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

    KLINK, RON (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
      Amendments
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7916 [16SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2431 [28AP], H2586
            [29AP]
      Articles and editorials
        La. Favors Geographic System, Bill Walsh, New Orleans (LA) Times-
            Picayune, H11665<bullet>-H11667<bullet> [20OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Air pollution:  reclassification of downwind nonattainment areas,
            (see H.R. 130), H64 [27JA]
        CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H1776 [30MR]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
            (see H.R. 23), H6880 [31JY]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3999), H5594 [15JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1854 [31MR]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see H.R.
            1023), H2318 [23AP]
        Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3939), H5594 [15JY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood, (see H.R. 4257), H6511 [28JY]
        Firearms:  allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be
            valid in all States, (see H.R. 339), H3971 [22MY]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
        ------ improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
            [18JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H4550 [11JN]
        Freeman Hankins Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4002), H5594 [15JY]
        H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Aspinwall, PA:  designate, (see H.R. 2775), H1021 [10MR]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H1445 [24MR]
        Health:  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]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5594
            [15JY]
        Insurance:  require health insurance plans to provide external
            appeals in cases of adverse determinations involving
            experimental treatments, significant costs, or serious medical
            conditions, (see H.R. 3469), H2319 [23AP]
        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], (see H. Res.
            598), H10917 [14OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2056 [1AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
            handguns, (see H.R. 339), H3971 [22MY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1643 [26MR]
        Max Weiner Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4003), H5594 [15JY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7290
            [5AU]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
            birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
            requirements relative to textile industry, (see H.R. 1450),
            H6697 [29JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H2056 [1AP]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3106 [12MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H241 [3FE]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H1699 [27MR]
        Roxanne H. Jones Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4001), H5594 [15JY]
        Sheinbein, Samuel:  extradition to the U.S. from Israel, (see H.
            Con. Res. 165), H101 [28JA]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H9345 [2OC]
        Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H9346
            [2OC]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1445 [24MR]
        Taxation:  allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades, (see H.R. 3110), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2423 [28AP]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H64 [27JA]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H1337
            [19MR]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H8627 [24SE]
        Telecommunications:  ensure the restoration and preservation of
            State authority over intrastate telecommunications, (see H.R.
            4801), H10513 [10OC]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H2056 [1AP]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H11549 [19OC]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4000), H5594 [15JY]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3013 [7MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H579 [24FE]
        Valley Forge National Historical Park:  designate lands as the
            Valley Forge National Cemetery, (see H.R. 4365), H6879 [31JY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H1854 [31MR]
        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]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
            illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
            service, (see H.R. 3948), H3970 [22MY]
        Drugs:  permit physicians to prescribe non-formulary drugs when
            medically indicated, (see H.R. 4419), H7410 [6AU]
        Insurance:  make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available
            to general public, (see H.R. 4418), H7410 [6AU]
        States:  authorize Governors to limit receipt of out of State
            municipal solid waste, (see H.R. 4475), H7412 [6AU]
        Telecommunications:  provide funding for universal
            telecommunications services through creation of the
            Telecommunications Trust Fund, (see H.R. 4474), H7412 [6AU]
      Factsheets
        H-1B Visa Program, H2599 [29AP]
      Letters
        Increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand
            education and training opportunities for U.S. students and
            workers:  by, H2599 [29AP]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2290
            [23AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11665<bullet> [20OC]
        Beaver County, PA:  labor council Equal Pay Day observance,
            E574<bullet> [2AP]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2503 [29AP]
        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), H6470 [27JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6102 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11822 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11822 [18DE]
        Cranberry, PA:  Pennsylvania Commerce of Business and Industry
            Outstanding Community award recipient, E1775<bullet> [23SE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1877 [1AP]
        Crime:  increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children, E1136<bullet> [16JN]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), E1136<bullet> [16JN]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, H1283 [18MR], H1538 [25MR], H1539
            [25MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  reform organ transplant allocation policies,
            H11665<bullet> [20OC]
        Dept. of Labor:  treatment of immigration relative to certain
            information technology occupations, H1413 [24MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding,
            H6019 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6019 [21JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11665<bullet> [20OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
            illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service
            (H.R. 3948), H3758 [22MY]
        Education:  institution eligibility for student loan program
            relative to default rates, H2587 [29AP]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H1435 [24MR]
        Ellwood City, PA:  rededication of Lincoln High School's Helling
            Stadium, E1910<bullet> [5OC]
        ------ tribute to Kids' Created Kingdom project, E2035<bullet>
            [10OC]
        FCC:  investigation of planned relocation of headquarters to the
            Portals office complex, E2265<bullet> [21OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7960<bullet> [17SE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1055<bullet> [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8787 [25SE]
        ----- establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for
            future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), consideration (H. Res.
            553), H8763 [25SE]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  observance, H1538 [25MR], H1539 [25MR]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H75 [28JA], H78 [28JA], H79 [28JA]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H6175 [22JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3605), H4302 [9JN], H4306 [9JN] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), H6375 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2587 [29AP]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9160<bullet> [28SE]
        IMF:  funding, H2290 [23AP], H7960<bullet> [17SE]
        Immigration:  extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
            relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
            2578), H1500<bullet> [25MR]
        ------ increase nonimmigrant visa refusal rate applicable under the
            Visa Waiver Pilot Program, H1500<bullet> [25MR]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers, H2598 [29AP], H3076 [12MY]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H8590
            [24SE], H8597 [24SE], H8598 [24SE] increase number of temporary
            visas for skilled workers and protect similarly qualified U.S.
            workers (H.R. 3736), consideration (H. Res. 513), H8573 [24SE]
        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), H10634 [12OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
            H3050 [12MY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10250 [9OC]
        Midland, PA:  tribute to Midland Volunteer Fire Dept. on being named
            to Pennsylvania Fire Services Institute 100 Year Honor Roll,
            E500<bullet> [27MR]
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  reauthorization
            (H.R. 2691), H2071 [21AP], H2072 [21AP]
        New Castle, PA:  tribute to New Castle Area Honor Guard,
            E176<bullet> [12FE]
        ------ tribute to New Castle High School boys' basketball team,
            E740<bullet> [1MY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1617<bullet> [26MR]
        OSHA:  consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements (H.R. 2864),
            H1177 [17MR]
        Pittsburgh, PA:  tribute to East Suburban YMCA, E390<bullet> [17MR]
        Pulaski, PA:  anniversary of Mahoning Presbyterian Church,
            E1219<bullet> [25JN]
        Republican Party:  attempts to influence trade associations, law
            firms, and lobbying groups from hiring people affiliated with
            the Democratic Party, E2265<bullet> [21OC]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (H.R. 1689), H6057 [21JY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), conference report, H10786<bullet> [13OC]
        Stoney's Restaurant (business):  anniversary, E723<bullet> [30AP]
        Taxation:  creation of a new class of bonds for new school
            construction (H.R. 2695), H1435 [24MR]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8836 [25SE]
        Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
            constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
            COMSAT, H2845 [6MY]
        ------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
            renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2858 [6MY]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications (H.R. 1872), H2845 [6MY], H2858 [6MY]
        ------ provide funding for universal telecommunications services
            through creation of Telecommunications Trust Fund (H.R. 4474),
            E1607<bullet> [7AU]
        Trafford, PA:  tribute to Trafford High School All Class Reunion
            participants, E1221<bullet> [25JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            H3758 [22MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H381 [5FE], H558 [24FE]
        Special order:  granted, H98 [28JA], H437 [11FE], H1103 [11MR],
            H1296 [18MR], H1443 [24MR], H1774 [30MR], H2235 [22AP], H2602
            [29AP], H3102 [12MY], H4477 [10JN], H9532 [5OC]
      Statements
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  by, H10779 [13OC]
      Tributes
        Chedwick, Porky, H9509 [5OC]
        Harris, Anthony, E723<bullet> [30AP]
        Matt, Carl J., E572<bullet> [2AP]
        O'Block, Anthony E., E2050<bullet> [11OC]
        Stepanov, Stevan, E1910<bullet> [5OC]
        Verlotte, James J., E719<bullet> [30AP]
        Wise, Frank C., E499<bullet> [27MR]