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

    ROUKEMA, MARGE (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6735 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5634 [15JY]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3204 [13MY], H3214 [13MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H2000 [1AP]
      Appointments
        United Kingdom-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H10986 [15OC]
      Articles and editorials
        This Way Lies Madness, Frank Rich, New York (NY) Times,
            E1524<bullet> [3AU]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
            cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
            H385 [5FE]
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ require use of child safety restraint systems, (see H.R.
            754), H678 [26FE]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see H.R. 619), H329 [4FE]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1299 [18MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        Army:  close School of the Americas, (see H.R. 611), H6186 [22JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to
            termination and netting of financial contracts, (see H.R. 4239),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H3014 [7MY]
        CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1299 [18MR]
        Coastal Heritage Trail Route:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R.
            2125), H1445 [24MR]
        Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act:
            technical corrections, (see H.R. 3617), H2051 [1AP]
        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]
        ------ encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to
            the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H9179 [28SE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
            [29AP]
        ------ prevent money laundering, (see H.R. 3745), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H6511 [28JY]
        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),
            H6186 [22JY]
        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 Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), corrections in enrollment of conference report,
            (see H. Con. Res. 354), H11695 [20OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ require notification and allow local law enforcement agencies
            to investigate crimes and search for missing patients at VA
            medical facilities, (see H.R. 4609), H10513 [10OC]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H4962 [22JN]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H497 [12FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
            [11FE]
        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]
        ------ prevent personal financial information from being obtained
            under false pretenses, (see H.R. 4321), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ 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), H6487
            [27JY]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
        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]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
            3114), H63 [27JA]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H579 [24FE]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H5494 [14JY]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
            Res. 561), H10833 [13OC]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4550 [11JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H3312 [14MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3108), H447
            [11FE], (see H.R. 3567), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients
            enrolled in certain clinical trials, (see H.R. 1628), H3625
            [20MY]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H7290 [5AU]
        Mexico:  renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H5405 [25JN]
        National Environmental Education Act:  extend programs, (see H.R.
            3441), H2319 [23AP]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H1021 [10MR]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H7803 [15SE]
        Northern Forest Lands Council:  implement recommendations, (see H.R.
            971), H1112 [11MR]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H2056 [1AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7179 [4AU]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H1854 [31MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H2120 [21AP]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5405 [25JN]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H3972 [22MY]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H7494 [9SE]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H3366 [18MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2707
            [30AP]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H101 [28JA]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H241 [3FE]
        ------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
            (see H.R. 902), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H7494 [9SE]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
            H3311 [14MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        United Kingdom:  limit the sale or export of plastic bullets, (see
            H.R. 1075), H851 [4MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H1236 [17MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Crime:  prevent smuggling of large amounts of currency or monetary
            instruments into or out of the U.S., (see H.R. 4691), H9345
            [2OC]
        Education:  encourage local agencies to work with the private sector
            to provide care to children under compulsory school attendance
            age, (see H.R. 3129), H99 [28JA]
        Financial institutions:  streamline the regulation of depository
            institutions and safeguard confidential banking and credit union
            supervisory information, (see H.R. 4364), H6879 [31JY]
        Insurance:  provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance
            abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group
            and individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H1642 [26MR]
        Mental health:  establish a Mental Illness Working Group to
            recognize the seriousness of problems associated with mental
            illness, (see H. Res. 596), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ establish a task force to recognize the seriousness of
            problems associated with mental illness, (see H. Res. 587),
            H10076 [8OC]
        Tariff:  benzenepropanal, 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-methyl, (see H.R.
            3431), H1021 [10MR]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H1444 [24MR]
        ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks, (see H.R. 4553),
            H7617 [11SE]
      Letters
        Dept. of Transportation use of racial preference quotas:  John F.
            Emilius, GEOD Corp., H2005 [1AP]
        ------ Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Coalition, H2005 [1AP]
      Lists
        Local uses of funds under H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act,
            H8061 [18SE]
      Remarks
        Ames, Elizabeth:  Warren County, NJ, Commission for Women Woman of
            the Year award recipient, E450<bullet> [24MR]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2290
            [23AP]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report, H10234
            [9OC]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H10234 [9OC]
        Bergen County, NJ:  tribute to Pascack Valley Hospital Women's
            Auxiliary, E2177<bullet> [15OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1524<bullet> [3AU]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H4766 [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11868 [18DE],
            H11971 [19DE]
        Colleges and universities:  prohibit discrimination and preferential
            treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
            H2896 [6MY]
        Commission on Role of Medical Education in Reducing Substance Abuse:
             membership of certain psychiatric organizations, H7886<bullet>
            [16SE]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7606<bullet> [11SE]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), H4766 [18JN]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1872 [1AP], H7046 [4AU]
        Crime:  mandatory prison term of life without parole for a person
            causing the death of child during a violent crime, H4496 [11JN]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4496 [11JN]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals (H. Con. Res. 254), H7655<bullet> [14SE]
        Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory
            Commission:  reauthorize (H.R. 1894), H9758 [7OC]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H347
            [5FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage
            insurance, H5752 [17JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5990 [21JY], H6001 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 4005), H9479
            [5OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6735 [29JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  health and safety violations at
            Veteran's Integrated Services Network hospitals, H5771 [17JY]
        ------ reallocation of certain veteran health care resources
            relative to GAO recommendations, H6263 [23JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6562
            [29JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H9620
            [6OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5752 [17JY], H5771 [17JY],
            H5820<bullet> [17JY], H6263 [23JY], H6562 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9620
            [6OC]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7886<bullet>
            [16SE]
        Education:  encourage local agencies to work with the private sector
            to provide care to children under compulsory school attendance
            age (H.R. 3129), E54<bullet> [28JA]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), H7539<bullet> [10SE]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, H8061 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8061 [18SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
            H3045<bullet> [12MY]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents
            (H. Con. Res. 202), H401<bullet> [11FE]
        FDIC:  require study on Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association
            Insurance Fund relative to merging of funds, H3214 [13MY]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2000 [1AP], H2003 [1AP],
            H2005 [1AP], H2008 [1AP], H2009 [1AP]
        Financial institutions:  address year 2000 computer problems and
            extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
            Credit Union Administration (H.R. 3116), H514 [24FE]
        ------ allow operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial
            services and strengthen investor and consumer protections, H3190
            [13MY]
        ------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), H3137 [13MY], H3190 [13MY], H3198 [13MY], H3204 [13MY],
            H3207 [13MY], H3209 [13MY], H3212 [13MY], H3214 [13MY], H3216
            [13MY], E953<bullet> [22MY] increase competition in the
            financial services sector (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res.
            428), H3126 [13MY]
        ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
            holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3204
            [13MY], H3207 [13MY], H3209 [13MY], H3212 [13MY], E953<bullet>
            [22MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
            safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
            information (H.R. 4364), H10214 [8OC]
        Haas, Jeffrey G.:  Outstanding Performing Arts Teacher of the Year
            award recipient, E1339<bullet> [17JY]
        Hampton, NJ:  Kittatinny Regional High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1024<bullet> [4JN]
        Hawthorne, NJ:  anniversary, E1777<bullet> [23SE], E1855<bullet>
            [1OC]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6371 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2526<bullet> [29AP],
            H2896 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9154 [28SE]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 411), H2514
            [29AP]
        Hillsdale, NJ:  anniversary, E1703<bullet> [11SE]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5820<bullet>
            [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9620 [6OC]
        ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10708 [13OC]
        IMF:  funding, H2290 [23AP]
        Insurance:  provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance
            abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group
            and individual health coverage (H.R. 3568), E1044<bullet> [5JN]
        Kendall, J. Peter:  New Jersey Mayor of the Year award recipient,
            E525<bullet> [31MR]
        Kids Day America:  observance, E1775<bullet> [23SE]
        Livingston, Representative:  decision relative to Speakership,
            H11971 [19DE]
        ------ resignation, H11971 [19DE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10257<bullet> [9OC]
        Mental health:  establish a Mental Illness Working Group to
            recognize the seriousness of problems associated with mental
            illness (H. Res. 596), E2147<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ establish task force to study options and treatment, H7183
            [5AU]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H6001 [21JY]
        New Jersey:  anniversary of High Point State Park, E2156<bullet>
            [14OC]
        ------ waive repayment of funds used for constructing high occupancy
            vehicle lanes, H6735 [29JY]
        Newton, NJ:  anniversary of Newton Fire Dept., E1852<bullet> [1OC]
        Nissley, Eleanore S.:  New Jersey Federation of Republican Women
            Woman of the Year award recipient, E871<bullet> [14MY]
        Oradell, NJ:  River Dell Regional High School recipient of Dept. of
            Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1016<bullet> [4JN]
        Paramus, NJ:  tribute to Buehler Challenger and Science Center,
            E1308<bullet> [15JY]
        Park Ridge, NJ:  anniversary of Rotary Club, E1302<bullet> [15JY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H3216 [13MY]
        Political campaigns:  application of term ``express advocacy''
            relative to communications providing voting records or positions
            taken by candidates for public office, H5467<bullet> [14JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4788
            [18JN], H5467<bullet> [14JY], H6808 [30JY], H6943 [3AU], H7323
            [6AU] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
            consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
        ------ influence and legality of foreign contributions, H4788 [18JN]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4788 [18JN]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9758 [7OC]
        Ridgewood, NJ:  Benjamin Franklin Middle School recipient of Dept.
            of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1018<bullet> [4JN]
        ------ tribute to Ridgewood Public Library, E1692<bullet> [10SE]
        Ringwood, NJ:  tribute to Ringwood Manor, E1851<bullet> [1OC]
        Sussex Borough, NJ:  High Point Regional High School recipient of
            Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1015<bullet>
            [4JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H2000 [1AP], H2003
            [1AP], H2005 [1AP], H2008 [1AP], H2009 [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3956<bullet>
            [22MY]
        Truth in Lending Act:  require notice of cancellation rights
            relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), H5436<bullet>
            [14JY]
        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, H6808 [30JY]
        Weinbrecht, Donna:  tribute for participation in Olympic games, H387
            [11FE], E128<bullet> [11FE]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            E1431<bullet> [24JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H6997 [3AU], H10009 [7OC], H10349 [9OC],
            H10916 [14OC]
      Reports
        Credit Union Membership Access Act (H.R. 1151), H1873 [1AP]
      Tributes
        Goetz, Mary E. (Meg), H3773 [22MY]
        Kuser, Anthony, E2156<bullet> [14OC]
        Kuser, John, E2156<bullet> [14OC]
        Peterson, John, E1428<bullet> [24JY]
        Stokes, Representative, H6234 [23JY]