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

    LAZIO, RICK (a Representative from New York)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5774 [17JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2331 [27AP], H2332
            [27AP], H2574 [29AP]
      Analyses
        American Homeownership Act (H.R. 3899), H10709-H10711 [13OC]
      Articles and editorials
        Win-Win on Housing, New York (NY) Times, H10709 [13OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H11023 [15OC]
        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]
        CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  provide for grants, a national clearinghouse,
            and a report to improve the quality and availability of after-
            school programs, (see H.R. 4621), H8626 [24SE]
        Clean Air Act:  reduce acid deposition, (see H.R. 2365), H1854
            [31MR]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H11705 [21OC]
        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]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H2932 [6MY]
        Courts:  allow suits against the Federal Government for gross
            negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas, (see
            H.R. 1334), H5404 [25JN]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
            [29AP]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2707 [30AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2056 [1AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
            H4835 [18JN]
        ------ include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of
            the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10833 [13OC]
        Diseases:  prostate cancer screening benefits, (see H.R. 2639),
            H7690 [14SE]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8932 [25SE]
        FAA:  address aircraft noise problems of Queens and Long Island, NY,
            (see H.R. 3952), H3970 [22MY]
        Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  reduce the cost of credit, (see
            H.R. 1059), H447 [11FE]
        Fair Housing Act:  amend, (see H.R. 3206), H678 [26FE]
        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), H330 [4FE]
        ------ prevent personal financial information from being obtained
            under false pretenses, (see H.R. 4321), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
            firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
            H11695 [20OC]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information,
            (see H.R. 2198), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2319
            [23AP]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H2120 [21AP]
        Insurance:  prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business
            in the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
            with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
            H.R. 3143), H240 [3FE]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H904 [5MR]
        Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
             designate, (see H.R. 3167), H385 [5FE]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  approve location of proposed memorial in
            the District of Columbia, (see H.J. Res. 113), H3744 [21MY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial, (see H. Res. 144), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560),
            H4550 [11JN]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H579 [24FE]
        Medicare:  establish a standard of efficiency in home health
            services and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard,
            (see H.R. 3651), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H678 [26FE]
        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), H7178
            [4AU]
        National Lighthouse Center and Museum:  grant Federal charter, (see
            H.R. 4623), H9723 [6OC]
        Northern Ireland:  sectarian violence relative to marches at
            Portadown, (see H. Res. 182), H1550 [25MR]
        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), H10917 [14OC]
        Pensions:  reform, (see H.R. 3788), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see H.R.
            3632), H7415 [6AU]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H904 [5MR]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H2056 [1AP]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H3106
            [12MY]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H755
            [3MR]
        ------ provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast
            and prostate cancer research fund, (see H.R. 209), H678 [26FE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3972 [22MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H3312 [14MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H678
            [26FE]
        World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Crime:  provide penalties for day care providers, (see H.R. 4868),
            H11695 [20OC]
        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),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Education:  increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program, (see
            H.R. 3727), H2317 [23AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H329 [4FE]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4155), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
            certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H2705 [30AP]
        Medicare:  permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
            certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
            duplicate Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4710), H9722 [6OC]
      Letters
        Fannie Mae Trillion Dollar Commitment program:  Alex Penelas, Mayor
            of Miami, FL, E417<bullet> [18MR]
        ------ Emanuel Cleaver II, Mayor of Kansas City, MO, E416<bullet>
            [18MR]
        ------ Lee P. Brown, Mayor of Houston, TX, E417<bullet> [18MR]
        ------ Michael P. Peters, Mayor of Hartford, CT, E416<bullet> [18MR]
        Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:  Alex
            Penelas, Mayor of Miami, FL, H720 [3MR]
        ------ Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Community Partnership for Homeless,
            Inc., H720 [3MR]
        ------ Andrew M. Cuomo, Sec. of HUD, H720 [3MR]
        ------ George C. Duggins, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H714
            [3MR]
        ------ Julie Sandorf, Corp. for Supportive Housing, H715 [3MR]
        ------ Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness &
            Poverty, H715 [3MR]
        ------ Nan Roman, National Alliance To End Homelessness, Inc., H714
            [3MR]
        ------ Paul S. Grogan, Local Initiatives Support Corp., H715 [3MR]
        ------ several organizations, H714 [3MR]
      Lists
        Supporters of H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and
            Flexibility Act, H714 [3MR]
      Remarks
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11837 [18DE],
            H12030<bullet> [19DE]
        Crime:  provide penalties for day care providers (H.R. 4868),
            E2283<bullet> [21OC]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (H.R. 4683), E1878<bullet> [2OC]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6005<bullet> [21JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5814 [17JY], H5815 [17JY],
            H5820 [17JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5644 [16JY], H5645 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9613
            [6OC]
        Education:  increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program, H2575
            [29AP]
        Fannie Mae:  anniversary of Trillion Dollar Commitment program,
            E416<bullet> [18MR]
        Federal employees:  recognition of the accomplishments of inspectors
            general in detecting waste, fraud, and abuse in Government (S.J.
            Res. 58), E2099<bullet> [12OC]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3135 [13MY], 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]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate (H.R. 3821), E1641<bullet> [7AU]
        Half Hollow Hills, NY:  tribute to Half Hollow Hills High School for
            participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the
            Constitution competition, E766<bullet> [5MY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2575 [29AP]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), H703 [3MR], H712 [3MR], H713 [3MR], H715 [3MR], H721 [3MR]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5877 [20JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H5644 [16JY],
            H5645 [16JY], H5814 [17JY], H5815 [17JY], H5820 [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9613 [6OC]
        ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10691 [13OC], H10702
            [13OC], H10706 [13OC], H10708 [13OC], E887<bullet> [19MY]
        ------ improve manufactured housing safety regulations, H10706
            [13OC]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons (H.R. 3635), E582<bullet> [2AP]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H8598
            [24SE]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1271<bullet> [26JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1847<bullet> [29SE]
        Medicare:  permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
            certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
            duplicate Medicare benefits (H.R. 4710), E1925<bullet> [6OC]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10251 [9OC]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H6005<bullet> [21JY]
        Northern Ireland:  encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
            condemn violence and address human rights violations (H. Con.
            Res. 152), H1200 [17MR]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H787<bullet> [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H787<bullet> [4MR]
        Roosevelt, Theodore:  posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (H.R.
            2263), H10124 [8OC]
        Telephones:  protect consumers against spamming, slamming, and
            cramming (H.R. 4176), E2168<bullet> [14OC]
        Truth in Lending Act:  require notice of cancellation rights
            relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), H5435 [14JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10619 [12OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10619
            [12OC]
      Summaries
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations (H.R. 4194):  Title V on Deregulation of Public
            Housing and Rental Assistance Programs and Increase Community
            Control Over Such Programs, H9614-H9616 [6OC]
      Tributes
        Levy, Norman J., E276<bullet> [3MR]
        Portman, Representative, H6297 [24JY]