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

    RAMSTAD, JIM (a Representative from Minnesota)
      Amendments
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7808 [15SE],
            H7880 [16SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Recognizing U.S. Allies in `Secret War'--`Long Overdue' Honors Go to
            Hmong, Lao Vets, William Branigan, Washington (DC) Post,
            E2227<bullet> [16OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish, (see H.R. 3546), H2056 [1AP]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H6697 [29JY]
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
            Res. 287), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community
            policing and reduction of school crime, (see H. Res. 512), H6880
            [31JY]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H9346 [2OC]
        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), H329
            [4FE]
        ----- implementation, (see H.R. 4308), H6186 [22JY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children, (see
            H.R. 3494), H1298 [18MR]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        Customs Service:  use of customs user fees for certain preclearance
            activities, (see H.R. 3644), H2052 [1AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish temporary enrollment priorities for
            the Conservation Reserve Program, (see H.R. 4394), H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H9275
            [1OC]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1021
            [10MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H4240 [5JN]
        Electric power:  restrict the use of tax-exempt financing by
            governmentally owned electric utilities and subject certain
            activities of such utilities to income tax, (see H.R. 3927),
            H4550 [11JN]
        Employment:  minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for
            houseparents, (see H.R. 4778), H10352 [9OC]
        Ericson, Leif:  grant honorary U.S. citizenship, (see H.J. Res.
            122), H4628 [16JN]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2836), H101 [28JA]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1854 [31MR]
        Foreign trade:  exemptions from certain import prohibitions, (see
            H.R. 3340), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws,
            (see H.R. 4856), H11694 [20OC]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H5405 [25JN]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4550 [11JN]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H6070 [21JY]
        Great Lakes:  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:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
            [21MY]
        Housing:  use of project rental assistance contracts to finance
            housing conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2606
            [29AP]
        Hunting and trapping:  clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
            habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, (see H.R. 2863),
            H3488 [19MY]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H2744 [4MY]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H497 [12FE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1777 [30MR]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
            H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services, (see
            H.R. 4567), H8035 [17SE]
        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), H7915
            [16SE]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H3625 [20MY]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H8084 [18SE]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H7494 [9SE]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1445 [24MR]
        NRC:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H1699 [27MR]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        OSHA:  recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
            sheets, (see H.R. 4037), H5594 [15JY]
        Pensions:  reform, (see H.R. 3788), H5405 [25JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H. Res. 343), H100 [28JA], (see H.J. Res. 107),
            H240 [3FE]
        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), H7585 [10SE]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7178 [4AU]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
        Social Security:  provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback
            statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and
            supplies, (see H.R. 3247), H1777 [30MR]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
            within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
            2942), H2706 [30AP]
        Tariff:  televisions, (see H.R. 3602), H1853 [31MR]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
            individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
            coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
            opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H7584
            [10SE]
        ------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
            renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
            facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H9537 [5OC]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H11696
            [20OC]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
            collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
            [28JA]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
            H6281 [23JY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H755 [3MR]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1337
            [19MR]
        ------ permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other
            companies, (see H.R. 4795), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for
            medical expenses of certain older relatives, (see H.R. 4349),
            H7803 [15SE]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H6999
            [3AU]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
            and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H1237
            [17MR]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
            equipment, (see H.R. 3304), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain
            private foundations, (see H.R. 519), H497 [12FE]
        ------ treatment of loans under the Rural Electrification Act, (see
            H.R. 1441), H11696 [20OC]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H8932 [25SE]
        Transportation:  continue certain preclearance and inspection
            activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
            passengers, (see H.R. 4819), H10832 [13OC]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3625 [20MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Taxation:  treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
            shareholders, (see H.R. 4386), H6999 [3AU]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11746<bullet> [17DE]
        Blahoski, Alana:  tribute for participation in Olympic games, H501
            [24FE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6481<bullet> [27JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6090 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12004<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select):  establish (H.
            Res. 16), E261<bullet> [3MR]
        Customs Service:  allow the use of user fees to provide for
            inspection personnel in connection with the arrival of
            passengers in Florida, H11581<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6982 [3AU]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7881 [16SE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1052 [11MR]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8783
            [25SE], E1949<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
            (H.R. 4856), H11581<bullet> [20OC]
        Insurance:  provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage (H.R. 2409), H1514 [25MR], H2079 [21AP]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, H7881 [16SE] provide nondiscriminatory coverage of
            substance abuse treatment services under private group and
            individual health coverage (H.R. 2409), H7677 [14SE]
        LSC:  funding, H6982 [3AU]
        Minneapolis, MN:  tribute to Barber family reunion, E1331<bullet>
            [17JY]
        Nanne, Lou:  induction into Hockey Hall of Fame, E1798<bullet>
            [24SE]
        National Police Week:  observance, E852<bullet> [13MY]
        Olympic games:  tribute to U.S. women's hockey team, H501 [24FE]
        Schmidgall, Jenny:  tribute for participation in Olympic games, H501
            [24FE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8744<bullet> [25SE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4024<bullet> [3JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8744<bullet> [25SE], H8946<bullet> [26SE]
        Transportation:  continue certain preclearance and inspection
            activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
            passengers (H.R. 4819), E2161<bullet> [14OC]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to Hmong and Lao veterans,
            E2227<bullet> [16OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1546 [25MR], H2049 [1AP], H2112 [21AP],
            H5954 [20JY], H6067 [21JY], H7582 [10SE], H7688 [14SE], H9176
            [28SE]
      Tributes
        Erickson, Roger, E38<bullet> [28JA]
        Krause, Paul, E45<bullet> [28JA]
        Lipelt, Roger, H9164 [28SE]
        Moore, Dave, E64<bullet> [3FE]