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

    VENTO, BRUCE F. (a Representative from Minnesota)
      Addresses
        University of Minnesota Commencement:  Madeleine Korbel Albright,
            Sec. of State, E1167<bullet>-E1169<bullet> [18JN]
      Amendments
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5497 [14JY], H5772 [17JY]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), H1299 [18MR], H1314 [19MR]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1552 [25MR]
      Analyses
        Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act (H.R. 4838), E2283<bullet>
            [21OC]
      Articles and editorials
        Charles Stoddard Dies--He Played Key Role in Reserve Mining Case,
            Dean Rebuffoni, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, E494<bullet>
            [26MR]
        Debts to the Hmong, Washington (DC) Post, E2279<bullet> [21OC]
        Gospel, According to Msgr. Boxleitner, Is With Poor, Catholic Spirit
            (publication), E2290<bullet> [21OC]
        Look Back at KSTP, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, E726<bullet>
            [30AP]
        Muriel Humphrey Brown--A Caring Mother, Loyal Political Partner, St.
            Paul (MN) Pioneer Press, E1819<bullet> [25SE]
        Outstanding Family, Pat Burson, St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press,
            E1832<bullet> [28SE]
        Permanent Fund--Record Dividend on Our Riches, Anchorage (AK) Daily
            News, H6598 [29JY]
        Seeking Answers in Ancient Rain-Forest Remedies Is a Life's Work for
            Plant Hunter, Time (publication), H1315-H1317 [19MR]
        Sister Rita Gets 6-Month Sentence--Do-Gooder Nun Awaits Jail for
            Protest at Fort Benning, GA, Doug Grow, Minneapolis (MN) Star
            Tribune, E148<bullet> [11FE]
        10 Endangered Properties for '98--The Preservation Alliance of
            Minnesota Lists Structures Threatened by Storms, Demolition or
            Neglect, Linda Mack, Minneapolis (MN) Star-Tribune,
            H3419<bullet> [19MY]
        Volunteers Reap the Rewards of Teaching Youngsters To Read, Thomas
            J. Collins, St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press, E706<bullet> [29AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
            cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
            H385 [5FE]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H7617 [11SE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Children and youth:  tribute to child care professionals, (see H.
            Res. 279), H498 [12FE]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H4880 [19JN]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H2423 [28AP]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
            (see H.R. 23), H10353 [9OC]
        Colleges and universities:  improve and strengthen recruitment and
            training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
            [5MR]
        Computers:  develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
            problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
            not disrupted, (see H.R. 3968), H3971 [22MY]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H3625
            [20MY]
        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), H447
            [11FE]
        Copyrights:  prevent the misappropriation of collections of
            information, (see H.R. 2652), H851 [4MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H4055 [3JN], (see H.R.
            4151), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish temporary enrollment priorities for
            the Conservation Reserve Program, (see H.R. 4394), H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H1112 [11MR]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H4880 [19JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  compensate certain Indian tribes for known
            errors in tribal trust fund accounts and establish a process for
            settling disputes, (see H.R. 3782), H7494 [9SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ determination of service connection for certain illnesses
            caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents
            during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3279), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H64 [27JA]
        Developing countries:  recognize the importance of providing access
            to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H6187 [22JY]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H447 [11FE]
        Drugs:  restrict disclosure of prescription information by pharmacy
            owners, pharmacists, and other pharmacy employees, (see H.R.
            3756), H2605 [29AP]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H851
            [4MR]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H9345 [2OC]
        Electronic Fund Transfer Act:  require additional disclosures
            relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international
            transactions, (see H.R. 3726), H5738 [16JY]
        Ericson, Leif:  grant honorary U.S. citizenship, (see H.J. Res.
            122), H4628 [16JN]
        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), H1021
            [10MR]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Financial institutions:  prevent personal financial information from
            being obtained under false pretenses, (see H.R. 4321), H6281
            [23JY]
        ------ protect confidentiality of personal financial information,
            (see H.R. 4478), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ safeguard confidential banking and credit union information,
            (see H.R. 3003), H101 [28JA]
        ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
            safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
            information, (see H.R. 4364), H6879 [31JY]
        Firearms:  require check for restraining orders before the transfer
            of a handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
        Flag--U.S.:  designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-
            staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line
            of duty, (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4479 [10JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2237 [22AP]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ 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. 3636), H3972 [22MY]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
            H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2814 [5MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
            3114), H63 [27JA]
        Insurance:  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), H100 [28JA]
        Investments:  require brokers, dealers, investment companies and
            advisers to protect confidentiality of personal financial
            information, (see H.R. 4479), H9723 [6OC]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8083 [18SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6698 [29JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  extend certain civil service retirement
            options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs
            Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R.
            1215), H851 [4MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        ``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]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4155), H7494 [9SE], (see H.R.
            4650), H9178 [28SE]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H2424 [28AP]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H8528 [23SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H6281 [23JY]
        National Labor Relations Act:  require arbitration of initial
            contract negotiation disputes, (see H.R. 2848), H5593 [15JY]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H7494 [9SE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3744 [21MY]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil production, (see H.R. 3932), H3743 [21MY]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H7415 [6AU]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H1337 [19MR]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H9346 [2OC]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 45), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H11696 [20OC]
        Sports:  extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional
            basketball players, (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1021 [10MR]
        Taxation:  allowable credits and deductions in determining
            alternative minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
            extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H330 [4FE]
        ------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
            4538), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ simplify the individual income tax by repealing adjusted
            gross income limitations on itemized and personal exemption
            deductions, (see H.R. 4053), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned
            income tax credit, (see H.R. 3995), H6453 [24JY]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H4712 [17JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H2237 [22AP]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H6880 [31JY]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H9275 [1OC]
        Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
            tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
            products to children, and establish the American Center on
            Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ 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), H2424 [28AP]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H9345 [2OC]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5298 [24JN]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
            1788), H64 [27JA]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act:
            technical corrections, (see H.R. 3617), H2051 [1AP]
        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]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  conduct Stand Down events and establish
            a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
            in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H6819 [30JY]
        Income:  establish protections for recipients of Federal payments
            made by electronic funds transfer, (see H.R. 4311), H6186 [22JY]
        Public lands:  require congressional approval before entering into
            certain agreements or arrangements, (see H.R. 4122), H5064
            [23JN]
        Taxation:  reduce individual tax preparation time, (see H. Con. Res.
            241), H1112 [11MR]
      Letters
        Alaska Denali Commission funding:  Ralph DeGennaro, Taxpayers for
            Common Sense (organization), H6598 [29JY]
        Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act:  Barbara Larkin, Dept. of
            State, H7513 [10SE]
        Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act:  Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of
            the Interior, H9756<bullet> [7OC]
        ------ Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, H9756<bullet> [7OC]
      Lists
        Court cases interpreting the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, H7514
            [10SE]
      Memorandums
        Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act:  OMB, H9756<bullet>
            [7OC]
      Motions
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H6598 [29JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3771<bullet> [22MY]
        Alaska:  Denali Commission funding, H6598 [29JY], H6599 [29JY]
        ------ prohibit helicopter landings in wilderness areas for purposes
            other than emergency situations, H7713 [15SE]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1805 [31MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 416),
            H2674 [30AP]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2292 [23AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11661<bullet> [20OC]
        Blahoski, Alana:  tribute for participation in Olympic games,
            E215<bullet> [24FE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4224<bullet> [5JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6492
            [28JY]
        Carlson Cos.:  tribute, E472<bullet> [25MR]
        Childs, Timothy:  Minnesota SBA Welfare to Work Award recipient,
            E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6103 [22JY]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), E2278<bullet> [21OC]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10093<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11868 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2917<bullet> [6MY]
        Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act:
            technical corrections (H.R. 3617), E541<bullet> [1AP]
        Congress:  permit points of order against provisions that affect
            legislation established to protect human health, safety, or the
            environment, H3441 [19MY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, H1784 [31MR], H1829 [31MR]
        ----- clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit
            unions (H.R. 1151), H1873 [1AP], H1877 [1AP], H1879 [1AP], H7045
            [4AU], H7051<bullet> [4AU]
        Crime:  consumer fraud (H.R. 1847), H4593<bullet> [16JN]
        Delaney, Ellen:  Minnesota Teacher of the Year award recipient,
            E2351<bullet> [19DE]
        DePass, Dee:  Minnesota SBA Media Small Business Advocate award
            recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  C-130J aircraft development, H5231<bullet> [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5231<bullet> [24JN]
        ------ year 2000 computer problem emergency funding, H5231<bullet>
            [24JN]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H347
            [5FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  funding, H2674 [30AP]
        ------ grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R.
            4838), E2283<bullet> [21OC]
        ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
            H9621 [6OC]
        ------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, H9621 [6OC]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5993<bullet> [21JY], H6027 [21JY], H6148 [22JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 4005), H9478
            [5OC], H9479 [5OC]
        ------ require congressional approval for certain uses of Exchange
            Stabilization Fund, H5701 [16JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5701 [16JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11661<bullet> [20OC]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7713 [15SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  conduct Stand Down events and establish
            a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
            in each State (H.R. 4362), E1480<bullet> [30JY]
        ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
            offsets in FHA funding, H7714 [15SE], H7715 [15SE], H7716 [15SE]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), E2088<bullet> [11OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5754 [17JY], H5772 [17JY],
            H5773 [17JY], H5817 [17JY], H6246 [23JY], H6261 [23JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9621
            [6OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7714 [15SE], H7715 [15SE], H7716 [15SE]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), consideration (H. Res. 413), H2620 [30AP]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6246 [23JY]
        ------ facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests (H.R.
            2870), H1310 [19MR], H1314 [19MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth (H.R. 678), H7441 [9SE]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7534 [10SE]
        ------ improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), H10292 [9OC]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H8052 [18SE], H10672
            [13OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8052 [18SE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees (H.R. 2888), H4489<bullet> [11JN]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            motion to instruct conferees, H6598 [29JY], H6599 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report,
            H9139<bullet> [28SE]
        Ericsson, Leif:  mint coins in conjunction with Iceland in
            commemoration of the millennium of the discovery of the New
            World, H10325 [9OC]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate
            (H.R. 2836), H526 [24FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  improvement of social services,
            E1746<bullet> [17SE]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), H871<bullet>
            [5MR]
        FEMA:  Emergency Food and Shelter Program funding, H6261 [23JY]
        Financial institutions:  allow operating subsidiaries to offer
            certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
            consumer protections, H3186 [13MY]
        ------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), H1687 [27MR], H1784 [31MR], H3135 [13MY], H3140 [13MY],
            H3179 [13MY], H3180 [13MY], H3186 [13MY], H3200 [13MY], H3205
            [13MY], H3210 [13MY], H3211 [13MY], H3212 [13MY], H3213 [13MY],
            H3220 [13MY] increase competition in the financial services
            sector (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 403), H1829 [31MR]
            increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 10),
            consideration (H. Res. 428), H3127 [13MY], H3129 [13MY]
        ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
            holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3205
            [13MY], H3210 [13MY], H3211 [13MY], H3212 [13MY], H3213 [13MY]
        ------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
            sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
            operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
            H3200 [13MY]
        ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
            safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
            information (H.R. 4364), H10217<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ strengthen investor and consumer protections, H3179 [13MY],
            H3180 [13MY]
        ------ sunset on requirement that banks purchase an insurance agency
            to conduct insurance activities in other States, H3220 [13MY]
        Flory, John:  Minnesota SBA Financial Services Advocate of the Year
            award recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, H10325
            [9OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7959<bullet> [17SE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            H8798<bullet> [25SE]
        Forest Service:  road construction funding, H1674 [27MR]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1655 [27MR], H1671 [27MR], H1672
            [27MR], H1674 [27MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4090 [4JN]
        Government:  procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (H.R. 716),
            E966<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (S. 314), H9450
            [5OC]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3441 [19MY]
        Health:  research funding and consultation with indigenous leaders
            relative to medicinal uses of tropical plants, H1314 [19MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2917<bullet> [6MY]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), H717 [3MR]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5817 [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9621 [6OC]
        ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10704 [13OC]
        ------ improve manufactured housing safety regulations, H10704
            [13OC]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5772 [17JY], H5773
            [17JY]
        IMF:  funding, H2292 [23AP], H2674 [30AP], H7959<bullet> [17SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2366 [28AP]
        Jackie Robinson Foundation:  allow purchase of remaining stock of
            Jackie Robinson commemorative coins, H10325 [9OC]
        Jones, Charles:  Minnesota SBA Veteran Small Business Advocate award
            recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        ------ National Veterans Small Business Advocate of the Year award
            recipient, E957<bullet> [22MY]
        KSTP-TV (Minneapolis, MN):  anniversary, E725<bullet> [30AP]
        Labor unions:  allow employees to organize and form collective
            bargaining units to improve salaries and working conditions,
            H4966 [23JN], H4973 [23JN]
        Leesberg, Troy:  Minnesota SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
            recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial (H.R. 1560), H7445 [9SE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
            H10325 [9OC]
        Locketz, Jeff:  Minnesota SBA Minority Small Business Advocate Award
            recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        McCloskey, Sue:  Minnesota SBA Small Business Person of the Year
            award recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        ------ Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year award recipient,
            E957<bullet> [22MY]
        McNeely, James M.:  tribute for ``Hearts and Stars'' sculpture,
            E1470<bullet> [30JY]
        Minnesota:  tribute to participants in America Reads program,
            E706<bullet> [29AP]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5993<bullet> [21JY]
        National Historic Preservation Fund:  extend authorization (H.R.
            1522), H3418<bullet> [19MY]
        National Park Service:  Land and Water Conservation Fund stateside
            program funding, H6027 [21JY]
        National Park System:  renew, reform, reinvigorate, and protect (S.
            1693), H10686 [13OC], H10688 [13OC]
        National parks and recreation areas:  Recreational Fee Demonstration
            Programs extension, H6148 [22JY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1621 [26MR]
        Northland Organic Foods Corp.:  Minnesota Small Business Exporter of
            the Year award recipient, E957<bullet> [22MY]
        Peterson, Amy:  tribute for participation in Olympic games,
            E503<bullet> [27MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1687
            [27MR]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485),
            E544<bullet> [1AP]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9755 [7OC], H9868 [7OC], H9869 [7OC]
        ----- protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
            national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
            (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9743 [7OC], H9744
            [7OC], H9746 [7OC]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            H3771<bullet> [22MY]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H795 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H795 [4MR]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture (H.R. 4309), H10449 [10OC]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), H5558 [15JY], H5559 [15JY]
        ----- feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R. 3267),
            consideration (H. Res. 500), H5545 [15JY]
        ------ prohibit use of Land and Water Conservation Fund funds for
            feasibility study relative to reclamation project, H5558 [15JY]
        Schmidgall, Jenny:  tribute for participation in Olympic games,
            E215<bullet> [24FE]
        Schmitz, Vernon:  Minnesota SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
            recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        Shortridge, Peter:  Minnesota SBA Small Business Exporter of the
            Year award recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8742<bullet> [25SE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4022 [3JN]
        Steinhagen, Rita:  conviction for trespassing at the Army School of
            the Americas, E147<bullet> [11FE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8742<bullet> [25SE], H8942<bullet> [26SE]
        ------ reduce individual tax preparation time (H. Con. Res. 241),
            H4672<bullet> [17JN], E352<bullet> [11MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4672<bullet>
            [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            H3960<bullet> [22MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens (H.R. 2538), H7510 [10SE], H7511 [10SE], H7512 [10SE],
            H7513 [10SE], H7516 [10SE], H7519 [10SE], H7520 [10SE]
        Truth in Lending Act:  require notice of cancellation rights
            relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), H5433 [14JY],
            H5435 [14JY]
        Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
            emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6774 [30JY]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H475<bullet>
            [12FE]
        Winsor, Deb:  Minnesota SBA Women in Business Advocate award
            recipient, E1145<bullet> [17JN]
      Statements
        Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act:  Executive Office of the
            President, H7513 [10SE]
      Summaries
        Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act
            Technical Corrections (H.R. 3617), E541<bullet> [1AP]
      Tributes
        Albright, Sec. of State, E1167<bullet> [18JN]
        Boxleitner, Jerome, E2290<bullet> [21OC]
        Carlson, Curt, E472<bullet> [25MR]
        Crutchfield, Charles E. and Pat W., E1832<bullet> [28SE]
        Greengard, Louie, E2347<bullet> [18DE]
        Humphrey Brown, Muriel, E1818<bullet> [25SE]
        Seiberling, John F., E1671<bullet> [9SE]
        Stoddard, Charles H., E493<bullet> [26MR]