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

    EWING, THOMAS W. (a Representative from Illinois)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  provide supplemental payments
            to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
            flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        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]
        Chicago Board of Trade:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 451), H4242 [5JN]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish, (see H.R. 3007), H2056 [1AP]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  limit CFTC authority to alter the
            regulation of certain hybrid instruments and swap agreements,
            (see H.R. 4507), H7414 [6AU]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H6820 [30JY]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
            [29AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authority relative to plant protection and
            quarantine, (see H.R. 3766), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm
            operating loans, (see H.R. 2145), H2055 [1AP]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Ecology and environment:  establish a Community Recreation and
            Conservation Endowment with certain oil and gas revenues, (see
            H.R. 2945), H1299 [18MR]
        European Union:  canned fruit subsidy, (see H. Res. 406), H3972
            [22MY]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H579 [24FE]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4712 [17JN]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5494 [14JY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H9722 [6OC]
        Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2798), H1337 [19MR]
        NRC:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
        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]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H5297 [24JN]
        Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:
            designate, (see H.R. 2799), H1337 [19MR]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H1643 [26MR]
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4595), H8035 [17SE]
        Social Security:  increase earnings limit, (see H.R. 326), H7428
            [7AU]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H65 [27JA]
        Sosa, Sammy:  tribute, (see H. Res. 536), H7803 [15SE]
        SSA:  provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal
            earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals, (see
            H.R. 2669), H3972 [22MY]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H10353
            [9OC]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            4399), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ 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), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H904 [5MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products, (see H. Con. Res. 213), H446 [11FE]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
            H2053 [1AP]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9084
            [26SE]
        Kankakee, IL:  conveyance of vacant Army Reserve Center, (see H.R.
            3856), H3246 [13MY]
        Medicare:  payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H3013 [7MY]
        World Trade Organization:  establish negotiating objectives relative
            to the agreement on agriculture and criteria for the accession
            of State trading regimes, (see H.R. 4288), H6070 [21JY]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H2239 [23AP], H9189 [1OC]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H6489 [28JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4129 [4JN]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H517 [24FE]
        ------ price supports for peanuts, H5019 [23JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5019 [23JN], H5077 [24JN],
            H5085 [24JN]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11744<bullet> [17DE]
        Budget:  treatment of any future budget surpluses, H10993 [15OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6489
            [28JY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7008 [4AU], H7183 [5AU]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6085 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  congressional response to charges of perjury,
            obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, H9088
            [28SE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11818 [18DE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Market Access Program funding, H5085 [24JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5077 [24JN]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6258 [23JY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10993 [15OC]
        ------ voucher program to provide school choice, H6515 [29JY]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7053 [4AU],
            E143<bullet> [11FE]
        Export Apple and Pear Act:  limit applicability to apples (H.R.
            4148), H9502 [5OC]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1761<bullet>
            [30MR]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4129 [4JN]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), H9109 [28SE]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8975 [26SE]
        ----- establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for
            future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), consideration (H. Res.
            553), H8760 [25SE]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 3654), E557<bullet>
            [2AP]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9503 [5OC],
            H9506 [5OC]
        Government:  shutdown relative to budget process, H10676 [13OC]
        Government regulations:  differentiate animal fats and vegetable
            oils from other oils and greases in issuing or enforcing
            regulations, H6258 [23JY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H6075 [22JY], H6191 [23JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            H9161<bullet> [28SE]
        Illinois State University:  tribute to men's basketball team,
            E571<bullet> [2AP]
        John Marshall Law School:  anniversary, E1778<bullet> [23SE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3276 [14MY], H3277 [14MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H1761<bullet> [30MR]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H5070 [24JN], H9088 [28SE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
            3267), H5553<bullet> [15JY]
        Schmidt-Marcotte, Inc.:  anniversary, H1832-H1834 [31MR]
        Taxation:  eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
            rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 3734), H2753
            [5MY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), veto, H6515 [29JY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1914<bullet> [1AP]
        University of Illinois:  tribute to men's basketball team,
            E560<bullet> [2AP]
        ------ tribute to women's basketball team, E659<bullet> [23AP]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H483
            [12FE]
        Votes:  position on missed, E949<bullet> [22MY]
        World Trade Organization:  establish negotiating objectives relative
            to the agreement on agriculture and criteria for the accession
            of State trading regimes (H.R. 4288), H5969 [21JY],
            E1361<bullet> [21JY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1334 [19MR], H1443 [24MR], H1774 [30MR],
            H11022 [15OC]
      Tributes
        Johnson, Representative Sam, H483 [12FE]