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

    MATSUI, ROBERT T. (a Representative from California)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
            the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
            H. Con. Res. 224), H631 [25FE]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H578 [24FE]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H3105 [12MY]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
            4629), H8931 [25SE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H631 [25FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H1643
            [26MR]
        Customs Service:  use of customs user fees for certain preclearance
            activities, (see H.R. 3644), H2932 [6MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H4550 [11JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  moratorium on oil and gas development on
            certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R.
            3875), H4550 [11JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  prohibit issuing regulations dealing with
            hybrid transactions, (see H.R. 4663), H9274 [1OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Dept of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H10077 [8OC]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H4567 [15JN]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H904
            [5MR]
        Ecology and environment:  expand public's right to know about toxic
            chemical use and release in their communities and disclose
            toxins in children's consumer products, (see H.R. 1636), H2055
            [1AP]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3624 [20MY]
        Education:  increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and
            other under-represented student populations, (see H.R. 2495),
            H755 [3MR]
        European Union:  canned fruit subsidy, (see H. Res. 406), H2055
            [1AP]
        ------ unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef, (see H.
            Con. Res. 212), H1021 [10MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 3292), H1299
            [18MR], (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H903
            [5MR]
        Federal aid programs:  prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
            additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
            needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H11696 [20OC]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H5405 [25JN]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H6880 [31JY]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2814 [5MY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
        Foreign policy:  allocation of economic assistance to Northern
            Ireland and border counties in Ireland, (see H.R. 4773), H10352
            [9OC]
        ------ establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic
            sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H1112 [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  exemptions from certain import prohibitions, (see
            H.R. 3340), H902 [5MR], (see H.R. 3465), H1168 [16MR]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws,
            (see H.R. 4342), H6696 [29JY]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws,
            (see H.R. 4856), H11694 [20OC]
        Germany:  jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H4711 [17JN]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Government:  require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the
            national debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con.
            Res. 228), H1445 [24MR]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
            for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
            H6820 [30JY]
        ------ expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H64 [27JA]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H64 [27JA]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR], (see H.R. 3998), H4240 [5JN]
        ------ revise and extend programs relative to the health of
            individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
            H7494 [9SE]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2424
            [28AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H579 [24FE]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H631 [25FE]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery
            relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer
            diagnosis, (see H.R. 616), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative
            vendors in the administration of State children's health
            insurance plans, (see H.R. 3713), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1550 [25MR]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H904 [5MR]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H850 [4MR]
        ------ eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
            H2424 [28AP]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6454 [24JY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        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), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H5957 [20JY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H3105
            [12MY], (see H.R. 3205), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10011 [7OC], (see
            H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
            H6880 [31JY]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Mongolia:  normal trade relations status, (see H.R. 4807), H10667
            [12OC]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H7618 [11SE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6999 [3AU]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Organ donors:  establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
            H.R. 1505), H3744 [21MY]
        Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network:  nullify certain
            operational regulations, (see H.R. 3767), H3972 [22MY]
        Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations, (see H.
            Res. 505), H7585 [10SE]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Philippines:  authorize the transfer of ownership of one the bells
            taken from the the town of Balangiga to the people of the
            Philippines, (see H. Res. 312), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ commemorate independence anniversary and U.S. relations, (see
            H. Res. 404), H4056 [3JN]
        Public welfare programs:  extend transition period for legal aliens
            receiving SSI, (see H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
        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), H495 [12FE]
        Social Security:  investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
            into program, (see H. Res. 340), H904 [5MR]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1445 [24MR]
        Sports:  eliminate professional league rules prohibiting public
            ownership of teams, (see H.R. 590), H11042 [16OC]
        States:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H3972 [22MY]
        Tariff:  televisions, (see H.R. 3602), H4325 [9JN]
        Taxation:  allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
            motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
            opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H5297
            [24JN]
        ------ allow physicians and dentists to use the cash basis of
            accounting for income tax purposes, (see H.R. 4132), H5297
            [24JN]
        ------ allow small employers a credit against costs incurred in
            establishing qualified employer plans, (see H.R. 3300), H1337
            [19MR]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4454), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
            (see H.R. 2695), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H6820 [30JY]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
            [28JA]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
            H6281 [23JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H330 [4FE]
        ------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
            3524), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H2054
            [1AP]
        ------ promote the granting of incentive stock options to nonhighly
            compensated employees, (see H.R. 2788), H1777 [30MR]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H1854
            [31MR]
        ------ 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), H99 [28JA]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
            repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
            4489), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ simplify individual capital gains tax, (see H.R. 3623), H2052
            [1AP]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ tax incentives for land sales for conservation purposes, (see
            H.R. 4496), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
            nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
            H.R. 4611), H8527 [23SE]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see H.R. 4173),
            H5403 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and
            farmers, (see H.R. 2450), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H631 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H7415
            [6AU]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, (see H.R. 3102),
            H386 [5FE]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see H.R. 3774), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ treatment of petroleum storage facilities, (see H.R. 3992),
            H4164 [4JN]
        ------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
            shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H579 [24FE]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H6999 [3AU]
        ------ treatment of year 2000 computer conversion costs for small
            businesses, (see H.R. 4134), H5405 [25JN]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H5859
            [17JY]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7415
            [6AU]
        ------ research health risks posed by the presence of certain
            additives and synthetic fibers in tampons and similar products,
            (see H.R. 2900), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
            H3247 [13MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        American River Watershed:  provide for improved flood protection,
            (see H.R. 3698), H2119 [21AP]
        Foreign trade:  consolidate and enhance trade adjustment assistance
            and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance programs, (see H.R.
            4733), H10075 [8OC]
        Tariff:  anti-cancer drugs, (see H.R. 3386), H903 [5MR], (see H.R.
            3387), H903 [5MR]
        ------ anti-HIV and anti-AIDS drug production, (see H.R. 3385), H903
            [5MR]
        ------ HIV antiviral drug production, (see H.R. 3384), H903 [5MR],
            (see H.R. 3388), H903 [5MR], (see H.R. 3389), H903 [5MR], (see
            H.R. 3390), H903 [5MR], (see H.R. 3391), H903 [5MR], (see H.R.
            3392), H903 [5MR], (see H.R. 3393), H903 [5MR], (see H.R. 3394),
            H903 [5MR], (see H.R. 3428), H1020 [10MR], (see H.R. 3429),
            H1021 [10MR], (see H.R. 3477), H1236 [17MR]
        Taxation:  provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see
            H.R. 4538), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities, (see H.R. 4732), H10075 [8OC]
        Textile industry and fabrics:  modify marketing of certain silk
            products and containers, (see H.R. 3294), H677 [26FE]
      Remarks
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6079 [22JY], H6112 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11977 [19DE]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809), H3409
            [19MY]
        Education:  student loan interest rates, E798<bullet> [7MY]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7053 [4AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), H866 [5MR]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1047 [11MR]
        ----- authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
            Africa (H.R. 1432), consideration (H. Res. 383), H1032 [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8778
            [25SE], H8779 [25SE], H8783 [25SE], H8789 [25SE], H8793 [25SE]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
            (H.R. 4342), H7070 [4AU]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
            (H.R. 4856), H11580 [20OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), E798 [7MY]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H8545
            [24SE]
        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 (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res.
            588), H10371 [10OC]
        Sacramento, CA:  anniversary of Sutter Community Hospital,
            E1973<bullet> [9OC]
        Taxation:  terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4661 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities (H.R. 4732), E1966<bullet> [8OC]
        Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
            emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6769 [30JY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H2914<bullet> [6MY]
        Yolo, CA:  rename Yolo Basin Wetlands in honor of Representative
            Fazio, E1841<bullet> [28SE]
      Tributes
        Chan, Thomas S., E1618<bullet> [7AU]
        Dellums, Representative, H211<bullet> [3FE]
        Fat, Mary, E1964<bullet> [8OC]
        Fazio, Representative, H8545 [24SE]
        Mayberry, Richard L., E10<bullet> [27JA]
        Mikacich, Gerald P. (Jerry), E1665<bullet> [9SE]
        Tsukamoto, Mary T., E8<bullet> [27JA]