (see H.R. 7), H1699 [27MR]
        Courts:  appointment of additional Federal judges in the middle and
            southern districts of Florida, (see H.R. 3154), H329 [4FE]
        Crime:  prevent money laundering, (see H.R. 3745), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            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]
        ------ provide State and local authorities access to information
            relative to criminal background checks on port employees and
            prospective employees, (see H.R. 3975), H4550 [11JN]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5494 [14JY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4032), H5738 [16JY]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H4055 [3JN]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H1379 [23MR]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H64 [27JA]
        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), H6820 [30JY]
        Line Item Veto Act:  eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit
            must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto
            authority, (see H.R. 2424), H1445 [24MR]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate, (see H.R. 3336), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicaid:  treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
            industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H447 [11FE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H3014
            [7MY]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H10353 [9OC]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4240 [5JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 2183), H2606 [29AP]
        Postal Service:  designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
            Carol City, and Miami, FL, (see H.R. 4052), H4549 [11JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H5738 [16JY]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H64 [27JA]
        Social Security:  increase earnings limit, (see H.R. 326), H7428
            [7AU]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H5957 [20JY]
        ------ provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a
            State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for
            property, (see H.R. 4361), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7691 [14SE]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
        Telephones:  reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
            services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of
            projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-
            Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida, (see H. Con. Res. 298),
            H5737 [16JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration, (see H. Res. 402), H1776
            [30MR]
        Big Cypress National Preserve:  operation of certain tour businesses
            in newly acquired areas, (see H.R. 3740), H2423 [28AP]
        CIA:  provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
            concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3104 [12MY]
        Coastal zones:  require that States having an approved management
            program be provided a copy of an environmental impact statement
            to help assess plans for exploration, development, or
            production, (see H.R. 4797), H10513 [10OC]
        Congress:  adjournment, (see H. Con. Res. 297), H5404 [25JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations (H.R. 4103), consideration,
            (see H. Res. 484), H5063 [23JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), consideration, (see H. Res. 498), H5491 [14JY]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), consideration, (see H. Res. 516), H7177
            [4AU]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 408), H2236 [22AP]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), consideration, (see H. Res. 509), H6281 [23JY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3694),
            H2119 [21AP]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), consideration, (see
            H. Res. 420), H2930 [6MY]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), consideration of Senate
            amendments, (see H. Res. 457), H4164 [4JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), consideration, (see H. Res. 345), H239 [3FE]
      Conference reports
        Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 3694), H9523-H9531 [5OC]
      Explanations
        Previous question vote--what it means, H4747 [18JN], H5571 [15JY]
      Letters
        Application of sanctions laws to intelligence activities:  by,
            Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H2947 [7MY]
        ------ Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H2947 [7MY]
        Prohibit Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions of the President's Task Force on National Health Care
            Reform:  John Podesta, Executive Office of the President, H285
            [4FE]
      Proposals
        Application of sanctions laws to intelligence activities, H2947
            [7MY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1786
            [31MR], H1787 [31MR], H1796 [31MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11589 [20OC]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment (H.R. 3211), H1395<bullet> [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11727 [17DE]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  U.S. military intervention, H10878 [14OC]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H10802 [13OC]
        ------ deficit, H10802 [13OC]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4163<bullet> [4JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            H6504<bullet> [28JY]
        CBO:  require annual report on the economic impact of the Mandates
            Information Act on employment and businesses, H3443 [19MY]
        China, People's Republic of:  export of nuclear materials to
            Pakistan, H3376 [19MY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H4746
            [18JN], H4747 [18JN], H4764<bullet> [18JN]
        CIA:  increase whistleblower protections for employees, H9729 [7OC]
        ------ investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund
            Contras, H879 [5MR]
        ------ reporting of Federal crimes to the Dept. of Justice, H2978
            [7MY]
        ------ require annual nuclear weapons proliferation report, H2969
            [7MY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11840 [18DE]
        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), H7599 [11SE]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), H4764<bullet> [18JN]
        ----- establish (H. Res. 463), consideration (H. Res. 476), H4746
            [18JN], H4747 [18JN]
        Congress:  adjournment (H. Con. Res. 297), H5330 [25JN]
        ------ permit points of order against provisions that affect
            legislation established to protect human health, safety, or the
            environment, H3438 [19MY], H3439 [19MY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            consideration (H. Res. 499), H5519<bullet> [15JY]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809),
            H3414<bullet> [19MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H2979 [7MY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration (H.
            Res. 441), H3500 [20MY]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H361<bullet> [5FE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), consideration (H. Res.
            484), H5212 [24JN], H5213 [24JN], H5216 [24JN], H5220 [24JN]
        ------ prohibit sale of Medal of Honor by contracting firms, H5213
            [24JN]
        ------ year 2000 computer problem emergency funding, H5213 [24JN],
            H5216 [24JN], H5220 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), consideration (H. Res. 504), H5976 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res. 498), H5564 [15JY], H5565
            [15JY], H5570 [15JY], H5571 [15JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6721 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 605), H11589 [20OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 574), H9604 [6OC]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            H3379 [19MY]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), consideration (H. Res. 413), H2622<bullet> [30AP]
        Downey, John T.:  CIA Director's Medal award recipient, H4872 [19JN]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267), H2764 [5MY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth (H.R. 678), H7443<bullet> [9SE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7521 [10SE],
            H7522 [10SE], H7527 [10SE], H7528 [10SE]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4921 [22JN]
        Fecteau, Richard G.:  CIA Director's Medal award recipient, H4872
            [19JN]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            consideration (H. Res. 408), H2242 [23AP], H2243 [23AP]
        Florida:  airport construction projects funding, H6721 [29JY]
        ------ Central and Southern Florida Project funding, H4921 [22JN]
        ------ Everglades restoration projects funding, H4921 [22JN]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate (H.R. 3821), H6906 [3AU]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3438 [19MY], H3439 [19MY], H3443 [19MY]
        ----- analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of
            proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R. 3534),
            consideration (H. Res. 426), H3122 [13MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H5638 [16JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), consideration (H. Res. 509), H6298 [24JY], H6300 [24JY],
            H6302 [24JY], H6303 [24JY], H6305 [24JY]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H4871 [19JN], H4872
            [19JN]
        India:  nuclear weapons testing, H3376 [19MY]
        Intelligence services:  application of sanctions laws to
            intelligence activities, H2949 [7MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), H2673 [30AP], H2946
            [7MY], H2948 [7MY], H2949 [7MY], H2954 [7MY], H2969 [7MY], H2970
            [7MY], H2978 [7MY] authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            consideration (H. Res. 420), H2944 [7MY], H2945 [7MY]
            authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), corrections in
            engrossment, H2978 [7MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), conference report,
            H9647 [6OC], H9729 [7OC], H9731 [7OC], H9735 [7OC], H9736 [7OC],
            H9738 [7OC], H9739 [7OC]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), unanimous-consent
            agreement, H7529 [10SE]
        ------ role in preventing international narcotics trafficking, H2970
            [7MY]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), consideration of Senate
            amendments (H. Res. 457), H4283 [9JN], H4284 [9JN]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11727 [17DE]
        Kissimmee River:  restoration project funding, H4921 [22JN]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  U.S. policy, H10878 [14OC]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, H10878
            [14OC]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5976 [21JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H2978 [7MY]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3806), H2978 [7MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H7318 [6AU]
        ----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3581), H1735
            [30MR]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), consideration (H. Res. 345), H279 [4FE], H281
            [4FE], H284 [4FE], H285 [4FE]
        Privacy:  strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic
            eavesdropping (H.R. 2369), consideration (H. Res. 377),
            H857<bullet> [5MR]
        Senate:  legislative program, H879 [5MR]
        Tax Freedom Day:  observance, H2934 [7MY]
        Taxation:  rates, H2934 [7MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), consideration (H.
            Res. 405), H1861 [1AP]
        Votes:  position on missed, H1140<bullet> [12MR], E1907<bullet>
            [5OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1156 [12MR], H7688 [14SE], H7912
            [16SE], H8522 [23SE], H9176 [28SE]
        Special order:  granted, H900 [5MR], H1546 [25MR], H2049 [1AP],
            H4710 [17JN]
      Reports
        Blood and Blood Products--Federal Regulations and Tort Liability:
            Diane T. Duffy and Henry Cohen, Congressional Research Service,
            H3380-H3385 [19MY]
        HIV and the Blood Supply--An Analysis of Crisis Decisionmaking:
            Lauren B. Leveton, Harold C. Sox, Jr., and Michael A. Stoto,
            Institute of Medicine, H3385-H3389 [19MY]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.J. Res. 107, Prohibit Federal Funding of
            Attorneys' Fees, Costs, and Imposed Sanctions of the President's
            Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 345) (H. Rept. 105-412), H239 [3FE]
        Consideration of H.R. 1252, Judicial Reform Act:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 408) (H. Rept. 105-491), H2236 [22AP]
        Consideration of H.R. 3579, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
            and Rescissions:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 402) (H.
            Rept. 105-473), H1776 [30MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 3694, Intelligence Services Appropriations:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 420) (H. Rept. 105-511),
            H2930 [6MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act:  Committee
            on Rules (House) (H. Res. 516) (H. Rept. 105-675), H7177 [4AU]
        Consideration of H.R. 4103, Dept. of Defense Appropriations:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 484) (H. Rept. 105-596),
            H5063 [23JN]
        Consideration of H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service,
            Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies
            Appropriations:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 498) (H.
            Rept. 105-622), H5491 [14JY]
        Consideration of H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 509) (H. Rept. 105-643), H6281 [23JY]
        Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 2709, Iran Missile
            Proliferation Sanctions Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H.
            Res. 457) (H. Rept. 105-566), H4164 [4JN]
        Establish a Process for CIA Employees To Submit Urgent Concerns to
            Congress:  Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 3829)
            (H. Rept. 105-747), H8930 [25SE]
        Intelligence Services Appropriations:  Committee of Conference (H.R.
            3694) (H. Rept. 105-780), H9536 [5OC]
        ------ Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 3694) (H.
            Rept. 105-508), H2813 [5MY]
        Investigation Into Iranian Arms Shipments to Bosnia:  Committee on
            Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Rept. 105-804), H10351 [9OC]
      Statements
        Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Year 2000 Computer Problem:
            OMB, H5214 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Year 2000
            Computer Problem:  OMB, H5214 [24JN]
      Tables
        Budget aggregates--Federal outlays, receipts, and deficit summary,
            1994-2000, H10802 [13OC]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 345, consideration of H.J. Res. 107, prohibit Federal
            funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions of the
            President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, H279
            [4FE]
        H. Res. 498, consideration of H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury,
            Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and
            independent agencies appropriations, H5564 [15JY]
      Tributes
        Schiff, Steven, H1516 [25MR]
        Solomon, Representative, H9604 [6OC]