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

    YATES, SIDNEY R. (a Representative from Illinois)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
      Articles and editorials
        Breaking the Rules, Renegade Arts Maven Adores Her Job, Lori
            Rotenberk, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, E774<bullet> [6MY]
        There Is No Case For Impeachment, Chicago (IL) Tribune,
            H11816<bullet> [18DE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
        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), H578 [24FE]
        Arts and humanities:  encourage the identification and return of
            stolen artwork, (see H.R. 4138), H5594 [15JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2318 [23AP]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H10352 [9OC]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H7178 [4AU]
        Consumers:  prevent credit card issuers from implementing
            unreasonable practices or penalties against card holders who pay
            balances in full, (see H.R. 4410), H7289 [5AU]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H4241
            [5JN]
        Courts:  independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1159
            [12MR]
        CPSC:  promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes, (see H.R.
            3935), H7290 [5AU]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H4055 [3JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
            commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240), H851
            [4MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H7584 [10SE]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see H.R. 2545), H692 [2MR]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders
            information clearinghouse funding, (see H.R. 2704), H11023
            [15OC]
        Drugs:  use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, (see H.R. 1782),
            H241 [3FE]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
        FAA:  limitation on carry-on baggage by airline passengers, (see
            H.R. 3064), H7290 [5AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  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), H2237
            [22AP]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of bone mass
            measurements, (see H.R. 2699), H678 [26FE]
        Firearms:  regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833),
            H4550 [11JN]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H6698 [29JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4479
            [10JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6282 [23JY]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H579 [24FE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H6880 [31JY]
        GAO:  reform appointment process for the Comptroller General and
            Deputy Comptroller General, (see H.R. 4296), H6698 [29JY]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 83), H631 [25FE]
        ------ 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]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H447 [11FE]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5859
            [17JY]
        Housing:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H4165 [4JN]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
            children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
            H7413 [6AU]
        ------ strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341), H2120
            [21AP]
        Indonesia:  prohibit transfer of military equipment and supplies,
            helicopters, and ammunition relative to free elections and human
            rights conditions, (see H.R. 3918), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con. Res.
            258), H2606 [29AP]
        Insurance:  prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
            violence, (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business in
            the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
            with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
            H.R. 3143), H240 [3FE]
        Israel:  resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H6454 [24JY]
        John H. Sengstacke Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4787), H10513 [10OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
            350), H5404 [25JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6999 [3AU]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H631 [25FE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H678
            [26FE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H3105 [12MY]
        Medicare:  improve access to health insurance and benefits for
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
            for reimbursement, (see H.R. 3255), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H498 [12FE]
        ------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 3128), H99 [28JA]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H241 [3FE], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2798), H1337 [19MR]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Commission on Terrorism:  establish, (see H.R. 4536), H8932
            [25SE]
        National Forest Foundation:  eliminate, (see H.R. 3621), H2051 [1AP]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  expand and coordinate
            activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
            H64 [27JA]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H2236 [22AP]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
        Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
            requirements relative to textile industry, (see H.R. 1450), H447
            [11FE]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4241 [5JN]
        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), H8528 [23SE]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H6820 [30JY]
        Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:
            designate, (see H.R. 2799), H1337 [19MR]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
        Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
            [23JN]
        Sosa, Sammy:  tribute, (see H. Res. 536), H7803 [15SE]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H579 [24FE]
        ------ deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive
            compensation, (see H.R. 687), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H2120 [21AP]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1777 [30MR]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ reduce individual tax preparation time, (see H. Con. Res.
            241), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H6999 [3AU]
        Women:  comprehensive pension protection, (see H.R. 766), H64 [27JA]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H2331 [27AP]
        ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H5594
            [15JY]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H2331
            [27AP]
        World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
        ------ recovery of insurance issued for victims of the Holocaust,
            (see H.R. 4826), H10832 [13OC]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  use of the rotunda for a ceremony to
            honor victims of the Holocaust, (see H. Con. Res. 206), H100
            [28JA]
        Courts:  permit claims in U.S. courts against foreign countries
            which are sponsors of international terrorism, or where no
            extradition treaty or other remedies exist, (see H.R. 3848),
            H3105 [12MY]
        Dechalup, Corina:  relief, (see H.R. 4784), H10353 [9OC]
        Turcinovic, Marin:  relief, (see H.R. 4784), H10353 [9OC]
      Bills and resolutions relative to
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4595), H8035 [17SE]
      Motions
        House of Representatives:  adjournment, H5971 [21JY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 416), H2687 [30AP]
        BIA:  allocation of Indian Health Service contract support costs,
            H6128 [22JY], H6129 [22JY], H6131 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11816<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Dept. of Defense:  School of the Americas funding, H8009 [17SE]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5989 [21JY], H5991 [21JY], H5998 [21JY], H6000
            [21JY], H6008 [21JY], H6128 [22JY], H6129 [22JY], H6131 [22JY],
            H6134 [22JY], H6143 [22JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4193), consideration (H. Res.
            504), H5971 [21JY], H5973 [21JY], H5974 [21JY], H5975 [21JY],
            H5977 [21JY], H5978 [21JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7953 [17SE], H8009 [17SE]
        Forest Service:  indirect support activities funding, H6134 [22JY]
        Guam:  reparations for atrocities experienced during World War II,
            H6008 [21JY]
        IMF:  funding, H7953 [17SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, E710<bullet> [29AP]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5973 [21JY], H5974
            [21JY], H5975 [21JY], H5977 [21JY], H5978 [21JY], H5989 [21JY],
            H5998 [21JY], H6000 [21JY]
        National Indian Gaming Commission:  treatment of self-regulated
            tribes, H6143 [22JY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H5971 [21JY]
        Point of order, H5971 [21JY], H5998 [21JY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H4983 [23JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1234 [17MR], H1443 [24MR], H1546
            [25MR], H1640 [26MR], H1774 [30MR], H2049 [1AP], H2314 [23AP],
            H3244 [13MY], H3739 [21MY], H4163 [4JN], H5294 [24JN], H5486
            [14JY], H5954 [20JY], H6278 [23JY], H6451 [24JY], H6486 [27JY],
            H6695 [29JY], H7288 [5AU], H7403 [6AU], H7688 [14SE], H8929
            [25SE], H9531 [5OC], H10074 [8OC]
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate (H.R.
            4595), H9117 [28SE], H9118 [28SE]
        Tribute, H5981 [21JY], H6217 [23JY], H6218 [23JY], H9252-H9255
            [1OC], E1881 [2OC], E1887 [2OC], E1897 [2OC], E1943 [8OC], E1954
            [8OC]
      Reports filed
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  Committee on
            Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 4595), S11339 [2OC]
      Texts of
        H.R. 4595, Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC, H9117
            [28SE]
      Tributes
        Manewith, Toby H., H853 [5MR]
        Marchese, Louis R., E172<bullet> [12FE]
        Weisberg, Lois, E774<bullet> [6MY]