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

    CLYBURN, JAMES E. (a Representative from South Carolina)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
            Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        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]
        ------ provide for the accreditation of associations of agricultural
            producers and promote good faith bargaining between such
            associations, (see H.R. 2738), H3744 [21MY]
        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:  anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294),
            H4961 [22JN]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H2120 [21AP]
        Civil rights:  prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based
            on sex, race, or national origin, (see H.R. 1302), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment
            of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ religious accommodations in the workplace, (see H.R. 2948),
            H3024 [11MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Colleges and universities:  improve and strengthen recruitment and
            training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H1299
            [18MR]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H7618 [11SE]
        Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
            to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H498 [12FE]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1445 [24MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1550 [25MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H1337 [19MR]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H6186 [22JY]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H498 [12FE]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        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 standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  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]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
        Ecology and environment:  ensure recovery of biological diversity,
            strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
            assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
            economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ national objectives priority assignments, (see H.R. 1404),
            H2055 [1AP]
        Education:  increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see
            H.R. 3269), H851 [4MR]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H1337 [19MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H5405
            [25JN]
        Federal employees:  equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R.
            3956), H9537 [5OC]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9346 [2OC]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7617 [11SE]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H904 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H447 [11FE]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
            housing for disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3619), H2051 [1AP]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3312 [14MY]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
        Hunting and trapping:  prohibit steel jaw leghold traps, (see H.R.
            1176), H1643 [26MR]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        Insurance:  provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H447 [11FE]
        ------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H1643
            [26MR]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2605
            [29AP]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H447 [11FE]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        Law enforcement:  establish matching grant program to help local
            governments purchase armor vests for officers, (see H.R. 2829),
            H447 [11FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ establish a bill of rights, (see H.R. 350), H447 [11FE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Local government:  provide for greater local input in transportation
            planning, (see H.R. 1799), H241 [3FE]
        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), H1379
            [23MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3744
            [21MY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H4567 [15JN]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H4550 [11JN]
        Medicare:  exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
            for suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284),
            H1643 [26MR]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ reimbursement to Military Health Services System, (see H.R.
            192), H1643 [26MR], (see H.R. 414), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ require hospitals to establish and implement security
            procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction
            and baby switching, (see H.R. 4680), H9344 [2OC]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H5593 [15JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H241 [3FE], (see H.R. 3510),
            H2319 [23AP]
        Motor vehicles:  increase the amount of assistance for providing
            automobiles to certain disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3618), H2051
            [1AP]
        NSF:  demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of
            mathematics, science, and information technology, (see H.R.
            3496), H5737 [16JY]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H1379 [23MR]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H1237 [17MR]
        Public lands:  designate certain national parks, wild and scenic
            rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
            Washington, and Wyoming, (see H.R. 1425), H497 [12FE]
        Public welfare programs:  disregard payment of earned income tax
            credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
            for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
            programs, (see H.R. 4818), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ establish asset-based welfare policies, (see H.R. 2849),
            H2706 [30AP]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, (see H.R. 2154),
            H386 [5FE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Small business:  provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
            portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H1236 [17MR]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 45), H578 [24FE]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
            extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H678 [26FE]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H101 [28JA]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H4880 [19JN]
        ------ 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]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H7617
            [11SE]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H579 [24FE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H2056 [1AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H1643
            [26MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H100 [28JA]
        ------ enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
            private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
            abroad, (see H.R. 3213), H678 [26FE]
        Women:  comprehensive pension protection, (see H.R. 766), H1112
            [11MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1445 [24MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1445 [24MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        J.I. Washington III Post Office, Orangeburg, SC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4044), H4548 [11JN]
        Layford R. Johnson Post Office, Eastover, SC:  designate, (see H.R.
            4043), H4548 [11JN]
        Mamie G. Floyd Post Office, Eau Claire, SC:  designate, (see H.R.
            4040), H4548 [11JN]
        Marybelle H. Howe Post Office, Charleston, SC:  designate, (see H.R.
            4041), H4548 [11JN]
        Richard E. Fields Post Office, Charleston, SC:  designate, (see H.R.
            4042), H4548 [11JN]
      Remarks
        Alpha Phi Alpha (fraternal organization):  tribute to South Carolina
            District Conference, E2179<bullet> [15OC]
        Bates, Robert E., Jr.:  Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, DC, Man
            of the Year honoree, E1177<bullet> [19JN]
        Black History Month:  observance, E167<bullet> [12FE]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11897 [18DE]
        Columbia, SC:  tribute to Dent Middle School for receipt of
            Palmetto's Finest Award, E286<bullet> [4MR]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities (H.R. 3266), E238<bullet> [26FE]
        International Society on Hypertension in Blacks:  tribute,
            E1176<bullet> [19JN]
        Johnson, Deborah R.:  Teacher of the Year award recipient,
            E896<bullet> [19MY]
        Moncks Corner, SC:  observance of Joe Sanders Day, E518<bullet>
            [30MR]
        Orangeburg County, SC:  anniversary of Jeddah Temple No. 160,
            E277<bullet> [4MR]
        South Carolina:  tribute to Briggs v. Elliot court case plantiffs,
            E84<bullet> [3FE]
        States:  minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
            projects, H1893 [1AP]
        Sumter, SC:  anniversary of Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal
            Church, E844<bullet> [13MY]
        ------ tribute to Reid Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church,
            E2034<bullet> [10OC]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1893 [1AP]
        Williams, Stanley K.:  Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, DC, Man
            of the Year honoree, E1177<bullet> [19JN]
      Tributes
        Adams, John H., E133<bullet> [11FE]
        Battiste, Luther H., III, E1342<bullet> [17JY]
        Birch, William L., E907<bullet> [20MY]
        Boykin, Herbert and Sally, E1078<bullet> [9JN]
        Briggs, Eliza, E1784<bullet> [23SE]
        Doby, Larry, E308<bullet> [5MR]
        Farnsworth, Daniel B., E1114<bullet> [11JN]
        Grady, Zedekiah L., E1344<bullet> [17JY]
        Johnson, Earl A., E1864<bullet> [1OC]
        Johnson, W.W. (Hootie), E1536<bullet> [4AU]
        Jones, Frederick C., Sr., E1174<bullet> [19JN]
        Jones, Walter, E83<bullet> [3FE]
        Livingston, Deborah J., E1705<bullet> [11SE]
        Missouri, Corrie Bell, E135<bullet> [11FE]
        Pearson, Ferdinand and Carrie H., E435<bullet> [19MR]
        Pearson, Levi, E167<bullet> [12FE]
        Rhodes, Mack W., E86<bullet> [3FE]
        Ritter, Kelly, E1372<bullet> [21JY]
        Singleton, Georgianna, E1488<bullet> [31JY]
        Witherspoon, John and Dorothy, E1340<bullet> [17JY]