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

    CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2073, Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention
            Act, H9204 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, H8602 [24SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H3105 [12MY]
        Budget:  reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
            emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
            programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
            mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H11023 [15OC]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  provide that children's sleepwear be
            manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
            (see H.R. 3831), H8932 [25SE]
        CIA:  provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
            concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3247 [13MY]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H11696 [20OC]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H2705 [30AP]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        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]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1643 [26MR]
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H4325 [9JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
            of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
            Shelf, (see H.R. 3972), H7415 [6AU]
        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:  assess available technologies for
            establishing a system to access motor vehicle driving records,
            (see H.R. 3555), H2707 [30AP]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1337
            [19MR]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H1699 [27MR]
        Executive Office of the President:  implementation of Executive
            Orders relative to Federal authority to impose regulations on
            State and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
            (see H.R. 4422), H7411 [6AU]
        50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act:  include District of
            Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
            Islands, (see H.R. 3673), H2054 [1AP]
        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), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
            firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
            H11695 [20OC]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H3104
            [12MY]
        FRS:  broaden the range of discount window loans which may be used
            as collateral for Federal reserve notes, (see H.R. 4359), H6819
            [30JY]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
            4340), H8932 [25SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see H.R. 3981), H5738 [16JY]
        Health:  develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
            defects, (see H.R. 1114), H386 [5FE]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9723 [6OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
            [22MY]
        Housing:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H10513 [10OC]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
            health plans, (see H.R. 815), H7494 [9SE]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        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), H6187 [22JY]
        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]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
        National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education:  implementation
            of recommendations on college tuition costs, (see H.R. 3479),
            H1236 [17MR]
        National Environmental Education Act:  extend programs, (see H.R.
            3441), H1111 [11MR]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H3105 [12MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3581), H1776 [30MR], (see H.R. 3526), H3105 [12MY]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
        Rural areas:  pilot program to facilitate the protection and
            preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
            Atlantic States, (see H.R. 3566), H3625 [20MY]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
            limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3625 [20MY]
        ------ 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]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H4880 [19JN]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H1445 [24MR]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H2052 [1AP]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1643 [26MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1643 [26MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Child Nutrition Act:  simplify program operations and improve
            program management, (see H.R. 3873), H3311 [14MY]
        Children and youth:  provide children with increased access to food
            and nutrition assistance during the summer, (see H.R. 3871),
            H3311 [14MY]
        ------ 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]
        Coins:  require design of obverse side of one dollar coin to depict
            the Statue of Liberty, (see H.R. 4329), H6453 [24JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  allow greater discretion relative to the
            placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
            under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program, (see H.R. 3301),
            H691 [2MR]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8035 [17SE]
        National School Lunch Act:  extend the authority of the commodity
            distribution program, (see H.R. 3872), H3311 [14MY]
        Tariff:  deltamethrin, (see H.R. 3589), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ diclofop-methyl, (see H.R. 3586), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ pigment red 177, (see H.R. 3585), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ piperonyl butoxide, (see H.R. 3587), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ resmethrin, (see H.R. 3592), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ thidiazuron, (see H.R. 3590), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ tralomethrin, (see H.R. 3588), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ triflusulfuron methyl, (see H.R. 3591), H1776 [30MR]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
            3874), H3311 [14MY]
      Essays: Voice of Democracy
        Erdman, Marisa, E844<bullet> [13MY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1792
            [31MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11747<bullet> [17DE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4364 [10JN]
        Budget:  treatment of any future budget surpluses, H11655<bullet>
            [20OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6493
            [28JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10103<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12011<bullet> [19DE]
        Coins:  study use of either the image of Sacajawea or the Statue of
            Liberty on the new one dollar coin, H10325 [9OC]
        Colleges and universities:  reporting requirements for reductions in
            athletic funding or scholarships, H2878 [6MY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), H7642<bullet> [14SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10203
            [8OC]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, H10139<bullet> [8OC],
            H10144 [8OC]
        Courts:  limit Federal authority to force State and local
            governments to assess, levy, or collect taxes, E673<bullet>
            [27AP]
        Crime:  national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R.
            3), H7743 [15SE]
        Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association:  anniversary,
            E1792<bullet> [24SE]
        ------ anniversary of Ladies Auxiliary, E1794<bullet> [24SE]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H348
            [5FE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
            of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
            Shelf (H.R. 3972), E2220<bullet> [16OC]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6006<bullet> [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  allow greater discretion relative to the
            placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
            under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program (H.R. 3301),
            H1685 [27MR]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10139<bullet> [8OC], H10144 [8OC]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
            584), H10131 [8OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5818 [17JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5646 [16JY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth (H.R. 678), H7441 [9SE], H7443 [9SE]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8046<bullet> [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8046<bullet> [18SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
        ------ requirements for candidates receiving Federal campaign
            financing relative to participation in multicandidate forums,
            H6797 [30JY]
        Ericsson, Leif:  mint coins in conjunction with Iceland in
            commemoration of the millennium of the discovery of the New
            World, H10325 [9OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H399 [11FE]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            E673<bullet> [27AP]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3138 [13MY], H3209 [13MY]
        ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
            holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3209
            [13MY]
        ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
            safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
            information (H.R. 4364), H10217<bullet> [8OC]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, H10325
            [9OC]
        ------ award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3506), H6593 [29JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7642<bullet>
            [14SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10203
            [8OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2523 [29AP],
            H2524<bullet> [29AP], H2878 [6MY]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), H718 [3MR]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5646 [16JY],
            H5818 [17JY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            H2953 [7MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), conference report,
            H9734 [7OC]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11747<bullet> [17DE]
        Jackie Robinson Foundation:  allow purchase of remaining stock of
            Jackie Robinson commemorative coins, H10325 [9OC]
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act:  authorizing
            appropriations (H.R. 1818), H7743 [15SE]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
            E867<bullet> [14MY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial (H.R. 1560), H7445 [9SE], H7446 [9SE], H11681
            [20OC]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial
            (H.R. 3790), H7071 [4AU], H7072 [4AU]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7642<bullet> [14SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10203
            [8OC]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
            H10324 [9OC], H10325 [9OC]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
            H4577 [16JN], H4578 [16JN]
        National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:  funding, H2524
            [29AP]
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
            appropriations (S. 2073), H7743 [15SE]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H6006<bullet> [21JY]
        National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927),
            H408<bullet> [11FE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4784 [18JN], H6797 [30JY], H6940 [3AU], E1589<bullet>
            [7AU]
        ----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
            consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
        ----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3581), H1736
            [30MR]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9754 [7OC]
        ----- protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
            national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
            (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9747<bullet> [7OC]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10934<bullet> [15OC]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H11655<bullet>
            [20OC]
        Tariff:  deltamethrin (H.R. 3589), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ diclofop-methyl (H.R. 3586), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ pigment red 177 (H.R. 3585), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ piperonyl butoxide (H.R. 3587), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ resmethrin (H.R. 3592), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ thidiazuron (H.R. 3590), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ tralomethrin (H.R. 3588), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        ------ triflusulfuron methyl (H.R. 3591), E515<bullet> [30MR]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            E673<bullet> [27AP], E675<bullet> [27AP]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8942<bullet> [26SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4673<bullet>
            [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H2013 [1AP], H2016
            [1AP]
        Truth in Lending Act:  require notice of cancellation rights
            relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), H5434 [14JY]
        Votes:  position on missed, E1589<bullet> [7AU]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H5871 [20JY]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, H10198 [8OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H9176 [28SE], H9532 [5OC], H9719 [6OC]
      Tables
        Dollars to the Classroom Act State allocations, H8047<bullet> [18SE]
      Tributes
        Erdman, Marisa, E844<bullet> [13MY]
        Redding, Louis, E2217<bullet> [16OC]