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

    BEREUTER, DOUG (a Representative from Nebraska)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4880 [19JN], H5016 [23JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3561 [20MY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5496 [14JY], H5739 [16JY],
            H6568 [29JY]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1073 [11MR]
      Appointments
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select), H4901
            [22JN]
        Committee To Escort President of Romania Emil Constantinescu Into
            the House Chamber, H5499 [15JY]
        Committee To Escort Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung Into
            the House Chamber, H4333 [10JN]
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        United Kingdom-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H10986 [15OC]
      Articles and editorials
        Bankruptcy Bill Deserves Support--Measure Aims To Bolster Notion of
            Personal Responsibility for Finances, Beatrice (NE) Sun,
            E1516<bullet> [3AU]
        Big Government Era Lives on in Clinton's Child Care Proposal, Omaha
            (NE) World-Herald, E96<bullet> [4FE]
        Broad Inquiry the Better Course, Omaha (NE) World Herald,
            H10115<bullet> [8OC]
        Clinton's Switch on Fast-Track a Puzzling Political Maneuver, Omaha
            (NE) World-Herald, E1484<bullet> [30JY]
        Defense System Is Needed in U.S., Norfolk (VA) Daily News,
            E1942<bullet> [8OC]
        Expanding Medicare Means Bigger Problems in Long Term, Lincoln (NE)
            Journal Star, E507<bullet> [27MR]
        Highway Bill Helps Everyone, David R. Kraemer, Omaha (NE) World-
            Herald, E738<bullet> [1MY]
        Johnny Chung's Shocking Tale Puts Focus Back on Donations, Omaha
            (NE) World-Herald, E937<bullet> [22MY]
        Latvia's Progress, Washington (DC) Post, E2097<bullet> [12OC]
        On the Impeachment Vote, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, H11955<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Others Fed Gunman's Fantasies, Omaha (NE) World-Herald,
            E1639<bullet> [7AU]
        Probe of Fund-Raising Scandal Snuffed on Narrowest Grounds, Omaha
            (NE) World-Herald, E21<bullet> [27JA]
        Republicans are not Culprits Here -- Only One Man Is To Blame for
            Turmoil Facing the Nation, Norfolk (VA) Daily News,
            H11955<bullet> [18DE]
        Sacagawea's Likeness Good Choice for Coin, Harold W. Anderson, Omaha
            (NE) World-Herald, E412<bullet> [18MR]
        Time To End Marriage Tax Penalty, South Sioux City (NE) Star,
            E1287<bullet> [14JY]
        Veto Promise Not Warranted, Norfolk (NE) Daily News, E825<bullet>
            [12MY]
        VMI Makes the Right Moves, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E939<bullet>
            [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, (see H.
            Res. 523), H9346 [2OC]
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  provide supplemental payments
            to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
            flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            H.R. 4265), H7179 [4AU]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see H.R. 619), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
            H.R. 1202), H6282 [23JY]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  disclosure of identity of any
            individual for whom a waiver of eligibility requirements for
            interment is granted, (see H.R. 3089), H241 [3FE]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H1337 [19MR]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H4324 [9JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H6454 [24JY]
        Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, (see H. Con.
            Res. 320), H9346 [2OC]
        Budget:  establish a budget reserve account for emergencies, (see
            H.R. 457), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2931 [6MY]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 334), H10011 [7OC]
        CIA:  provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
            concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3247 [13MY]
        Colleges and universities:  protect speech and association rights of
            students, (see H.R. 980), H1550 [25MR]
        Commission on Privacy of Government Records:  establish, (see H.R.
            1330), H329 [4FE]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H4880 [19JN]
        Contracts:  prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
            the basis of labor policies, (see H.R. 1378), H4325 [9JN]
        Credit:  repeal pending changes in the interest rates applicable to
            Federal family education loans, (see H.R. 3291), H676 [26FE]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H329 [4FE]
        Dante B. Fascell North-South Center:  designate, (see H.R. 4757),
            H10352 [9OC]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
            [27JA]
        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),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H7178 [4AU]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
            H4240 [5JN]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H2423 [28AP]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see H.R. 2870), H1112 [11MR]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H2318 [23AP]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1159 [12MR]
        Executive departments:  promote financial management, (see H. Res.
            447), H4056 [3JN]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
        Foreign policy:  support economic and political independence for the
            South Caucasus and Central Asia regions, (see H.R. 2867), H498
            [12FE]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
            H2053 [1AP]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9084
            [26SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6487 [27JY]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see H.R. 3981), H5405 [25JN]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2931 [6MY]
        Health:  prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see H.R. 4376),
            H6879 [31JY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2606
            [29AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Hun Sen:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
            genocide in Cambodia, (see H. Res. 533), H9346 [2OC]
        Immigration:  reform naturalization process and clarify procedures
            for investigating criminal background of applicants relative to
            certain benefits, (see H.R. 2837), H1021 [10MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H447 [11FE]
        Korea, Republic of:  anniversary of relations with the U.S., (see H.
            Res. 459), H5957 [20JY]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H329 [4FE]
        Medicare:  eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        Mongolia:  normal trade relations status, (see H.R. 4807), H10667
            [12OC]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10668 [12OC]
        Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations, (see H.
            Res. 505), H5956 [20JY]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see H. Res. 404), H1854 [31MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3489 [19MY]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4241 [5JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
        Privacy:  prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual
            records available through interactive computer services, (see
            H.R. 1330), H329 [4FE]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5594 [15JY]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3972 [22MY]
        ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks, (see H.R. 4553),
            H10353 [9OC]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            4399), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
            services, (see H.R. 3648), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ 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), H1379 [23MR]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H9346 [2OC]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
        Timber:  treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable,
            (see H.R. 1526), H1699 [27MR]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H6698 [29JY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2318
            [23AP]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H851 [4MR]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H1021 [10MR]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H3625 [20MY]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H4550
            [11JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Afghanistan:  establish cease fire and begin transition toward a
            broad-based multiethnic government that observes international
            norms of behavior, (see H. Con. Res. 218), H497 [12FE]
        Cambodia:  call for free and impartial elections, (see H. Res. 361),
            H497 [12FE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  balance wind and water erosion criteria and
            wildlife suitability criteria used in the Conservation Reserve
            Program, (see H.R. 4319), H6281 [23JY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H2052 [1AP],
            (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review
            Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 4719), H10011 [7OC]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
            H1444 [24MR]
        Southeast Asia:  establish an assistance and food security
            initiative for Indonesia and other countries affected by the
            Asian financial crisis, (see H.R. 4336), H6487 [27JY]
        Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary, (see H. Res. 350), H329 [4FE]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H2239 [23AP]
      Remarks
        Afghanistan:  establish cease fire and begin transition toward a
            broad-based multiethnic government that observes international
            norms of behavior (H. Con. Res. 218), H2354 [28AP]
        Africa:  promote independent radio broadcasting (H. Res. 415), H7655
            [14SE], H7656 [14SE]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4132<bullet> [4JN]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, H4132<bullet> [4JN]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            H6929 [3AU]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, E1902<bullet> [5OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4990<bullet> [23JN], H5016
            [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report,
            E1902<bullet> [5OC]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5448
            [14JY], H5450 [14JY]
        Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression (H. Con. Res.
            320), H10273 [9OC]
        Bankruptcy:  adjust debts of family farmers with regular annual
            income, H10237<bullet> [9OC]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), E1516<bullet> [3AU]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report, H10237<bullet>
            [9OC]
        Botswana:  democracy efforts (H. Res. 373), H1193 [17MR], H1196
            [17MR]
        Cambodia:  call for free and impartial elections (H. Res. 361),
            H1194 [17MR], H1195 [17MR], H1196 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
            the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent (H.
            Con. Res. 224), H7658 [14SE], H7659 [14SE]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy (H. Con. Res. 301), H5887 [20JY]
        ------ participation in the World Health Organization (H. Con. Res.
            334), H10264 [9OC]
        ------ tribute to efforts relative to Asian financial crisis and for
            encouraging peace and stability in the region (H. Con. Res.
            270), H4281 [9JN]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10115<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11838 [18DE], H11955<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
            and security (H.R. 695), E1032<bullet> [4JN]
        Corp. for National and Community Service:  funding, H6275 [23JY]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals (H. Con. Res. 254), H7653 [14SE], H7654 [14SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3561 [20MY]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H360 [5FE]
        ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
            housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), H4909
            [22JN] making appropriations for military construction, family
            housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
            conference report, E1488<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5235 [24JN], H5236 [24JN]
        ------ School of the Americas funding, H7959<bullet> [17SE],
            E1085<bullet> [10JN]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            E825<bullet> [12MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies
            (H.R. 1757), veto, H11699 [21OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation
            System funding, H6563<bullet> [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6275<bullet> [23JY],
            H6563<bullet> [29JY], H6568 [29JY], H6570 [29JY], H6574
            [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 574), H9600 [6OC]
        Dick Cheney Federal Building, Casper, WY:  designate (H.R. 3453),
            H5446 [14JY]
        Disasters:  establish an advisory commission to prepare for and
            respond to serious drought emergencies (H.R. 3035), H4598 [16JN]
        District of Columbia:  Boys Town (organization) funding,
            H7344<bullet> [6AU]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7344<bullet> [6AU]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base (H.R. 3898), H7718<bullet>
            [15SE]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), H1308 [19MR], H1309 [19MR], H5510 [15JY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees (H.R. 2888), H4489<bullet> [11JN]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4931<bullet> [22JN]
        Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs
            (H.R. 4017), H9100 [28SE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
            4017), H9100 [28SE]
        EPA:  impact of regulatory requirements on small communities
            relative to disinfection and treatment of groundwater, H6568
            [29JY]
        ------ prohibit implementation or enforcement of drinking water
            treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
            studies are completed, H6568 [29JY], H6574 [29JY]
        ------ study health effects of copper in drinking water, H6568
            [29JY], H6570 [29JY]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7054 [4AU]
        Financial institutions:  allow operating subsidiaries to offer
            certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
            consumer protections, H3190 [13MY]
        ------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), H3190 [13MY], H3206 [13MY], H3211 [13MY], H3212 [13MY],
            H3213 [13MY]
        ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
            holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3206
            [13MY], H3211 [13MY], H3212 [13MY], H3213 [13MY]
        ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
            safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
            information (H.R. 4364), H10216<bullet> [8OC]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, E825<bullet> [12MY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7959<bullet> [17SE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1039 [11MR], H1073 [11MR],
            H1074 [11MR], H1075 [11MR]
        ----- authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
            Africa (S. 778), E1483<bullet> [30JY]
        ------ prohibit participation in investigation of Chinese launch
            failure of U.S.-built satellite, H3561 [20MY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 3636), E588<bullet> [2AP]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), H9107 [28SE], H11684 [20OC]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements, H6929 [3AU],
            E1483<bullet> [30JY]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8781 [25SE]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
            (H.R. 4856), H11581<bullet> [20OC]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9505 [5OC]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate (H.R. 3821), H6907 [3AU]
        Ginnie Mae:  guaranty fee increase, E1858<bullet> [1OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            E1858<bullet> [1OC]
        Hong Kong:  report on status after reversion to the People's
            Republic of China, H699 [3MR], E263<bullet> [3MR], E987<bullet>
            [3JN], E1544<bullet> [4AU]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H3295 [14MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5876 [20JY]
        ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10704 [13OC]
        Hun Sen:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
            genocide in Cambodia (H. Res. 533), H10452 [10OC]
        India:  nuclear weapons testing, H3118 [13MY]
        Indonesia:  democracy efforts, E1030<bullet> [4JN]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            H2962 [7MY]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis (H. Res. 392), H2240
            [23AP], H5884 [20JY], H5886 [20JY]
        Korea, Republic of:  anniversary of relations with the U.S. (H. Res.
            459), H7453<bullet> [9SE]
        Laos:  religious persecution of Christian minorities, H918 [10MR]
        Latvia:  democracy efforts, E2097<bullet> [12OC]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial (H. Res. 144), H8476
            [23SE]
        ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (H.R. 1560),
            H7445 [9SE]
        Medicare:  reform, E507<bullet> [27MR]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10257<bullet> [9OC]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires (H. Res. 469), H6910 [3AU],
            H6911 [3AU]
        Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance:  research grants
            funding, H4990<bullet> [23JN]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (H. Con. Res.
            304), H7649 [14SE], H7650 [14SE], H7652 [14SE]
        Missouri River:  Mitigation Project funding, H4931<bullet> [22JN]
        Mongolia:  normal trade relations status, H11581<bullet> [20OC]
        Morocco:  eligibility to participate in sub-Saharan Africa trade and
            investment programs, H1073 [11MR], H1074 [11MR], H1075 [11MR]
        Mozambique:  tribute for efforts relative to democracy, peace, and
            economic reform and encourage close relations with the U.S. (H.
            Res. 610), H11689 [20OC]
        National security:  national objectives priority assignments, H11688
            [20OC]
        Navy:  transfer of vessels to certain foreign countries, H5235
            [24JN], H5236 [24JN]
        Nebraska:  Joint Army-Air National Guard Medical Training Facility
            funding, E1488<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ National Guard Joint Army-Air Medical Training Facility
            funding, H4909 [22JN]
        Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations (H. Res.
            505), H8492 [23SE]
        Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
            transportation trust funds, H1901 [1AP]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations (H. Res. 404), H4274 [9JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5471 [14JY]
        ------ investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to
            transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to People's
            Republic of China, E937<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens, H5471 [14JY] prohibit contributions from individuals
            that are not U.S. citizens (H.R. 34), H1747<bullet> [30MR]
        Postal Service:  elimination of post office box rental fees for
            rural customers, H2037 [1AP]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9760 [7OC]
        Rural areas:  use of tax-exempt bonds to provide loans for rural
            housing, H5016 [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8746<bullet> [25SE], H8940<bullet>
            [26SE]
        Southeast Asia:  establish an assistance and food security
            initiative for Indonesia and other countries affected by the
            Asian financial crisis (H.R. 4336), H6423 [24JY]
        Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary (H. Res. 350), H2351 [28AP],
            H2352 [28AP]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8746<bullet> [25SE], H8940<bullet> [26SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4673<bullet>
            [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1901 [1AP],
            E738<bullet> [1MY]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China (H. Res. 364), H1190
            [17MR]
        USIA:  make available the television program ``Window on America''
            to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives and the Indiana University
            Slavics Collection (H.R. 4083), H7657 [14SE]
        Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
            emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6772 [30JY]
        Virginia Military Institute:  integration of female students,
            E939<bullet> [22MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1774 [30MR], H7912 [16SE]
        Special order:  granted, H689 [2MR], H2049 [1AP], H6451 [24JY],
            H6877 [31JY]
      Reports
        Task Force on the Hong Kong Transition, E987<bullet>-E989<bullet>
            [3JN], E1544<bullet>-E1546<bullet> [4AU]
      Summaries
        Task Force on the Hong Kong Transition:  several Representatives,
            E263<bullet> [3MR]
      Tributes
        Solomon, Representative, H9600 [6OC]