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

    BROWN, CORRINE (a Representative from Florida)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7180 [4AU]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2606 [29AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans:  repeal the provision of
            law requiring termination, (see H.R. 3752), H2605 [29AP]
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        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), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ 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), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H578 [24FE]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H6820 [30JY]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H2423 [28AP]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H6282 [23JY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H578 [24FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9179 [28SE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H678 [26FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
            technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H5402
            [25JN]
        Dept. of Education:  establish demonstration projects to ensure
            equal educational opportunities for individuals with learning
            disabilities at institutions of higher education, (see H.R.
            3596), H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
            [23AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5297 [24JN]
        ------ modernize requirements and establish consensus process for
            development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards
            for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634), H6186
            [22JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  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), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ 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), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
            veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
            research priorities relative to certain service-related health
            consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H6820 [30JY]
        ------ provide a cost-of-living adjustment in compensation rates
            paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and make
            various improvements in education, housing, and cemetery
            programs, (see H.R. 4110), H5297 [24JN]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
        Ecuador:  human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
            353), H385 [5FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  improve child care and family
            support services, (see H.R. 2713), H579 [24FE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        Federal aid programs:  State eligibility for bonuses under the
            temporary assistance to needy families block grants relative to
            child poverty rates, (see H.R. 4692), H9537 [5OC]
        Federal employees:  equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R.
            3956), H10353 [9OC]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H2606 [29AP]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H2606
            [29AP]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5493
            [14JY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
            Res. 313), H6698 [29JY]
        GSA:  Federal Protective Service reform, (see H.R. 4034), H5859
            [17JY]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5494 [14JY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1643
            [26MR]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H6697 [29JY]
        Housing:  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),
            H579 [24FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5957 [20JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R. 2829), H755
            [3MR]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate, (see H.R. 3336), H1112 [11MR]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicaid:  prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        ------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
            liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H447 [11FE]
        Medicare:  continuous open enrollment of individuals in
            Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4653), H11696 [20OC]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H579
            [24FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H7494 [9SE],
            (see H.R. 4339), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
            H3743 [21MY]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H755 [3MR]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H1445 [24MR]
        Motor vehicles:  increase the amount of assistance for providing
            automobiles to certain disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3618), H2051
            [1AP]
        National forests:  ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity,
            and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests
            and roadless areas, (see H.R. 1376), H3312 [14MY]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H9723 [6OC]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H5493 [14JY]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H851 [4MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H1379 [23MR]
        Postal Service:  designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
            Carol City, and Miami, FL, (see H.R. 4052), H4549 [11JN]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4629 [16JN]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H5405 [25JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
        Roads and highways:  funding for roads classified as local or rural
            minor collectors, (see H.R. 1131), H1112 [11MR]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H909 [9MR]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H755 [3MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ benefits for foreign corporations, (see H.R. 599), H10833
            [13OC]
        ------ employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care
            services to employees, (see H.R. 1706), H64 [27JA]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1021 [10MR]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H6487 [27JY]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H851 [4MR]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H7290 [5AU]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H9346 [2OC]
        Uganda:  condemn forced abduction of children and their use as
            soldiers, (see H. Con. Res. 309), H6698 [29JY]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5859
            [17JY]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with
            respect to radiation-exposed veterans, (see H.R. 4368), H6879
            [31JY]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H1699 [27MR], (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]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Water:  authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
            water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
            3243), H497 [12FE]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H2119 [21AP]
        Women:  support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H7494
            [9SE]
        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
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida, (see H. Con. Res. 298),
            H5737 [16JY]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3690 [21MY]
        ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
            Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11738 [17DE]
        Aviation:  donation of obsolete air traffic control equipment to
            eligible African countries, H1072 [11MR]
        Bethune Cookman College:  tribute, H413 [11FE]
        Black History Month:  observance, H413 [11FE]
        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), H6475 [27JY]
        China, Republic of:  financial and economic stability, E940<bullet>
            [22MY]
        ------ observance of National Day, E1814<bullet> [25SE]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10090<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11869 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2907 [6MY]
        Congressional Black Caucus Foundation:  tribute to Veterans
            Braintrust forum, E1896<bullet> [2OC]
        Council on Environmental Quality:  prohibit funding to American
            Heritage Rivers Initiative, H6261 [23JY]
        Courts:  U.S. courthouse revitalization projects funding,
            H5722<bullet> [16JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3690 [21MY]
        Dept. of Education:  establish demonstration projects to ensure
            equal educational opportunities for individuals with learning
            disabilities at institutions of higher education, H2874<bullet>
            [6MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5722<bullet> [16JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1998 [1AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation
            System funding, H6555 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6261 [23JY], H6555 [29JY]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), consideration (H. Res. 413), H2620 [30AP]
        Edward Waters College:  tribute, H413 [11FE]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), H7035 [4AU]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2007 [1AP]
        Florida:  airport construction projects funding, H7035 [4AU]
        Florida A&M University:  tribute, H413 [11FE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1072 [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            H8797<bullet> [25SE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6381<bullet> [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2874<bullet> [6MY],
            H2907 [6MY]
        Leverette, Glen S.:  Military Service Member of the Year award
            recipient, E216<bullet> [24FE]
        National Women's History Month:  observance, H1836 [31MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H255 [4FE], H305 [4FE]
        Rwanda:  international response to genocide, E777<bullet> [6MY]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8839 [25SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8839 [25SE]
        Telecommunications:  merger of MCI Communications Corp. and
            WorldCom, Inc., E272<bullet> [3MR]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1903 [1AP], H1998
            [1AP], H2007 [1AP]
        Votes:  position on missed, H611<bullet> [25FE], E513<bullet> [30MR]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H475<bullet>
            [12FE], E205<bullet> [24FE]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida (H. Con. Res. 298), H5881
            [20JY], H5882 [20JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H327 [4FE], H437 [11FE], H753 [3MR], H1443
            [24MR], H1850 [31MR], H3482 [19MY], H8929 [25SE]
      Tributes
        Baltimore, Frances L.J., E2282<bullet> [21OC]
        Beck, James D., E2286<bullet> [21OC]
        Brown, Mary Jane Lawson, H1836 [31MR]
        Dellums, Representative, H211<bullet> [3FE]
        McFarlin, Kernaa D., E208<bullet> [24FE], E215<bullet> [24FE]