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

    PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)
      Amendments
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3338 [14MY]
      Appointments
        Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3074 [12MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  retroactive lifting of caps on
            loan rates for marketing assistance loans, (see H.R. 4615),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Agriculture:  provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and
            promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H1549 [25MR]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        ------ improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare
            reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents, (see H.R.
            1456), H447 [11FE]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H241 [3FE]
        ------ permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program for Medicare-eligible retired members and their
            dependents, (see H.R. 2128), H241 [3FE]
        ------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
            H.R. 2537), H101 [28JA]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H4835 [18JN]
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            (see H.R. 4577), H10012 [7OC]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H4880 [19JN]
        Budget:  reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the
            public debt, (see H.R. 2191), H386 [5FE]
        Census:  provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the
            decennial census, (see H.R. 2081), H241 [3FE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5405 [25JN]
        Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
            the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
            H. Con. Res. 224), H1112 [11MR]
        Citizenship:  restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on
            birth in the U.S., (see H.R. 7), H4241 [5JN]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H7915 [16SE]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H4241
            [5JN]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H329
            [4FE]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        Correctional institutions:  prevent luxurious prison conditions,
            (see H.R. 169), H329 [4FE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H678 [26FE]
        Crime:  increase penalties for certain offenses where the victim is
            a child, (see H.R. 2122), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        ------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
            4531), H8528 [23SE]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H. Res. 212),
            H4835 [18JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish a pilot program for milk producers
            and cooperatives to enter into forward price contracts with milk
            handlers, (see H.R. 4360), H6819 [30JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1631), H241 [3FE]
        ----- allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to
            enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and to
            establish medical savings accounts, (see H.R. 2100), H241 [3FE]
        ------ include certain beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy
            Program, (see H.R. 1773), H241 [3FE]
        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),
            H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish Office of Enforcement and Border
            Affairs, (see H.R. 2588), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396), H5737
            [16JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H4629
            [16JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that
            will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State, (see
            H.R. 4362), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ determination of service connection for certain illnesses
            caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents
            during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3279), H676 [26FE]
        ------ direct payment of attorneys' fees in awards of past-due
            benefits, (see H.R. 3444), H1158 [12MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H3366 [18MY]
        Electronic commerce:  require agencies to use digital signatures to
            enable persons to submit Federal forms electronically, (see H.R.
            2991), H678 [26FE]
        Ericson, Leif:  grant honorary U.S. citizenship, (see H.J. Res.
            122), H4628 [16JN]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2836), H101 [28JA]
        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), H4962 [22JN]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H498 [12FE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H5493 [14JY]
        Foreign trade:  engage in negotiations with Chile to conclude a free
            trade agreement in the absence of fast track authority, (see H.
            Con. Res. 348), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654), H4835
            [18JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
            [28SE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H7494 [9SE]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2606 [29AP]
        Guatemala:  implementation of peace accords, (see H. Con. Res. 166),
            H8627 [24SE]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
            [22MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers, (see H.R. 1415), H64 [27JA]
        House of Representatives:  printing of independent counsel report on
            investigation of President Clinton relative to perjury,
            obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, (see H.
            Res. 528), H7584 [10SE]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H631 [25FE]
        ------ increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
            housing for disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3619), H2051 [1AP]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H1699 [27MR]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H3247 [13MY]
        Hunting and trapping:  clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
            habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, (see H.R. 2863),
            H2814 [5MY]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H7915 [16SE]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H1644 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H10513
            [10OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2331 [27AP]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H496 [12FE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H9722 [6OC]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1550 [25MR]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
            H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H1643 [26MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H65 [27JA]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H241 [3FE]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H631 [25FE]
        Motor vehicles:  increase the amount of assistance for providing
            automobiles to certain disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3618), H2051
            [1AP]
        Music and dance:  tribute to African-American music, (see H. Con.
            Res. 27), H4479 [10JN]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H329 [4FE]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H1699 [27MR]
        Navy Combat Action Ribbon:  retroactive awarding to certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 543), H1445 [24MR]
        NRC:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 1320), H5297 [24JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H578 [24FE]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3625 [20MY]
        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), H4550 [11JN]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H330 [4FE]
        ------ earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R. 612), H385
            [5FE]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H386 [5FE]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H2318 [23AP]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
        Taxation:  application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State
            child support enforcement programs, (see H.R. 2189), H2331
            [27AP]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H678 [26FE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H330 [4FE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1445 [24MR]
        ------ 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), H755 [3MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses, (see
            H.R. 1285), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H329 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of loans under the Rural Electrification Act, (see
            H.R. 1441), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm
            rental income, (see H.R. 1261), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ treatment of year 2000 computer conversion costs for small
            businesses, (see H.R. 4134), H5859 [17JY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H755 [3MR], (see H.R. 3888), H5594 [15JY]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
        ------ 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), H7690 [14SE]
        Tobacco products:  limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, (see
            H.R. 2740), H241 [3FE]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H8627
            [24SE]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H100 [28JA]
        ------ expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with
            respect to radiation-exposed veterans, (see H.R. 4368), H6879
            [31JY]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H678 [26FE]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ extend priority health care to those who received
            nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
            Forces, (see H.R. 4367), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 65), H851 [4MR]
        ------ presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain
            veterans, (see H.R. 4751), H10076 [8OC]
        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]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain North Dakota and
            Minnesota counties that have been designated as Federal disaster
            areas, (see H.R. 3678), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish temporary enrollment priorities for
            the Conservation Reserve Program, (see H.R. 4394), H7178 [4AU]
        Minnesota:  constitutional amendment to permit Congress to
            relinquish claims of the U.S. to certain portions of Minnesota,
            (see H.J. Res. 115), H1299 [18MR]
        Nagel, Anne M.:  relief, (see H.R. 3692), H2055 [1AP]
        Public lands:  make certain Federal property is made available to
            States before other entities, (see H.R. 3842), H3105 [12MY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
            2344), H6930 [3AU]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7705 [15SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5012 [23JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7705 [15SE]
        Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act:  invalidate entire legislation if
            any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4810
            [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11978<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5012 [23JN]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            consideration (H. Res. 553), H8760 [25SE]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1653 [27MR]
        Moorhead, MN:  34th Street Corridor Project funding, E973<bullet>
            [22MY]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5012 [23JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4810 [18JN]
        Taxation:  terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4660 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            E973<bullet> [22MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H5486 [14JY]