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

    BARRETT, THOMAS M. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
      Amendments
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7876 [16SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H4165 [4JN]
        Animals:  prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals,
            (see H.R. 1202), H4961 [22JN]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry, (see H.R. 3168), H385 [5FE]
        CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H10352 [9OC]
        Children and youth:  make debts to governmental units for the care
            and maintenance of minor children nondischargeable, (see H.R.
            3711), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H5064 [23JN]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
            to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H1112 [11MR]
        Correctional institutions:  provide for drug testing and
            interventions, and reduce drug trafficking and related crimes,
            (see H.R. 3606), H1854 [31MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H1854 [31MR]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
            child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H851 [4MR]
        Cuban Democracy Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 284), H851 [4MR]
        Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act:  repeal, (see H.R.
            284), H851 [4MR]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H1112 [11MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  collection of information relative to the use of
            mentally disabled children and individuals in biomedical and
            behavioral research, (see H.R. 4135), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ
            Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R. 3584), H2237
            [22AP]
        ------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3366 [18MY]
        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), H4548 [11JN]
        ------ guarantee loans to provide multifamily transitional housing
            for homeless veterans, (see H.R. 3039), H904 [5MR]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H.R. 4550), H7617
            [11SE]
        Ecology and environment:  increase penalties and strengthen
            enforcement relative to environmental crimes, (see H.R. 277),
            H1299 [18MR]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
        Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
            H678 [26FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  develop, promote, and implement
            policies to stabilize U.S. population growth, (see H. Con. Res.
            154), H7429 [7AU]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        ------ reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of
            prevention programs, (see H.R. 1736), H2055 [1AP]
        FDA:  require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see
            H.R. 3462), H1699 [27MR]
        FEC:  require electronically filed congressional candidate reports
            and make them available through the Internet, (see H.R. 2433),
            H1445 [24MR]
        Federal aid programs:  State eligibility for bonuses under the
            temporary assistance to needy families block grants relative to
            child poverty rates, (see H.R. 4692), H10833 [13OC]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H7415
            [6AU]
        ------ provide grants to improve safety and study effects of
            developing technology on firearms safety, (see H.R. 3895), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ requirements for dealers and owners relative to gun safety
            devices to prevent access by children, (see H.R. 814), H2318
            [23AP]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2120 [21AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3312
            [14MY], (see H.R. 4283), H6282 [23JY]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
            4340), H11696 [20OC]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
            Res. 313), H1777 [30MR]
        ------ require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the national
            debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con. Res.
            228), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H3014 [7MY]
        Government regulations:  provide for the debarment or suspension
            from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of
            persons that violate certain labor and safety laws, (see H.R.
            1624), H2055 [1AP]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
            H2706 [30AP]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Health:  establish penalties for prohibited uses and disclosures of
            individually identifiable health information and allow
            individuals to inspect and copy their own health information,
            (see H.R. 3900), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ require health plans to provide certain coverage for
            children, (see H.R. 1159), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ revise and extend programs relative to the health of
            individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
            H2236 [22AP]
        Health care facilities:  allow medical treatment of emergency cases
            near the emergency room entrance, (see H.R. 3937), H5065 [23JN]
        ------ require nursing facilities filing for relief to provide
            written notice of such filing to appropriate State agencies,
            (see H.R. 4843), H11696 [20OC]
        House of Representatives:  require approval of any payments from the
            reserve fund designated for certain committee expenses, (see H.
            Res. 387), H1445 [24MR]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        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), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ require health insurance plans to provide external appeals in
            cases of adverse determinations involving experimental
            treatments, significant costs, or serious medical conditions,
            (see H.R. 3469), H1445 [24MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1379 [23MR]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
            (see H.R. 2850), H330 [4FE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H2056 [1AP]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H904 [5MR]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H1168
            [16MR]
        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), H3014 [7MY]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H630 [25FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
            calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
            organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
        Merchant marine industry:  protect seamen against economic reprisal,
            (see H.R. 3955), H10917 [14OC]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H8627 [24SE]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
        NAFTA:  impact on employment and the economy, (see H.R. 3540), H3014
            [7MY]
        National Park Service:  reform concessions policies, (see H.R.
            3934), H3743 [21MY]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  exclude Lake Champlain from
            the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H851 [4MR]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H5065 [23JN]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6282 [23JY]
        Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
            requirements relative to textile industry, (see H.R. 1450),
            H7178 [4AU]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC]
        Office of Inspector General Oversight Council:  establish, (see H.R.
            4676), H10833 [13OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Organ donors:  establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
            H.R. 1505), H3972 [22MY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 1320), H2318 [23AP]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H4550 [11JN]
        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), H3625 [20MY]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4241 [5JN]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H6880
            [31JY]
        Religion:  permit revocation by members of the clergy of their
            exemption from Social Security coverage, (see H.R. 939), H755
            [3MR]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H4550 [11JN]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H385 [5FE]
        States:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H7290 [5AU]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
            individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
            coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H497 [12FE]
        ------ employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care
            services to employees, (see H.R. 1706), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H11042 [16OC]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1445 [24MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of charitable contributions, (see H.R. 1338), H3624
            [20MY]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H8627 [24SE]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H11023 [15OC]
        Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
            encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
            networks, (see H.R. 3844), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H1337 [19MR]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
            H3311 [14MY]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R.
            836), H9723 [6OC]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ exclude certain income from consideration for determining
            rent paid for federally assisted housing, (see H.R. 2820), H2814
            [5MY]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H2120 [21AP]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H579 [24FE]
        ------ extend appropriations for programs under the National and
            Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act,
            (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see H. Con.
            Res. 223), H578 [24FE]
        Women:  ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
            property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H2056
            [1AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Bankruptcy:  limit the value of real and personal property that
            debtors may exempt under State and local law, (see H.R. 3693),
            H2119 [21AP]
        Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network:  nullify certain
            operational regulations, (see H.R. 3767), H2705 [30AP]
      Remarks
        Bankruptcy:  prohibit conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt
            homestead property within a year of declaring bankruptcy and
            preserve States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H4405
            [10JN]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4405 [10JN]
        Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin:  anniversary, E2027<bullet>
            [10OC]
        Black History Month:  observance, H421 [11FE]
        Budget:  payment for highways and transit programs by using CBO
            estimates, H3716 [21MY]
        Business and industry:  ensure drug testing of employees is
            administered by certified laboratories and positive test results
            are reviewed by licensed medical officers, H7876 [16SE]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11788 [18DE], H11911 [18DE], H11917
            [18DE], H12035 [19DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10019 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11788 [18DE], H11910 [18DE],
            H11911 [18DE], H11917 [18DE], H12002 [19DE], H12035 [19DE]
        Commission on Role of Medical Education in Reducing Substance Abuse:
             membership of certain psychiatric organizations, H7886 [16SE]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H3093 [12MY], H3095 [12MY], H3096 [12MY], H3097
            [12MY], H3098 [12MY], H3099 [12MY]
        ------ release of confidential information relative to investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H2168 [22AP], H2169 [22AP], H2924 [6MY], H2936 [7MY],
            H3093 [12MY], H3095 [12MY], H3099 [12MY]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, H244 [4FE]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6272 [23JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7864 [16SE],
            H7870 [16SE], H7876 [16SE], H7877 [16SE], H7879 [16SE], H7886
            [16SE]
        Drugs:  exclusivity periods for medications to treat drug addiction,
            H7870 [16SE]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10674 [13OC], H10912
            [14OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H10912 [14OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  drug-free parents empowerment
            grant funding, H7876 [16SE]
        Government:  require random drug testing of newly appointed
            employees, H7877 [16SE], H7879 [16SE]
        Harley-Davidson Motor Co.:  anniversary, E1023<bullet> [4JN]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, E728<bullet> [30AP]
        Milwaukee, WI:  St. Rose Residence anniversary, E781<bullet> [6MY]
        National Association of Working Women:  anniversary, E2099<bullet>
            [12OC]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H5650 [16JY]
        Point of order, H7876 [16SE], H7880 [16SE], H7885 [16SE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3780 [22MY], H4796 [18JN]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4796 [18JN]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H1752 [30MR]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4796
            [18JN]
        Racial relations:  encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
            U.S., H1213 [17MR], H1214 [17MR], H1215 [17MR], H1216 [17MR]
        Sias, Thelma:  Drum Major Award recipient, E77<bullet> [3FE]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6272 [23JY]
        States:  determine standard of quality of drug prevention programs,
            H7877 [16SE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct
            conferees, H3716 [21MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical corrections (H.R. 3978),
            H3979 [3JN], H3981 [3JN]
        University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:  tribute to Prospects for Peace
            in Northern Ireland Forum, E631<bullet> [22AP]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5934 [20JY]
        Wisconsin:  transportation projects funding, H3979 [3JN], H3981
            [3JN]
        ------ unveiling of postage stamp highlighting organ donation
            awareness, E1637<bullet> [7AU]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1334 [19MR], H2235 [22AP], H2930 [6MY]
      Tributes
        Haig, Joseph A., E1436<bullet> [24JY]
        Hegarty, Sarah, H1322 [19MR]
        Henzelmann, Erwin J., E1069<bullet> [9JN]
        Lewis, Representative John, H1213 [17MR]
        Sheedy, Patrick T., E1693<bullet> [10SE]
        Stalling, Meek G., E1507<bullet> [31JY]
        Stokes, Representative, H6240 [23JY]