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

    POVERTY related term(s) Homeless; Hunger
      Addresses
        Health Care Reform in 1998--What Can We Expect From the 105th
            Congress? Representative Gingrich, E911 [20MY]
        Non-Benign Neglect--America and the Developing World in the Era of
            Globalization:  James G. Speth, E2191-E2193 [15OC]
        Workforce Development:  Edward Rendell, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA,
            E457 [24MR]
      Amendments
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY],
            H7620 [14SE]
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S9604 [31JY], S9629 [31JY], S9646 [31JY]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S12511 [14OC]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3152), H5387 [25JN]
      Analyses
        American Homeownership Act (H.R. 3899), H10709-H10711 [13OC]
        Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act (H.R. 4838), E2283 [21OC]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
            [24SE]
      Articles and editorials
        At 18, It's Sink or Swim--For Ex-Foster Children Transition Is
            Difficult, E1477 [30JY]
        Battle Won, A Center Born--Nurse Midwife To Open Birthing Facility
            for D.C.'s Poor, E1921 [6OC]
        For Nurses, a Barrier Broken--It's a Test Insurers Are Backing--Can
            Primary Care Work Without Doctors?, S9486 [30JY]
        Gospel, According to Msgr. Boxleitner, Is With Poor, E2290 [21OC]
        Habitat for Humanity Tribute, E509 [30MR]
        Head Start Vote in the House, H7641 [14SE]
        Huckabee Flees Forum After Welfare Protest, E704 [29AP]
        Is There Really Hunger in America, Joseph Ioffe, S12670 [16OC]
        Most Dropped From Welfare Don't Get Jobs--Critics of Work Rules Cite
            New York Study, S2379 [23MR]
        New Transatlantic, E1296 [14JY]
        Not Enough Lifeboats, E356 [11MR]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, S503 [9FE]
        Poverty in Republic Is Second in U.N. Report, E2045 [10OC]
        Rural Areas Complain of Pitiful Neglect--Towns Such as Ballina in
            County Mayo Typify the Region's Poor Relation Status, E2045
            [10OC]
        Sanctions--A Force Behind Falling Welfare Rolls--States Are Cutting
            Off Tens of Thousands Who Won't Seek Work or Follow Rules, S2378
            [23MR]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, S502 [9FE]
        Whatever Happened to Politics?, S15 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions
        Children and youth:  access of disadvantaged children to dental
            services, (see S. 2583), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive, (see S. 2598), S12163
            [9OC], (see H.R. 4825), H10832 [13OC]
        Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
            4629), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, (see
            S. 1927), S3120 [2AP], (see H.R. 3622), H2051 [1AP]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  establish demonstration
            projects to determine the effects of asset-based welfare
            policies, (see H.R. 4254), H5736 [16JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ study options for the design, development, implementation,
            and operation of a national database to track participation in
            Federal means-tested public assistance programs, (see S. 2447),
            S9973 [8SE]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families, (see
            H.R. 4838), H10917 [14OC]
        District of Columbia:  designate as empowerment zone and modify tax
            treatment of residents, (see H.R. 3329), H850 [4MR]
        Education:  encourage local agencies to work with the private sector
            to provide care to children under compulsory school attendance
            age, (see H.R. 3129), H99 [28JA]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, (see H.R. 3296), H677 [26FE]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs, (see S. 2418), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ prohibit States from imposing restrictions on additional
            children relative to the temporary assistance to needy families
            program, (see H.R. 4066), H4628 [16JN]
        ------ reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and Employment Program
            and apply savings to emergency food assistance programs, (see
            H.R. 4571), H7802 [15SE]
        ------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
            to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates,
            (see H.R. 4692), H9345 [2OC]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage, (see
            H.R. 3118), H99 [28JA]
        Head Start Act:  amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S.
            2206), S6886 [23JN], H3311 [14MY], (see H.R. 4439), H7411 [6AU]
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
            (see S. 1754), S1884 [12MR]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, (see S. 2074), S4823 [13MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H329 [4FE]
        ------ ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs are
            carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R. 3545),
            H1549 [25MR]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
            methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, (see
            H.R. 4551), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435, S. 1877), S2719 [27MR], H1111 [11MR]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Insurance:  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]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
            S. 2485), S10423 [16SE], (see H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children, (see
            H.R. 3640, S. 2382), S9425 [30JY], H2052 [1AP]
        Medicare:  establish a demonstration project to increase awareness
            of the availability of costsharing assistance to eligible
            beneficiaries, (see S. 2528), S11122 [29SE], (see H.R. 4662),
            H9274 [1OC]
        ------ improve access to benefits for certain individuals and
            provide financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to
            afford premiums, (see H.R. 4799), H10513 [10OC]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  pilot program for the use of optical memory
            cards, (see H.R. 4317), H6281 [23JY]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program, (see S.
            2586), S11970 [8OC]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S6564 [18JN],
            (see H.R. 4179), H5403 [25JN]
        Social Security:  improve coverage of low-income children under
            State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, (see
            H.R. 4767), H10352 [9OC]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children, (see H.R. 3459), H1158 [12MR]
        States:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H3104 [12MY]
        Taxation:  designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709
            [28AP], (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125, S. 2230),
            S7172 [25JN], H99 [28JA]
        ------ extend work opportunity tax credit relative to dislocated
            workers in areas suffering extensive job losses, (see S. 2018),
            S3919 [30AP]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H676
            [26FE]
        ------ promote job creation and expand small businesses in
            economically-distressed communities, (see H.R. 3643), H2052
            [1AP]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see H.R. 3774, S. 2366), S9137 [28JY], H2705 [30AP]
        Telecommunications:  establish a program for training and employing
            residents of low-income rural areas in new telecommunications
            industry jobs, (see S. 2624), S12309 [10OC]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities, (see S. 2215), S7172 [25JN],
            (see H.R. 4097), H4879 [19JN]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H329 [4FE]
      Conference reports
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
      Cost Estimates
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act (S. 1754):  CBO, S8418
            [16JY]
      Letters
        Children's Health Equity Act:  Washington congressional delegation,
            E1736 [16SE]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start
            Association, H7641 [14SE]
        Fannie Mae Trillion Dollar Commitment program:  Alex Penelas, Mayor
            of Miami, FL, E417 [18MR]
        ------ Emanuel Cleaver II, Mayor of Kansas City, MO, E416 [18MR]
        ------ Lee P. Brown, Mayor of Houston, TX, E417 [18MR]
        ------ Michael P. Peters, Mayor of Hartford, CT, E416 [18MR]
        ------ Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, MN, E388 [17MR]
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act:  several health and
            education organizations, S1891 [12MR]
        Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:  Maria
            Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, H715
            [3MR]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H8500 [23SE]
        ------ Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H8500
            [23SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H8499 [23SE]
        Patient Access to Responsible Care Act:  Dennis S. O'Leary, Margaret
            E. O'Kane, and Randolph D. Smoak, Jr., American Medical
            Accreditation Program, S681 [12FE]
        ------ Floyd D. Loop, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, S682 [12FE]
        Standardize relationships for group health plans and enrollees:
            Boone Powell, Jr., Baylor Health Care System, S682 [12FE]
        Tribute to Representative Tony Hall's effort to combat hunger:
            Unity Against Hunger and Poverty (coalition), E2101 [12OC]
      Lists
        Groups supporting S. 2215, establish the Strategic Transitional
            Employment Program for the long-term unemployed living in
            poverty in certain identified communities, S7175 [25JN]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Desertification
            Working Group recommendations, E1946 [8OC]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Microfinance Working
            Group recommendations, E1946 [8OC]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Popular Coalition To
            Eradicate Hunger and Poverty Working Group recommendations,
            E1946 [8OC]
      Poems
        ``Lasting Impressions of La Habana,'' Heidi McGurrin, E846 [13MY]
      Press releases
        America's Most Vulnerable List--1.8 Million Poor Seniors and
            Children Locked Out of Nation's Housing:  Dept. of HUD, H5814
            [17JY]
      Remarks in House
        Baltimore, MD:  tribute to Catholic Relief Services, E1642 [7AU]
        Bankruptcy:  impact of reforms on economically-disadvantaged
            individuals, H4374 [10JN]
        Bernard, Elaine De La Torre:  Central California Hispanic Chamber of
            Commerce Business Woman of the Year award recipient, E125 [11FE]
        Bet Tzedek Legal Services (organization):  tribute, E4 [28JA]
        Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp.:  tribute, E1214 [24JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to ``A Matriot's Dream--
            Health Care for All'' exhibit, E846 [13MY]
        Charlotte, MI:  tribute to contributors to Habitat for Humanity
            (organization) House That Congress Built project, E2346 [18DE],
            E2347 [18DE], E2351 [19DE]
        Charlotte, NC:  tribute to Unity Against Hunger and Poverty
            (coalition), E2101 [12OC]
        Chicago State University:  observance of National Annual TRIO Day,
            E224 [25FE]
        Colorado:  tribute to Plant a Row for the Hungry Project, E1880
            [2OC]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones (H.R. 3622), E542 [1AP]
        Cuba:  humanitarian assistance, E1134 [16JN]
        Darling, Sharon:  John Hopkins University Albert Schweitzer Prize
            for Humanitarianism award recipient, E1797 [24SE]
        De La Torre, Carol:  Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
            Business Woman of the Year award recipient, E125 [11FE]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, H20 [27JA], H21 [27JA], H854
            [5MR], H4067 [4JN], H7695 [15SE], H9595 [6OC], H10357 [10OC],
            H10359 [10OC], H10360 [10OC], H10362 [10OC], H10365 [10OC],
            H10516 [11OC], H10527 [11OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Emergency Food Assistance Program funding,
            E2101 [12OC]
        ------ emergency food assistance program funding for food banks,
            H4997 [23JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, H11651 [20OC]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
        Dept. of HUD:  expansion and improvement of Houston, TX, field
            office, E1497 [31JY]
        ------ grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R.
            4838), E2283 [21OC]
        ------ Rental Assistance Voucher Program funding, H5763 [17JY],
            H5764 [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5766 [17JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1903 [1AP], H1997-H2000 [1AP]
        District of Columbia:  designate as empowerment zone and modify tax
            treatment of residents (H.R. 3329), E282 [4MR]
        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 (H.R. 1050), H5915 [20JY]
        Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, H28-H30 [4JN],
            H4133 [4JN]
        Focus--HOPE (organization):  anniversary, E1401 [23JY]
        Foodlink for Tulare County, Inc.:  anniversary, E1797 [24SE]
        Foods banks:  level of supplies, E248 [26FE], E390 [17MR], E394
            [17MR]
        Fresno, CA:  Poverello House (organization) anniversary, E2224
            [16OC]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R.
            3118), E42 [28JA]
        Head Start Act:  amend (H.R. 4241), E1328 [17JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860 [14MY],
            E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), H10748-H10771 [13OC], E2203 [15OC]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H20 [27JA], H68 [28JA], H75 [28JA], H78-H84 [28JA],
            H293 [4FE], H307-H312 [4FE], H3632 [21MY], E501 [27MR], E910
            [20MY], E1122 [11JN]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H10523 [11OC]
        ------ provide national quality standards for all health care plans,
            H295 [4FE], H296 [4FE]
        Homeless:  housing programs for veterans (H.R. 1754), H883 [5MR]
        House of Representatives:  participate in and support activities to
            provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 147),
            H4824 [18JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5874-H5879
            [20JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H5642-H5649
            [16JY], H5814-H5821 [17JY], E1344 [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9613-H9618
            [6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9621 [6OC], H9623 [6OC]
        ------ deregulation of public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, E1401 [23JY]
        ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10675 [13OC],
            H10691-H10711 [13OC], E887 [19MY], E2209 [15OC]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5772 [17JY], H5773
            [17JY], E1343 [17JY]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons (H.R. 3635), E582 [2AP]
        Houston, TX:  anniversary of Food Bank, E286 [4MR]
        Insurance:  prevent conflicts of interest in the use of
            administrative vendors in the administration of State children's
            health insurance plans (H.R. 3713), E626 [22AP]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development:  anniversary, E1946
            [8OC]
        Job Corps:  funding, H7007 [4AU], H7557 [10SE]
        Long Beach, CA:  tribute to Legal Aid Foundation, E1628 [7AU]
        LSC:  funding, H6974-H6983 [3AU], E1534 [4AU], E1537 [4AU], E1602
            [7AU], E1668 [9SE]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (H.R.
            4583), E1736 [16SE]
        ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children (H.R.
            3640), E562 [2AP]
        ------ reform, H4223 [5JN]
        Milwaukee, WI:  St. Rose Residence anniversary, E781 [6MY]
        Montgomery, AL:  tribute to Habitat for Humanity (organization),
            E509 [30MR]
        National Association of Letter Carriers:  tribute to food drive
            efforts, H2936 [7MY]
        ------ tribute to food drive sponsorship, E663 [23AP]
        National City, CA:  tribute to Community Food Bank of National City
            for receipt of Victory Against Hunger Award, E1244 [26JN]
        National Day of Caring:  observance, E243 [26FE]
        New York, NY:  tribute to Save Our Youth Initiative Congressional
            Youth Council, E1179 [19JN]
        Nobel Prize:  recognition of Amartya Sen for economic sciences,
            E2157 [14OC]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products (H.R. 4189), E1259 [26JN], E1273 [26JN]
        Orphan Foundation of America:  tribute, E1476 [30JY]
        Paterson Task Force for Community Action, Inc.:  tribute, E813
            [12MY]
        People's Self-Help Housing (organization):  tribute, E899 [19MY]
        Project for Pride in Living (organization):  Fannie Mae Foundation
            Sustained Excellence Award recipient, E948 [22MY]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8498-H8501 [23SE], E1796
            [24SE]
        ------ 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 [12OC]
        ------ reform, H848 [4MR], H945 [10MR], H1223 [17MR], H1427 [24MR],
            H2084 [21AP], H2085 [21AP], H7814 [16SE], H10839 [14OC], E703
            [29AP], E1542 [4AU]
        Santa Maria, CA:  tribute to GSS Family Thrift Store fundraising
            efforts for homeless shelters, E1378 [22JY]
        Senior citizens:  nutrition programs funding, H5197 [24JN], H5198
            [24JN]
        Smith, Barbara:  Green Thumb, Inc., Prime Time Award recipient, E364
            [12MR]
        Social Security:  reform, E1601 [7AU]
        South Florida Food Recovery (organization):  anniversary, E1846
            [29SE]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children (H.R. 3459), E361 [12MR]
        ------ treatment of certain cash awards from tax-exempt groups
            relative to fulfilling wishes for children with life-threatening
            diseases, H8500 [23SE]
        Taxation:  earned income tax credit, H5041 [23JN]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit (H.R. 3290), E237 [26FE]
        ------ treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and
            farmers (H.R. 2450), E248 [26FE]
        Togetherness With Love Center, Inc.:  tribute, E1772 [22SE]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (H.R. 4097), E1177 [19JN]
        Valdez, Edward C.:  Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
            Latin American Businessman of the Year award recipient, E130
            [11FE]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3152), H5386 [25JN]
      Remarks in Senate
        Children and youth:  access of disadvantaged children to dental
            services (S. 2583), S11976 [8OC]
        ------ provide health insurance for uninsured children, S2746 [30MR]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive (S. 2598), S12165 [9OC]
        Civilian Conservation Corps:  anniversary, S4132 [1MY]
        ------ tribute, S3232 [3AP]
        Colleges and universities:  increase undergraduate teaching duties
            of professors at research universities, S7829 [9JY]
        Colorado:  public welfare programs reform legislation, S10641-S10643
            [21SE]
        Columbia University:  anniversary of School of Public Health, S10609
            [18SE]
        ------ tribute to Mailman Foundation for endowment to School of
            Public Health, S10609 [18SE]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones (S. 1927), S3141 [2AP]
        Community Development Financial Institutions Fund:  funding, S8443
            [17JY]
        Congress:  legislative priorities, S300 [3FE]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, S3 [27JA], S99-S109 [28JA],
            S700-S704 [12FE], S707 [12FE], S4139-S4141 [1MY], S4606 [11MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Nutrition Education and Training Program
            funding, S8327 [16JY]
        ------ Nutrition Program for the Elderly funding, S8327 [16JY],
            S8328 [16JY]
        ------ school breakfast research project funding, S10606 [18SE]
        ------ study options for the design, development, implementation,
            and operation of a national database to track participation in
            Federal means-tested public assistance programs (S. 2447), S9977
            [8SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  military families food stamp usage report, S9376
            [30JY]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, S4979 [18MY], S4980 [18MY]
        ----- reform and reauthorize the State Student Incentive Grant
            Program (S. 1644), S750 [12FE], S751 [12FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  report on the number of former welfare recipients
            that are now economically self-sufficient, S1218-S1224 [3MR],
            S1234-S1236 [3MR], S2377-S2381 [23MR]
        Dept. of HUD:  Mark-to-Market Program implementation, S7560 [7JY]
        ------ provide extra points or preferences to grant applications
            from empowerment zones or enterprise communities, S8443 [17JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, S1682-S1684 [10MR]
        Disabled:  provide accessible and affordable health care for
            disabled persons, S2746 [30MR]
        Education:  support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, S7834 [9JY]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education, S11120 [29SE]
        ------ voucher program to provide school choice, S6115 [10JN]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs (S. 2418), S9591 [31JY], S9592 [31JY]
        Focus--HOPE (organization):  anniversary, S1657 [9MR]
        Goodwill Industries International, Inc.:  tribute, S4561 [8MY]
        Goodwill Industries Week:  observance, S4561 [8MY]
        Greenwich School Age Child Care Inc.:  anniversary, S6427 [16JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN],
            S9061 [27JY], S9067-S9087 [27JY], S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S1890-S1893 [12MR], S8418 [16JY], S9629-S9647 [31JY]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S12024 [8OC], S12511-S12529 [14OC], S12575 [14OC],
            S12592 [14OC], S12640 [15OC]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S13-S15 [27JA], S679-S682 [12FE], S707 [12FE], S4198
            [4MY], S7606 [7JY], S8266 [15JY] national policy to provide
            health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2074),
            S4825-S4827 [13MY]
        Health care facilities:  nursing school administered primary care
            clinics funding, S9485 [30JY]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
            implementation, S1661 [9MR], S2104 [17MR]
        Higher Education Act:  expand educational opportunities for students
            of low-income families, S7847 [9JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform to
            Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, S11833 [8OC],
            S11837 [8OC], S11840-S11843 [8OC], S11845 [8OC]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S7559-S7561 [7JY],
            S8372-S8374 [16JY]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S11838 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
            methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, S8366
            [16JY]
        ------ provide affordable housing and expand homeownership
            opportunities, S8438 [17JY], S8441 [17JY]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing (S.
            1877), S2724 [27MR], S2725 [27MR]
        Job Corps:  funding, S4026 [1MY]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (S.
            2485), S10437 [16SE]
        ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children (S.
            2382), S9439 [30JY], S9440 [30JY]
        Medicare:  establish a demonstration project to increase awareness
            of the availability of costsharing assistance to eligible
            beneficiaries (S. 2528), S11126 [29SE]
        ------ use of tobacco revenues to restore solvency, S2882 [1AP],
            S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        National Association of Letter Carriers:  tribute to food drive
            efforts, S5142 [19MY]
        Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.:  anniversary,
            S1900 [12MR]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), S12036 [8OC]
        ------ continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S1548 [9MR], S3346 [21AP]
        ------ continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S11089-S11093 [29SE]
        ------ reform, S107-S109 [28JA], S502 [9FE], S504 [9FE],
            S10641-S10643 [21SE]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program (S.
            2586), S11981 [8OC]
        Schools:  development of high school dropout prevention programs,
            S6921 [24JN]
        ------ high school dropout prevention programs development,
            S3485-S3488 [23AP], S3494 [23AP]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs (S. 2190), S6567-S6570
            [18JN], S7294 [26JN]
        St. Louis, MO:  anniversary of Covenant House, S10138 [9SE]
        Taxation:  designate renewal communities (S. 1995), S3715-S3720
            [28AP]
        ------ earned income tax credit, S8324 [16JY]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit (S. 2230), S7192 [25JN],
            S7193 [25JN]
        ------ extend work opportunity tax credit relative to dislocated
            workers in areas suffering extensive job losses (S. 2018), S3936
            [30AP]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252),
            S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S12577
            [14OC]
        ------ tax incentives to donate to elementary and secondary schools
            and other organizations providing scholarships to disadvantaged
            students, S3396-S3398 [22AP], S3422 [22AP], S3469 [23AP], S3470
            [23AP]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (S.
            2366), S9138 [28JY]
        Telecommunications:  establish a program for training and employing
            residents of low-income rural areas in new telecommunications
            industry jobs (S. 2624), S12341 [10OC]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (S. 2215), S7172-S7175 [25JN]
        Vermont State Housing Authority:  anniversary, S3178 [2AP]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3152), S9318 [29JY]
        West Virginia:  tribute to Energy Express Project, S9146 [28JY]
        World Concern Development Organization:  tribute, S9861 [2SE]
        World Vision Relief and Development (organization):  tribute, S9861
            [2SE]
      Reports
        Empty Shelves--1998 Survey of U.S. Food Banks:  Representative Tony
            P. Hall, E248-E250 [26FE]
        Future of Public Hospitals:  Bailus Walker and Deitra Hazelwood Lee,
            E501 [27MR]
        Health Insurance Standards--New Federal Law Creates Challenges for
            Consumers, Insurers, Regulators:  GAO, S1662 [9MR]
        Hunger 1997--The Faces and Facts:  Second Harvest (organization),
            S1802 [11MR]
      Reports filed
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
            Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
        Head Start Program Reauthorization and Amendments:  Committee on
            Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256),
            S8657 [21JY]
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act:  Committee on Labor
            and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1754) (S. Rept. 105-220), S6883
            [23JN]
        Public Assistance and Benefits for Noncitizens Clarification and
            Improvement:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4558)
            (H. Rept. 105-735), H8461 [22SE]
      Reports to constituents
        Hamilton, Representative:  Literacy in America, E1656 [9SE]
        ------ Social Security Reform, E1303 [15JY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Pledge to overcome racism, poverty and injustice:  Focus--HOPE
            (organization), S1657 [9MR]
      Statements
        Humanitarian Aid to Cuba:  Theodore E. McCarrick, U.S. Catholic
            Conference, and John H. Ricard, Catholic Relief Services, E1134
            [16JN]
        Increase Pell Grant Awards to Certain Students:  Paul J. Lynskey,
            H613 [25FE]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
        SSI Treatment of Certain Cash Awards Relative to Fulfilling Wishes
            for Children With Life-Threatening Diseases:  Tony Leal, Jr.,
            Make-A-Wish Foundation, H8500 [23SE]
      Summaries
        Are States Improving the Lives of Poor Families?--A Scale Measure of
            State Welfare Policies:  Tufts University Center on Hunger and
            Poverty, S1220 [3MR]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations (H.R. 4194):  Title V on Deregulation of Public
            Housing and Rental Assistance Programs and Increase Community
            Control Over Such Programs, H9614-H9616 [6OC]
        Make Grants To Establish Additional Rural Enterprise Communities and
            Empowerment Zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
      Testimonies
        Toyota Family Literacy Program:  Raynice Brumfield, S3736 [28AP]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 208, access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, H5874 [20JY]
        H.R. 3152, exempt certain food bank volunteers from the Fair Labor
            Standards Act, H5387 [25JN]
        H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act, H10691-H10701 [13OC]
        H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical
            Amendments Act, H8498 [23SE]
        S. 1644, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Act, S750
            [12FE]
        S. 1754, Health Professions Education Partnership Act, S1930-S1947
            [13MR], S9629-S9646 [31JY], S12511-S12529 [14OC], H10748-H10768
            [13OC]
        S. 1927, Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act, S3142 [2AP]
        S. 2190, Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act, S6568
            [18JN]
        S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
        ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
        S. 2366, tax treatment of Native American housing assistance
            programs, S9139 [28JY]
        S. 2382, Children's Health Assurance Through the Medicaid Program
            (CHAMP) Act, S9440 [30JY]
        S. 2447, Dept. of Agriculture study of options for the design,
            development, implementation, and operation of a national
            database to track participation in Federal means-tested public
            assistance programs, S9977 [8SE]
        S. 2583, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S11977-S11980
            [8OC]
        S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982 [8OC]
        S. 2598, Children's Lead Prevention and Inclusive Treatment Act,
            S12165-S12167 [9OC]
        S. 2624, Rural Employment in Telecommunications Industry Act, S12341
            [10OC]