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

    THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Agriculture:  availability of affordable crop insurance for farms
            located in designated Federal disaster areas, (see H.R. 790),
            H6487 [27JY]
        ------ labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing
            imported meat, (see H.R. 1371), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote
            the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ provide for the accreditation of associations of agricultural
            producers and promote good faith bargaining between such
            associations, (see H.R. 2738), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        Alaska:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
            H10353 [9OC]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
        ------ 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), H1299 [18MR]
        Budget:  establish 2-year cycle, (see H.R. 2956), H4165 [4JN]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H7617 [11SE]
        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), H4711 [17JN]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H5064 [23JN]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H3971 [22MY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4629 [16JN]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Contracts:  provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal
            contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in
            its subcontracting plan, (see H.R. 3701), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to
            each subcontractor under a Federal contract, (see H.R. 3700),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Courts:  applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
            the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
            H10010 [7OC]
        ------ independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1159 [12MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9179 [28SE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H2932 [6MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H101 [28JA]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
            [19MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorize use of military helicopters in State
            and local law enforcement and rescue operations, (see H.R.
            2896), H4055 [3JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H4165 [4JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
            3240), H5737 [16JY]
        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), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ 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), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ establish a chiropractic services division, (see H.R. 4421),
            H7410 [6AU]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7000 [3AU]
        ------ 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), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4374),
            H11705 [21OC]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H7415 [6AU]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H6187 [22JY]
        Domestic policy:  establish a living wage, develop job
            opportunities, convert military programs to social programs,
            produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and
            redistribute wealth and power, (see H.R. 1050), H6186 [22JY]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
        Education:  provide for various capital investments in technology
            education, (see H.R. 2994), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H6453
            [24JY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H7415 [6AU]
        ERISA:  regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
            (see H.R. 4238), H7415 [6AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H447 [11FE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H1854
            [31MR] increase availability, affordability, and quality of
            school-based child care, (see H.R. 3768), H3014 [7MY]
        Federal aid programs:  reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and
            Employment Program and apply savings to emergency food
            assistance programs, (see H.R. 4571), H11696 [20OC]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H3488 [19MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5493
            [14JY], (see H.R. 4283), H7000 [3AU]
        FRS:  include money laundering activities in the consideration of
            certain applications, (see H.R. 3760), H2605 [29AP]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Health:  permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H4629
            [16JN]
        ------ 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), H1159 [12MR]
        Health care facilities:  allow medical treatment of emergency cases
            near the emergency room entrance, (see H.R. 3937), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ establish limits for imposition of fines relative to false
            health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ require nursing facilities filing for relief to provide
            written notice of such filing to appropriate State agencies,
            (see H.R. 4843), H11696 [20OC]
        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), H447 [11FE]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H65 [27JA]
        Housing:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H3972 [22MY]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
        Hunting and trapping:  prohibit steel jaw leghold traps, (see H.R.
            1176), H7915 [16SE]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H386 [5FE]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
            2955), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
            children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Insurance:  prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
            violence, (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        Iraq:  adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and
            priority for veterans filing such claims, (see H.R. 3484), H9345
            [2OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2056 [1AP]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 313),
            H7429 [7AU]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
            350), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
            handguns, (see H.R. 218), H1159 [12MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
        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), H3744
            [21MY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
            liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H8932 [25SE]
        Medicare:  coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments, (see H.R.
            1018), H2606 [29AP], (see H.R. 1329), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H101
            [28JA], (see H.R. 3137), H447 [11FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H2424 [28AP]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H1236 [17MR]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H5957 [20JY]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H2707 [30AP]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H7415 [6AU]
        NSF:  demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of
            mathematics, science, and information technology, (see H.R.
            3496), H5737 [16JY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7179 [4AU]
        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), H2236 [22AP]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H4165 [4JN]
        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), H7584 [10SE]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in
            the line of duty, (see H.R. 2088), H100 [28JA]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H2706 [30AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Ray J. Favre Post Office Building, Kiln, MS:  designate, (see H.R.
            2623), H5297 [24JN]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
        Robinson, Jackie:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 1335),
            H631 [25FE]
        Schools:  ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
            4224), H7495 [9SE]
        Sewering, Hans J.:  investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal,
            (see H. Con. Res. 19), H6187 [22JY]
        Social Security:  investment of trust funds in marketable
            securities, (see H.R. 4033), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H579 [24FE]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        States:  expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
            financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
            the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
            (see H.R. 3697), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require equal education funding throughout the State, (see
            H.R. 1234), H904 [5MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H6820
            [30JY]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ increase maximum contribution to education savings accounts,
            (see H.R. 4147), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel
            vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones,
            (see H.R. 3466), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of homeownership plan trusts, (see H.R. 3024),
            H10668 [12OC]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H3744 [21MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H9346 [2OC]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
            [9SE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
        Women:  improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
            3293), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7415
            [6AU]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H2331
            [27AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of the Interior:  study effects of double-crested cormorants
            on commercial and recreational fish species and prepare
            population management strategy, (see H.R. 4754), H10076 [8OC]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Poultry Products Inspection Act:  cover certain birds for use as
            human food, (see H.R. 4828), H10832 [13OC]
        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), H10667 [12OC]
        Taxation:  employer credits for expenses of providing child care
            services to employees, (see H.R. 4782), H10352 [9OC]
      Poems
        ``Fishing on the Ouachita,'' Tyler Sellers, E898<bullet> [19MY]
      Remarks
        African Americans:  discrimination claims by farmers against the
            Dept. of Agriculture, H544 [24FE], H545 [24FE], H546 [24FE],
            H547 [24FE], H548 [24FE], H549 [24FE], H550 [24FE]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7211<bullet> [5AU]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12008<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2913<bullet> [6MY]
        ----- prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in
            admissions based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 3330),
            E737<bullet> [1MY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H7050<bullet> [4AU],
            E331<bullet> [10MR]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6217<bullet> [23JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7211<bullet>
            [5AU]
        Gentry, Eunice:  Miss Jackson State University award recipient,
            E332<bullet> [10MR]
        Greenwood, MS:  anniversary of Valley Bank, E936<bullet> [21MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6407<bullet> [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2913<bullet> [6MY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
            H10326 [9OC]
        Mathem, Emily:  Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of
            Community Award recipient for Mississippi, E948<bullet> [22MY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services (H.R. 2912),
            H409<bullet> [11FE]
        New Hope Foundation, Inc.:  tribute, E330<bullet> [10MR]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products (H.R. 4189), E1273<bullet> [26JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H6851<bullet> [30JY]
        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 (H.R. 4818), E2097<bullet> [12OC]
        Rush, Bobby:  Blues Foundation B.B. King Blues Hero Award recipient,
            E1867<bullet> [1OC]
        Sellers, Tyler:  River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art Project
            award recipient, E897<bullet> [19MY]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8744 [25SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8744 [25SE]
        Voting:  permit States to require photographic identification to
            vote in a Federal election, H6851<bullet> [30JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H5062 [23JN], H5954 [20JY], H6486
            [27JY], H11022 [15OC]
        Special order:  granted, H437 [11FE]
      Tributes
        Barry, Marion, Jr., E2113<bullet> [13OC]
        Gibson, Andrea, E430<bullet> [19MR]
        Stokes, Representative, H6240<bullet> [23JY]
        Sutton, William W., E572<bullet> [2AP]
        Swinney, Ned, E934<bullet> [21MY]
        Tullis, Mary, E2160<bullet> [14OC]