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

    PAYNE, DONALD M. (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act,
            H2296 [23AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Africa:  relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, (see H. Con. Res.
            292), H4879 [19JN]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294), H4961
            [22JN]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H904 [5MR]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H64 [27JA]
        Botswana:  democracy efforts, (see H. Res. 373), H678 [26FE]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H6820 [30JY]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H5493 [14JY]
        China, Republic of:  participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4479 [10JN]
        Coastal Heritage Trail Route:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R.
            2125), H100 [28JA]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H241
            [3FE]
        Courts:  applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
            the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
            H10010 [7OC]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
            [19MR]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
            technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H5402
            [25JN]
        Dept. of Education:  make grants for postsecondary information
            technology education and employment assistance projects, (see
            H.R. 3896), H3488 [19MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H64 [27JA]
        ------ guarantee loans to provide multifamily transitional housing
            for homeless veterans, (see H.R. 3039), H241 [3FE]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H7495 [9SE]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1337
            [19MR]
        Ecology and environment:  negotiation of an international climate
            change agreement, (see H. Con. Res. 106), H65 [27JA]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ provide for various capital investments in technology
            education, (see H.R. 2994), H498 [12FE]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H5404 [25JN]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  reform provisions relative to child
            labor, (see H.R. 1870), H447 [11FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H2120
            [21AP]
        Federal aid programs:  prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
            additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
            needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H4880 [19JN]
        Firearms:  require check for restraining orders before the transfer
            of a handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2424 [28AP]
        Foreign aid:  debt forgiveness for certain Heavily Indebted Poor
            Countries, (see H. Con. Res. 337), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain
            countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H6511 [28JY]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H11023 [15OC]
        Gabon:  elections, (see H. Res. 518), H7414 [6AU]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Great Irish Potato Famine:  issue postage stamp to commemorate
            anniversary of Irish emigration to escape famine, and to honor
            the contributions of these immigrants and their descendants,
            (see H. Con. Res. 232), H755 [3MR]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4325 [9JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
            [22MY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans
            relative to neurobiological disorders, (see H.R. 2110), H100
            [28JA]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care professionals:  training of students relative to
            identification and referral of victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 884), H5737 [16JY]
        Historic buildings and sites:  authorizing appropriations for
            preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
            universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H447 [11FE]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H7179 [4AU]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2606 [29AP]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA], (see H.R. 3049), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ adjust the status of certain nationals of El Salvador,
            Guatemala, and Haiti and eliminate certain rules relative to
            continuous physical presence, (see H.R. 3054), H2706 [30AP]
        Insurance:  prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
            violence, (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
            and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
            individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H100 [28JA]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H3971
            [22MY]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H3106 [12MY]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H2237 [22AP]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6454 [24JY]
        Korea, Republic of:  anniversary of relations with the U.S., (see H.
            Res. 459), H4241 [5JN]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 235),
            H903 [5MR], (see H. Con. Res. 313), H7000 [3AU]
        ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
            Res. 561), H9274 [1OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1445 [24MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6999 [3AU]
        Liberia:  adjust immigration status of certain nationals, (see H.R.
            3915), H6282 [23JY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H329 [4FE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H578 [24FE]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H2423
            [28AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H5493 [14JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H3014 [7MY]
        Nigeria:  efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
            3916), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890), H3487
            [19MY]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H10077 [8OC]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4479 [10JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Public lands:  designate certain national parks, wild and scenic
            rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
            Washington, and Wyoming, (see H.R. 1425), H241 [3FE]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Senior citizens:  establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for
            elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage, (see H.R.
            2681), H101 [28JA]
        Small business:  provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
            portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H100 [28JA]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        Somalia:  economic, humanitarian, and other assistance to northern
            part, (see H. Con. Res. 339), H10076 [8OC]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children, (see H.R. 3459), H2424 [28AP]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive
            compensation, (see H.R. 687), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H1335 [19MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1237 [17MR]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1777 [30MR]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ treatment of child care credit, (see H.R. 2778), H101 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of tobacco products, (see H.R. 3027), H330 [4FE]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H5594 [15JY]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels,
            compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and
            enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research,
            (see H.R. 3028), H330 [4FE]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  provide for a judicial and administrative
            remedy for disputes arising under certain agreements with
            foreign entities, (see H.R. 3578), H1699 [27MR]
        Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H755 [3MR]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H1021 [10MR]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H100 [28JA]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H1159 [12MR]
        Washington Interdependence Council:  establish a memorial to
            Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 3499),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H2331
            [27AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation:  extend authority to
            establish a commemorative work, (see H.R. 4573), H7802 [15SE]
        Colleges and universities:  improve international education at
            postsecondary institutions, (see H.R. 3311), H754 [3MR]
        Guyana:  elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H446 [11FE]
        Immigration:  waive certain inadmissibility grounds for aliens
            married to U.S. citizens relative to political activity in
            Ireland or Northern Ireland, (see H.R. 4494), H7413 [6AU]
        Mauritania:  human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H850
            [4MR]
        Sudan:  human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H850 [4MR]
        Telephones:  require wireless services providers to itemize calls on
            subscribers' bills, (see H.R. 4493), H7413 [6AU]
        Uganda:  condemn forced abduction of children and their use as
            soldiers, (see H. Con. Res. 309), H6453 [24JY]
      Remarks
        Africa:  relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea (H. Con. Res. 292),
            H7461 [9SE]
        African Development Foundation:  funding, E2133<bullet> [13OC]
        Algeria:  human rights violations (H. Res. 374), H2359 [28AP]
        Aviation:  donation of obsolete air traffic control equipment to
            eligible African countries, H1073 [11MR]
        Bahamas:  independence anniversary, E1338<bullet> [17JY]
        Black History Month:  observance, H421 [11FE]
        Botswana:  democracy efforts (H. Res. 373), H1193 [17MR]
        Budget:  balance, H10923 [15OC]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 466), H4536<bullet> [11JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6499
            [28JY]
        China, Republic of:  financial and economic stability, E898<bullet>
            [19MY]
        ------ observance of National Day, E1815<bullet> [25SE]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10111<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11861 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  improve international education at
            postsecondary institutions (H.R. 3311), E729<bullet> [30AP]
        ------ prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in
            admissions based on sex, race, or national origin, H2911<bullet>
            [6MY]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7605<bullet> [11SE]
        Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6991 [3AU]
        Dept. of State:  provide rewards for information leading to arrests
            for terrorism, drug offenses, or serious violations of
            international law relative to the former Yugoslavia (H.R. 4660),
            H10957 [15OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report,
            H9624<bullet> [6OC]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), H2663 [30AP]
        East Orange, NJ:  tribute to John Howard, Jr., Unique School of
            Excellence for efforts to battle hunger, E956<bullet> [22MY]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), H1307 [19MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth (H.R. 678), H7443 [9SE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7538<bullet> [10SE]
        Employee Benefit Research Institute:  anniversary, E1808<bullet>
            [25SE]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4931<bullet> [22JN]
        Essex County, NJ:  tribute to Hospital Center African Heritage Month
            honorees, E110<bullet> [5FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H401<bullet>
            [11FE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1041 [11MR], H1042 [11MR],
            H1044 [11MR], H1066 [11MR], H1073 [11MR], H1074 [11MR], H1075
            [11MR]
        Guyana:  elections (H. Con. Res. 215), H2362 [28AP]
        ------ independence anniversary, E943<bullet> [22MY]
        Harrington, Al:  Gatorade Circle of Champions National High School
            Boys Basketball Player of the Year award recipient, E398<bullet>
            [17MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6409<bullet> [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2911<bullet> [6MY],
            E729<bullet> [30AP]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9157 [28SE]
        Hillside, NJ:  anniversary, E688<bullet> [28AP]
        Immigration:  extend the visa processing period for diversity
            applicants whose processing was suspended due to embassy
            bombings (H.R. 4821), H10924 [15OC]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination (H. Con. Res. 235), H1206
            [17MR]
        Labor unions:  allow employees to organize and form collective
            bargaining units to improve salaries and working conditions,
            H4959 [22JN]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
            H4583<bullet> [16JN]
        McLeon, Addison, E2067<bullet> [11OC]
        Morocco:  eligibility to participate in sub-Saharan Africa trade and
            investment programs, H1074 [11MR], H1075 [11MR]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), H4266<bullet> [9JN]
        New Jersey:  funding for monument to Irish immigrants who worked on
            the Delaware and Raritan Canal, H1197 [17MR]
        Newark, NJ:  anniversary of Newark Community School of the Arts,
            E70<bullet> [3FE]
        ------ Joseph Minish Waterfront Park and Historic Area funding,
            H4931<bullet> [22JN]
        ------ tribute to students for winning ``Kindness and Justice
            Challenge'', E331<bullet> [10MR]
        Northern Ireland:  encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
            condemn violence and address human rights violations (H. Con.
            Res. 152), H1197 [17MR]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement:  grant congressional
            consent (S. 1134), H10928 [15OC]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3281<bullet> [14MY]
        Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement:  grant
            congressional consent (S.J. Res. 35), H10926 [15OC]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H262<bullet> [4FE]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10929 [15OC]
        Uganda:  condemn forced abduction of children and their use as
            soldiers (H. Con. Res. 309), H10184 [8OC], H10185 [8OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H4960 [22JN], H6509 [28JY]
      Tributes
        Bergen, Elvera, E1272<bullet> [26JN]
        Bergen, Stanley S., Jr., E427<bullet> [19MR]
        Epperson, Louise, E1988<bullet> [9OC]
        Hamilton, Representative, H9171 [28SE]
        Herman, Bennett, E1054<bullet> [5JN]
        Legay, Nathaniel B., E765<bullet> [5MY]
        Lewis, Evelyn G., E1142<bullet> [16JN]
        Mbiti, John S., E330<bullet> [10MR]
        Payne, William, E1190<bullet> [22JN]
        Sisulu, Albertina, E2275<bullet> [21OC]
        Smith, Mary P., E1949<bullet> [8OC], E2035<bullet> [10OC]
        Spivey, Wilbert, E1336<bullet> [17JY]
        Stokes, Representative, H6236 [23JY]
        Talmadge, Quilla, E1113<bullet> [11JN]
        Wilcots, Anthony W., E329<bullet> [10MR]