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

    McKEON, HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' (a Representative from California)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3668 [21MY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2585 [29AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, H3966 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, (see H. Res. 438), H3625 [20MY]
        Colleges and universities:  allow use of age-based incentives for
            the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see H.R. 3473),
            H1236 [17MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        ------ qualifications for membership in a Federal credit union, (see
            H.R. 3276), H630 [25FE]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see H.J. Res. 71), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims'
            rights, (see H.R. 1322), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        Declaration of Taking Act:  require coverage of all condemnations of
            property by the Government, (see H.R. 4303), H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3106
            [12MY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2931 [6MY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3105 [12MY]
        Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
            [30AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H101
            [28JA]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
            of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H7584 [10SE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1854 [31MR]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H6487 [27JY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see H.R. 3981), H5405 [25JN]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government regulations:  require peer review of scientific data used
            in support of Federal regulations, (see H.R. 3234), H496 [12FE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
            [17JY]
        Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3120), H386 [5FE]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
            H.R. 3254), H631 [25FE]
        ------ funding, (see H. Res. 399), H3247 [13MY]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        ------ development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
            519), H7618 [11SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  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]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H678 [26FE]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H2319 [23AP]
        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]
        Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge:  protect endangered
            species and other wildlife using the refuge and safeguard refuge
            land around Minneapolis, MN, from physical or auditory
            impairment, (see H.R. 4729), H10011 [7OC]
        Motor vehicles:  treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
            emission standards, (see H.R. 8), H4241 [5JN]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see H.R. 1595), H64 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        OSHA:  clarify liability of employers at multiemployer worksites,
            (see H.R. 2879), H3488 [19MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, cosponsorship
            withdrawn, (see H.R. 1995), H7915 [16SE]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H101 [28JA]
        Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
            [30AP]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H1112 [11MR]
        Space policy:  encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
            (see H. Con. Res. 267), H2605 [29AP]
        Supreme Patriarch Karekin I:  tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
            centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
            (see H. Con. Res. 271), H3015 [7MY]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
            limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3744 [21MY]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
            certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
            3942), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H5859 [17JY]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
            H3311 [14MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3106 [12MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H9723 [6OC]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4325 [9JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Armed Forces:  prohibit awarding of the Purple Heart to persons
            convicted of a capital crime, (see H.R. 3970), H3971 [22MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  SR-71 aircraft program funding, (see H.R. 4424),
            H7411 [6AU]
        National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education:  implementation
            of recommendations on college tuition costs, (see H.R. 3479),
            H1236 [17MR]
        Taxation:  require the approval of a private panel relative to the
            seizure of property for the collection of taxes, (see H.R.
            3214), H495 [12FE]
      Essays
        Sculpture in the Cosmos:  Robert Little, E816<bullet> [12MY]
      Lists
        Santa Clarita, CA, Hero of the Week honorees, E1067<bullet> [9JN]
      Prayers
        Fire Fighters Prayer, E568<bullet> [2AP]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  prohibit awarding of the Purple Heart to persons
            convicted of a capital crime (H.R. 3970), E1457<bullet> [29JY]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2208<bullet> [22AP]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7999<bullet> [17SE]
        Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.:  proposed donation of Elsmere
            Canyon land parcel to the Angeles National Forest, E623<bullet>
            [22AP]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11923 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  Olympic Scholarships Program
            reauthorization, H2866 [6MY]
        ------ protect speech and association rights of students, H2872
            [6MY]
        Dept. of Education:  establish lender-of-last-resort authority and
            procedures, H2582 [29AP]
        ------ make available competitive grants to institutions seeking to
            reduce operating costs through joint purchases of goods and
            services, H2541 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit use of Social Security numbers as an electronic
            personal identifier for students receiving assistance, H2539
            [29AP]
        Earth Day:  observance, E623<bullet> [22AP]
        Education:  auction rights for financial institutions to make
            student loans relative to interest rates, H2569 [29AP]
        ------ delay student loan repayment for students ordered to active
            military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, H2585
            [29AP]
        ------ establish grants for advanced management training for school
            superintendents and principals, H2546 [29AP]
        ------ establish memorial scholarship fund for families of public
            safety officers who are killed in the line of duty, H2573 [29AP]
        ------ establish postsecondary information technology education
            recruitment projects, H2545 [29AP]
        ------ feasibility report on student options for the consolidation
            of their student loan obligations, H2866 [6MY]
        ------ increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program, H2577
            [29AP]
        ------ liability for owners of for-profit higher education
            institutions who misappropriate financial aid funds, H2574
            [29AP]
        ------ permit increases in annual loan limit relative to
            unsubsidized Stafford loans, H2767 [5MY]
        ------ student loan interest rates, H2584 [29AP], H2587 [29AP]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            H3965 [22MY]
        ----- consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, H6866 [31JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7999<bullet> [17SE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6374 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  prohibit exclusion from any program based on
            race or religion, H2916 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2517 [29AP], H2539 [29AP], H2541
            [29AP], H2545 [29AP], H2546 [29AP], H2569 [29AP], H2573 [29AP],
            H2574 [29AP], H2577 [29AP], H2582 [29AP], H2584 [29AP], H2585
            [29AP], H2587 [29AP], H2767 [5MY], H2866 [6MY], H2872 [6MY],
            H2916 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9153 [28SE], H9159
            [28SE]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 411), H2514
            [29AP]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), corrections in engrossment, H2920 [6MY]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding (H. Res. 399),
            H4601 [16JN]
        Little, Robert:  NASA Space Science Student Involvement Program
            award recipient, E816<bullet> [12MY]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7999<bullet> [17SE]
        National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education:  implementation
            of recommendations on college tuition costs (H.R. 3479),
            E393<bullet> [17MR]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1612 [26MR]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), H5553 [15JY]
        Santa Clarita, CA:  Hero of the Week honorees, E1067<bullet> [9JN]
        Taxation:  require the approval of a private panel relative to the
            seizure of property for the collection of taxes (H.R. 3214),
            E170<bullet> [12FE]
        Votes:  position on missed, H362<bullet> [5FE], H9741 [7OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H327 [4FE]
      Songs
        ``How Great Thou Art'', E1873<bullet> [1OC]
      Tributes
        Dupee, Joseph C., E568<bullet> [2AP]
        Mickel, Owen H. (Montie Monatana), E945<bullet> [22MY]
        Stone, Cliffie, E378<bullet> [16MR]
        Wotasik, Justin C., E1873<bullet> [1OC]