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

    GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)
      Amendments
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4511 [11JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7140 [4AU]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5838 [17JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H4324 [9JN]
        Budget:  reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
            emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
            programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
            mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H11023 [15OC]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H3024 [11MY]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish, (see H.R. 3007), H678 [26FE]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H851
            [4MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H1159 [12MR]
        Crime:  increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade
            arrest, (see H.R. 3438), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children, (see
            H.R. 3494), H1298 [18MR]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish temporary enrollment priorities for
            the Conservation Reserve Program, (see H.R. 4394), H7429 [7AU]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H5957 [20JY]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2836), H101 [28JA]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H7584 [10SE]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H1337 [19MR]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
            H4629 [16JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
            [28SE]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial, (see H. Res. 144), H3247
            [13MY]
        ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicare:  eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H11023 [15OC]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H6281 [23JY]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5594 [15JY]
        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), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R. 612), H631
            [25FE]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H904 [5MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H2120
            [21AP]
        ------ 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), H579 [24FE]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H692 [2MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7495 [9SE]
        Tobacco products:  limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, (see
            H.R. 2740), H241 [3FE]
        ------ waive certain sanctions against States that penalize minors'
            drivers licenses for purchasing or possessing tobacco products,
            (see H.R. 4159), H5403 [25JN]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H6999 [3AU]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3625 [20MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        National Center for Bioengineering Research:  establish, (see H.R.
            4170), H5403 [25JN]
        Tariff:  oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers, (see H.R. 3323), H850
            [4MR], (see H.R. 3657), H2053 [1AP]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H6853 [31JY]
      Motions
        House of Representatives:  adjournment, H6508 [28JY]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H7925 [17SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  impact of the market price of crops and disasters on
            family farms, H6422 [24JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H7694<bullet> [15SE]
        ------ reform Federal regulations and assistance programs, H1689
            [27MR]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5010 [23JN], H5011 [23JN],
            H5079 [24JN]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, H6422 [24JY]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, H1292
            [18MR], H1293 [18MR], H1294 [18MR]
        ------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 227), H1273
            [18MR]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H856 [5MR], H1174 [17MR], H1303 [19MR]
        ------ balance, H2082 [21AP], H2083 [21AP], H2084 [21AP], H2085
            [21AP], H7699 [15SE]
        ------ deficit, H1425 [24MR], H1426 [24MR], H1427 [24MR], H1428
            [24MR], H1429 [24MR], H1430 [24MR], H1431 [24MR], H2083 [21AP]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4212 [5JN] setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003
            (H. Con. Res. 284), consideration (H. Res. 455), H4143 [4JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6500
            [28JY], H6508<bullet> [28JY], H6508 [28JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H6419 [24JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11944<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H9596 [6OC],
            H10922 [15OC]
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4513 [11JN], H4514 [11JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5010 [23JN], H5011 [23JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5079 [24JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  Weed and Seed Program funding through rescissions
            in Public Telecommunications Facilities Program funding, H7140
            [4AU], H7142 [4AU]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6030 [21JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7140 [4AU], H7142
            [4AU]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school
            choice, H2823 [6MY]
        Drug abuse:  needle exchange programs, H2311 [23AP]
        Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, H2307 [23AP],
            H2308 [23AP], H2309 [23AP], H2310 [23AP], H2311 [23AP]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, H5069 [24JN]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H6750 [29JY], H10671
            [13OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H7929 [17SE]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4929 [22JN]
        Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs
            (H.R. 4017), H9102<bullet> [28SE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
            4017), H9102<bullet> [28SE]
        ------ extend certain programs (S. 417), H10954 [15OC]
        Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
            3824), H4588 [16JN]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements, H6422 [24JY]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8785 [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4107 [4JN]
        ------ prohibit discrimination against certain beliefs and
            traditions, H4107 [4JN]
        IMF:  funding, H2305 [23AP], H2306 [23AP]
        Minnesota:  tribute to Southeastern Minnesota High School Honors
            Choir, H9182 [29SE]
        Mississippi River:  environmental management program funding, H4929
            [22JN]
        Morality and ethics:  national objectives, H2088 [21AP]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5010 [23JN], H5011
            [23JN]
        Nuclear weapons:  strategic defense initiative, H5301 [25JN]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H5481 [14JY]
        ------ prohibit use of White House meals or accommodations for
            fundraising, H5481 [14JY]
        Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
            fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
            owners and operators, H9102<bullet> [28SE], H10954 [15OC]
        Public welfare programs:  reform, H1427 [24MR], H2084 [21AP], H7814
            [16SE], H10839 [14OC]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H1425 [24MR], H1426 [24MR],
            H1427 [24MR], H1428 [24MR], H1429 [24MR], H1430 [24MR], H1431
            [24MR], H2305 [23AP], H2306 [23AP], H2307 [23AP], H2308 [23AP],
            H2309 [23AP], H2310 [23AP], H2311 [23AP], H3302 [14MY], H3305
            [14MY], H3306 [14MY], H10922 [15OC]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H110 [3FE], H246 [4FE]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H2082 [21AP]
        ------ choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule
            application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R.
            3008), H2082 [21AP]
        ------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
            surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
            (H.R. 4578), H9090 [28SE]
        ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, H2086 [21AP]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, H5968 [21JY]
        States:  establish community notification system relative to release
            of convicted sex offenders, H4513 [11JN], H4514 [11JN]
        ------ establish registration, tracking, and community notification
            procedures relative to convicted sex offenders, H2347 [28AP]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2127 [22AP]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty, H4212 [5JN]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H9090 [28SE]
        ------ rates, H2084 [21AP], H2085 [21AP], H2307 [23AP], H2308
            [23AP], H2309 [23AP], H2310 [23AP], H10671 [13OC]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4974 [23JN]
        Votes:  position on missed, H731<bullet> [3MR], E1191<bullet> [22JN]
        Wabasha, MN:  National Eagle Center funding, H6030 [21JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H753 [3MR], H4832 [18JN]
        Special order:  granted, H558 [24FE], H689 [2MR], H1640 [26MR],
            H2930 [6MY], H3011 [7MY], H5294 [24JN], H6181 [22JY], H6451
            [24JY], H6509 [28JY], H10009 [7OC]
      Reports
        Education at a Crossroads:  Committee on Education and the Workforce
            (House), H6750-H6752 [29JY]
      Tributes
        Hogan, John E., H618 [25FE]