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

    TEXAS
      Amendments
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), S3004 [1AP], S3007 [1AP], S3018 [1AP]
        Water:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
            (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
            Compact Consent Act, H3074 [12MY]
      Articles and editorials
        Bush Wants Nuclear Waste Limit for Dump, H6526 [29JY]
        Examiners Recommend No License for Proposed Nuclear Waste Dump--
            State Agency Hasn't Fully Explored Possible Hazards of W. Texas
            Facility, They Say, H6530 [29JY]
        From Access to Energy, E219 [25FE]
        One Mother's Good-Bye, E945 [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466, S. Res. 248), S6339 [15JN],
            H4549 [11JN]
        Courts:  provide for additional place of holding court for the
            Austin Division of the Western Judicial District, (see H.R.
            4428), H7411 [6AU]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN], (see H. Res. 493), H5297 [24JN]
        El Camino Real de los Tejas:  designate as a national historic
            trail, (see S. 2276), S7678 [8JY]
        ------ designate as a national historic trail, (see H.R. 4724),
            H10011 [7OC]
        El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro:  designate as a national historic
            trail, (see S. 2039), S4435 [6MY], (see H.R. 3803), H2931 [6MY]
        Fort Bliss, TX:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 253), H1643 [26MR]
        Fort Davis National Historic Site:  authorize expansion, (see S.
            1990), S3653 [27AP]
        Public lands:  use of alternative arrangements for windstorm-damaged
            national forests and grasslands in Texas, (see H.R. 4345), H6697
            [29JY]
        Reynaldo G. Garza-Filemon B. Vela, Sr., U.S. Courthouse,
            Brownsville, TX:  designate, (see H.R. 3675), H2054 [1AP]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  grant
            congressional consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference
            report, (see H. Res. 511), H6510 [28JY]
        Water:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
            (see H.R. 3687), H2054 [1AP]
        ------ authorize repayment of amounts due under a water reclamation
            project contract for the Canadian River Project, (see S. 2243),
            S7255 [26JN]
      Biographies
        Dow, Melvin A., E508 [27MR]
      Conference reports
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact (H.R. 629),
            H5724-H5727 [16JY]
      Cost Estimates
        Canadian River Project Repayment Act (H.R. 3687):  CBO, S12645
            [15OC]
      Letters
        Crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency operating loan relief
            for farmers in certain counties that have been designated as
            Federal disaster areas:  Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau
            Federation, H7701 [15SE]
        Fannie Mae Trillion Dollar Commitment program:  Lee P. Brown, Mayor
            of Houston, TX, E417 [18MR]
        GAO report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
            programs along the Southwest border:  Senator Feinstein, S10334
            [15SE]
        Patient Protection Act:  David Sibley and John Smithee, Texas State
            Legislature, H6986 [3AU]
        ------ John Sharp, Texas Office of the Comptroller, H6987 [3AU]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Craig Peterson and Carol S. Petzold, National Conference of
            State Legislatures, S3017 [1AP]
        ------ Charles A. LeHaistre, University of Texas M.D. Anderson
            Cancer Center, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ Charles H. Williams, Texas Tech University, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ Craig Peterson and Carol S. Petzold, National Conference of
            State Legislatures, S9813 [2SE], S9816 [2SE]
        ------ David T. Flanagan, Maine Yankee (organization), S3016 [1AP]
            Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S6352 [15JN]
        ------ George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio and Tom Carper,
            Governor of Delaware, National Governors' Association, S3016
            [1AP] George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, Howard Dean, Governor
            of Vermont, and Angus S. King, Jr., Governor of Maine, S3016
            [1AP]
        ------ George V. Voinovich and Tom Carper, National Governors'
            Association, S9813 [2SE], S9816 [2SE]
        ------ George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, Howard Dean, Governor of
            Vermont, and Angus S. King, Jr., Governor of Maine, S9813 [2SE]
        ------ James A. Pease, S3016 [1AP]
        ------ James A. Peace, S9812 [2SE], S9817 [2SE]
        ------ James M. Souby, Western Governors' Association, S9816 [2SE]
        ------ John P. Howe III, University of Texas Health Science Center
            at San Antonio, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ Rick Dovalina, League of United Latin American Citizens,
            H6532 [29JY]
        ------ Representatives Jackson Lee and Eddie Bernice Johnson, S9814
            [2SE]
        ------ Richard Sedano, Vermont Dept. of Public Service, S9775 [1SE]
        ------ Robert D. Bullard, Clark Atlanta University, S9811 [2SE]
        ------ Robert F. Carretta, Organizations United for Responsible Low-
            Level Radioactive Waste Solutions, S9774 [1SE]
        ------ Shirley A. Jackson, NRC, S3017 [1AP] several organizations,
            S6355 [15JN]
        ------ several Texas Representatives, S9813 [2SE]
        ------ Shirley Ann Jackson, NRC, S9813 [2SE], S9816 [2SE]
        ------ Sierra Blanca, TX, and Hudspeth County, TX, residents, S9812
            [2SE], S9817 [2SE]
      Lists
        Baytown, TX, Hispanic-American individuals and organizations
            honorees, E712 [29AP]
        Houston TX, Citizenship Day Event participants, E1154 [17JN], E1180
            [19JN]
        Organizations supporting H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste
            Disposal Compact Consent Act, S9812 [2SE]
      Motions
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), H3068 [12MY]
      Proclamations
        Port Arthur, TX, Anniversary, E913 [20MY]
      Remarks in House
        Agriculture:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7700-H7708 [15SE]
        American Israel Public Affairs Committee:  tribute to Texas
            congressional delegation, E507 [27MR]
        Barrett Station, TX:  anniversary of Shiloh Missionary Baptist
            Church, E1924 [6OC]
        Baylor College of Medicine:  anniversary of Roy M. and Phyllis Gough
            Huffington Center on Aging, E465 [25MR]
        Bayou projects:  funding, H4922 [22JN], H4923 [22JN]
        Baytown, TX:  anniversary, E46 [28JA], E712 [29AP]
        Beaumont, TX:  tribute to Beaumont Police Activities League boxing
            team, E1908 [5OC]
        Beeville, TX:  tribute to Bee Development Authority, E1288 [14JY]
        Bellaire, TX:  tribute to Bellaire High School National Merit
            Scholarship semifinalists, E2298 [21OC]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, H4458 [10JN], H4482 [11JN], H4483 [11JN], E1159
            [18JN], E1166 [18JN]
        ----- condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue of hate crimes
            (H. Res. 466), H4531-H4539 [11JN], E1143 [16JN]
        Dallas, TX:  anniversary of St. Paul United Methodist Church, E1746
            [17SE]
        ------ tribute to Las Casas Neighborhood Association, E1562 [5AU]
        Dawson, TX:  tribute to Dawson High School students, E338 [10MR]
        Deep East Texas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council:  tribute, E1627
            [7AU]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit imposition of audit deficiencies on
            Texas College relative to absence of financial aid records,
            H2889 [6MY], H2890 [6MY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  transfer Palmetto Bend Project (H.R. 2161),
            H9747 [7OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  Dallas Area Rapid Transit funding, H3963
            [22MY], H7175 [4AU]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6927 [3AU], H6928 [3AU],
            H6930 [3AU]
        El Paso, TX:  tribute to Quadricentennial Festival, H2240 [23AP]
        Fayette, TX:  tribute to National 4-H Council award recipients,
            E2021 [10OC]
        Fire prevention:  congressional initiatives relative to wildfires
            and forest fires, H5301 [25JN]
        Floods:  tribute to recovery efforts, E2258 [20OC]
        Flores, Sam:  Seguin, TX, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Humanitarian
            of the Year honoree, E1807 [25SE]
        Fort Davis National Historic Site:  authorize expansion (H.R. 3047),
            H6913 [3AU], H6914 [3AU]
        Fort Worth, TX:  tribute to O.D. Wyatt High School boys' track team,
            E1162 [18JN]
        Freer, TX:  tribute to Norman Thomas Elementary School, E916 [20MY]
        French, Susan Penn:  National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers
            Volunteer Leadership-Individual Award recipient, E1711 [14SE]
        Gainesville, TX:  tribute to fire department, E428 [19MR]
        Geography Awareness Week:  observance, E2132 [13OC]
        Guerra, R. David:  South Texas Symphony Association Cultural Leader
            of the Year award recipient, E2328 [12NO]
        Hays County, TX:  tribute to 4-H Club, E1932 [7OC]
        Hear O'Israel International, Inc.:  tribute to Listen to the Cries
            of the Children National campaign, E540 [1AP]
        Houston, TX:  anniversary of Burbank Middle School, E2037 [10OC]
        ------ anniversary of Food Bank, E286 [4MR]
        ------ anniversary of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
            Employees, E1890 [2OC]
        ------ anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Center,
            E537 [1AP]
        ------ efforts to purchase new National Football League franchise,
            H1453 [25MR]
        ------ Sims Bayou Project funding, E1845 [29SE]
        ------ tribute to Citizenship Day Event, E1154 [17JN], E1180 [19JN]
        ------ tribute to Habitat for Humanity (organization) project, H4611
            [16JN], H4638 [17JN], E1175 [19JN]
        ------ tribute to Ronald McDonald House, E822 [12MY]
        ------ tribute to Westbury High School National Merit Scholarship
            semifinalist, E2298 [21OC]
        INS:  deployment of border patrol agents, H1557 [26MR], E351 [11MR]
        Jewish Herald-Voice (publication):  anniversary, E495 [26MR]
        KCOH-Radio (Houston, TX):  anniversary, E1748 [17SE]
        Kirby Corp.:  dedication of George A. Peterkin, Jr., Operations and
            Training Center, E1250 [26JN]
        KXAS-TV (Dallas, TX):  anniversary, E1814 [25SE]
        Los Fresnos, TX:  tribute to Villareal Elementary School, E2133
            [13OC]
        Lufkin, TX:  tribute to T.L.L. Temple Foundation, E1624 [7AU]
        Mexican-American War:  anniversary, E793 [7MY]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  designation of North Texas
            as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, H919 [10MR], H5576
            [15JY], H5577 [15JY], E183 [12FE]
        Pasadena, TX:  rededication of Vince's Bridge site, E920 [20MY]
        ------ Strawberry Festival anniversary, E820 [12MY]
        Port Arthur, TX:  anniversary, E913 [20MY]
        Prickly Pear Pachanga:  observance by Terrell County, TX and
            Sanderson, TX, E1926 [6OC]
        Ramirez, Lupita and Tony:  Texas Governor's Volunteer Award
            recipients, E608 [21AP]
        Rohm and Haas Texas Inc.:  Deer Park, TX, Chamber of Commerce
            Industry of the Year award recipient, E1858 [1OC]
        Solvay America, Inc.:  La Porte, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of
            the Year award recipient, E2049 [11OC]
        Texas City, TX:  development and implementation of missing children
            programs, H6421 [24JY]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), E885 [19MY]
        ----- consent (H.R. 629), motion to appoint conferees, H3068-H3074
            [12MY]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            H6522-H6535 [29JY], E1468 [30JY] grant congressional consent
            (H.R. 629), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 511),
            H6516-H6522 [29JY]
        Texas Southern University:  relief from certain debt obligations
            relative to student financial aid programs, H2579 [29AP]
        Transportation:  projects funding, H1905 [1AP]
        Tucker, Karla Faye:  death penalty sentence, H109 [3FE], H110 [3FE]
        Udovich, Emma:  Texas Seniors Hall of Fame inductee, E2098 [12OC]
        University of Houston:  tribute to Texas Center for
            Superconductivity, E693 [28AP]
        Water:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
            (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]
      Remarks in Senate
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, S6500 [17JN]
        ----- condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue of hate crimes
            (S. Res. 248), S6323 [15JN]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, S8097 [14JY], S8098 [14JY],
            S8106 [14JY]
        El Camino Real de los Tejas:  designate as a national historic trail
            (S. 2276), S7680 [8JY]
        ------ designate as a national historic trail (S. 2276), S12530
            [14OC]
        El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro:  designate as a national historic
            trail (S. 2039), S4441 [6MY]
        ------ designate as a national historic trail (S. 2039), S12529
            [14OC]
        Family Federal Education Loan Program:  eligible lender status in
            State multiple secondary markets, S7839 [9JY]
        France:  anniversary of colonization of the Southern U.S., S660
            [11FE]
        GAO:  report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
            programs along the Southwest border, S10332-S10335 [15SE]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  High Intensity Drug
            Trafficking Areas funding, S12706 [20OC]
        Port Arthur, TX:  anniversary, S5469 [22MY]
        Public lands:  conveyance of certain Federal lands to the Clint and
            Fabens, TX, school districts (H.R. 1116), S3021 [1AP]
        Southwest Texas State University:  dedication of Gilbert M.
            Grosvenor Center of Geographic Education, S4547 [7MY]
        Texas Independence Day:  observance, S1193 [2MR]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), S3015-S3019 [1AP], S3233-S3236 [3AP], S6346 [15JN], S6347
            [15JN], S6349-S6356 [15JN], S6363 [16JN]
        ----- consent (H.R. 629), unanimous-consent agreement, S3019 [1AP]
        ------ consent (S. 270), S504 [9FE]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S9374 [30JY]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            S9772-S9782 [1SE], S9809-S9819 [2SE]
        Tucker, Karla Faye:  death penalty sentence, S248 [2FE]
        Water:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
            reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
            (H.R. 3687), S12530 [14OC], S12645 [15OC]
      Reports
        Farm Economy:  Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation,
            H7701-H7703 [15SE]
      Reports filed
        Canadian River Project Repayment Act:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3687), S10985 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3687)
            (S. Rept. 105-410), S12402 [12OC]
        Conveyance of Certain Federal Lands to the Clint and Fabens, TX,
            School Districts:  Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R.
            1116), S1255 [3MR]
        El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act:  Committee
            on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2276) (S. Rept.
            105-308), S9973 [8SE]
        El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Act:
            Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2039) (S.
            Rept. 105-305), S9973 [8SE]
        Fort Davis National Historic Site Expansion:  Committee on Energy
            and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1990) (S. Rept. 105-304),
            S9973 [8SE]
        ------ Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3047) (H. Rept. 105-
            669), H6999 [3AU]
        J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building, Austin, TX:  Committee on
            Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3223), S11339 [2OC]
        ----- Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2523),
            S11339 [2OC]
        Nomination of Hiram A. Contreras To Be U.S. Marshal:  Committee on
            the Judiciary (Senate), S730 [12FE]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Committee of Conference (H.R. 629) (H. Rept. 105-630), H5735
            [16JY]
        ----- Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 629) (H. Rept. 105-652),
            H6510 [28JY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Designation of North Texas as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking
            Area:  Greater Dallas Crime Commission, E183 [12FE]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Mexican Senate and National Chamber of Deputies, H6530 [29JY]
        Tribute to Listen to the Cries of the Children National campaign by
            Hear O'Israel International, Inc.:  Houston, TX, City Council,
            E540 [1AP]
        Tribute to Morris Architects (business):  Representative Jackson-
            Lee, E1086 [10JN]
        Tribute to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Houston, TX:
            Representative Jackson-Lee, E1093 [10JN]
      Songs
        ``Baytown Is Home to Me,'' Kevin Hardin, E47 [28JA]
      Subpoena Notices
        U.S. District Court for Val Verde County, TX, H109 [3FE]
      Tables
        Tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY]
      Testimonies
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Representative Reyes, H6531 [29JY]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 511, consideration of conference report on H.R. 629, Texas
            Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act, H6516
            [29JY]
        H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent
            Act, E885 [19MY]
        H.R. 3047, authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site,
            H6913 [3AU]
        H.R. 3687, Canadian River Project Repayment Act, S12530 [14OC],
            H7401 [6AU]
        S. 1990, Fort Davis National Historic Site expansion, S11374 [2OC]
        S. 2039, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
            Act, S12529 [14OC]
        S. 2276, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act,
            S7681 [8JY]
        S. Res. 248, condemn murder of James Byrd, Jr., in Jasper, TX, and
            address issue of hate crimes, S6324 [15JN], S6340 [15JN]
        S. Res. 253, disaster assistance to Texas for drought, S6890 [23JN]
      Tributes
        Gonzalez, Representative, H10344-H10349 [9OC], E2072 [11OC], E2165
            [14OC], E2210 [15OC]
        Johnson, Representative Sam, S688 [12FE], S688 [12FE], H478-H485
            [12FE], E166 [12FE]