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

    BACHUS, SPENCER (a Representative from Alabama)
      Articles and editorials
        Religion Should Not Be a Political Tool, Wall Street Journal, H11802
            [18DE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance
            programs, (see H.R. 1438), H5404 [25JN]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H678 [26FE]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H631 [25FE]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        Budget:  guarantee honesty, (see H.R. 4012), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, (see H. Con. Res.
            216), H446 [11FE]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks, (see H.R. 2327), H8461
            [22SE]
        ------ ensure parental access to educational information and
            curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
            requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
            federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H496 [12FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H496 [12FE]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy, (see H. Con. Res. 301), H5859 [17JY]
        Clean Air Act:  modify application of certain provisions relative to
            inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within
            nonattainment areas, (see H.R. 4157), H6187 [22JY]
        ------ proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in the eastern
            U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen, (see H.R.
            3690), H2424 [28AP], (see H.R. 4136), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ provide 2-year period prior to statutory reclassification of
            areas that fail to attain clean air standards, (see H.R. 4136),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        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]
        ------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, (see H.R. 2380), H1550
            [25MR]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions and reduce tax rates for qualified
            community lenders, (see H.R. 1121), H1112 [11MR]
        Crime:  prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H2236 [22AP]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  eliminate Market Access Program, (see H.R.
            972), H5404 [25JN]
        ------ expand School Breakfast Program and provide greater access to
            snacks in school-based childcare programs, (see H.R. 3086), H678
            [26FE]
        Dept. of Commerce:  abolish, (see H.R. 1319), H5493 [14JY], (see
            H.R. 2667), H5493 [14JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile
            defense systems, (see H.R. 2786), H65 [27JA]
        Dept. of Education:  abolish, (see H.R. 1812), H64 [27JA]
        Dept. of Energy:  abolish, (see H.R. 1577), H5404 [25JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  modernize requirements and establish consensus
            process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
            standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1445 [24MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
            H4240 [5JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  extend authority to treat illnesses of
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans and illnesses due to future
            combat service, and revise research priorities relative to
            certain service-related health consequences, (see H.R. 3980),
            H5405 [25JN]
        Diseases:  prostate cancer screening benefits, (see H.R. 2639), H755
            [3MR]
        Education:  increase number of teachers, (see H.R. 3157), H1159
            [12MR]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H7494 [9SE]
        English language:  declare as official language of U.S., (see H.R.
            1005), H5404 [25JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H386
            [5FE]
        Federal agencies and departments:  assess impact of policies and
            regulations on families, (see H.R. 2124), H4711 [17JN]
        Federal employees:  reduce number of political appointees, (see H.R.
            614), H64 [27JA], (see H.R. 1828), H5405 [25JN]
        Financial institutions:  address year 2000 computer problems and
            extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
            Credit Union Administration, (see H.R. 3116), H99 [28JA]
        ------ audit requirements and oversight of credit unions,
            cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 2552), H330 [4FE]
        ------ encourage a strong community-based banking system, (see H.R.
            4684), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
            firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
            H11695 [20OC]
        ------ study of derivatives regulation, (see H.R. 4062), H6187
            [22JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3744 [21MY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H.R. 4196), H6820 [30JY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2707 [30AP]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H5494 [14JY]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1445
            [24MR]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum
            hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments, (see H.R.
            135), H8932 [25SE]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        House of Representatives:  require that excess amounts from Members'
            official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, (see H.R.
            352), H447 [11FE]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        Human rights:  trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand
            for forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H65 [27JA]
        IMF:  ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H904 [5MR]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on efforts to acquire advance missile
            technology and expedite the development of a missile defense
            system for both U.S. and Israeli Armed Forces, (see H. Con. Res.
            342), H10076 [8OC]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        ------ development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
            519), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
            relative to weapons inspections, (see H.J. Res. 125), H8528
            [23SE], (see H. Con. Res. 340), H10076 [8OC]
        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]
        John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL:  designate, (see H.R.
            1804), H2055 [1AP]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  U.S. commitment to arrange
            foreign assistance and construction of nuclear reactors relative
            to threat to international peace and security, (see H. Con. Res.
            341), H10076 [8OC]
        Kuwait:  provide funding to veterans for research, diagnosis,
            treatment, and compensation for illnesses caused by exposure to
            chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf
            Conflict, (see H. Res. 310), H330 [4FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H2706 [30AP]
        Medicare:  coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
            H8932 [25SE]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H240 [3FE]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H4712 [17JN]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
            [10SE]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H1021 [10MR]
        NIH:  improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
            3001), H2931 [6MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6820 [30JY]
        Religion:  eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
            State and local officials that results from the threat that
            potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
            H.R. 3288), H851 [4MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        SBA:  review and adjust size standards used to determine whether
            certain enterprises are small businesses relative to competing
            for Federal contracts, (see H.R. 3681), H6453 [24JY]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H1021 [10MR]
        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), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H678 [26FE]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
            [22AP]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H63 [27JA]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks, (see H.R. 4553),
            H8627 [24SE]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H5859
            [17JY]
        ------ 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), H447 [11FE]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and
            expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment
            discrimination, (see H.R. 2792), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ treatment of dependent care expenses, (see H.R. 3176), H755
            [3MR]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H10833 [13OC]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3312 [14MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H4712 [17JN]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see H.R. 3684), H10077 [8OC]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
            private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
            abroad, (see H.R. 3213), H495 [12FE]
        ------ exclude certain income from consideration for determining
            rent paid for federally assisted housing, (see H.R. 2820), H330
            [4FE]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H755 [3MR]
        Weapons:  restrict the use of funds for new deployments of
            antipersonnel landmines, (see H.R. 2459), H100 [28JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Community Reinvestment Act:  exempt certain depository institutions
            from requirements, (see H.R. 4445), H7411 [6AU]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require congressional approval for certain
            uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, (see H.R. 3138), H240 [3FE]
        Foreign Assistance Act:  repeal the housing guaranty program, (see
            H.R. 3352), H902 [5MR]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Taxation:  treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
            programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
            designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6185 [22JY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2288
            [23AP]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11802 [18DE]
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4496 [11JN], H4503 [11JN]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, H4496
            [11JN], H4503 [11JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756), H11029
            [16OC], H11031 [16OC]
        ------ 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]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3198 [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,
            H3198 [13MY]
        IMF:  funding, H2288 [23AP]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions
            (H. Con. Res. 288), H4893 [22JN], H4895 [22JN]
        Railroads:  economic regulation of freight industry, E2049<bullet>
            [11OC]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4732 [18JN]
        University of Alabama at Birmingham:  inclusion of hospital in U.S.
            News and World Report's list of best hospitals, E2225<bullet>
            [16OC]