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

    ANDREWS, ROBERT E. (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Amendments
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6731 [29JY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees (H.R. 2888), H4475 [10JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2425 [28AP], H2426
            [28AP], H2581 [29AP], H2585 [29AP], H2587 [29AP], H2588 [29AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
            [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Aircraft:  treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft, (see
            H.R. 1521), H3625 [20MY]
        Animals:  ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities
            are obtained legally, (see H.R. 594), H5493 [14JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H329 [4FE]
        Beechman, Laurie:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 4199), H7290
            [5AU]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5859 [17JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2318 [23AP]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks, (see H.R. 2327), H241 [3FE]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
            H2053 [1AP]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy, (see H. Con. Res. 301), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H851 [4MR]
        Colleges and universities:  allow use of age-based incentives for
            the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see H.R. 3473),
            H1236 [17MR]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H2705 [30AP]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H851
            [4MR]
        Courts:  enforcement of child custody and visitation orders, (see
            H.R. 4164), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ treatment of penalties relative to powdered cocaine and crack
            cocaine, (see H.R. 2229), H3024 [11MY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H4835 [18JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H7584 [10SE]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H5738 [16JY]
        Education:  allow a Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses,
            (see H.R. 3282), H676 [26FE]
        ------ assist urban and rural local education agencies in raising
            the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R. 3813), H3013
            [7MY]
        ------ establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity
            Program, (see H.R. 1970), H64 [27JA]
        ------ increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program, (see
            H.R. 3727), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed
            funeral directors, (see H.R. 4540), H7583 [10SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        FDA:  establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
            H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H851 [4MR]
        Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:  restore the stenographic
            preference for recording depositions, (see H.R. 4221), H10917
            [14OC]
        Financial institutions:  audit requirements and oversight of credit
            unions, (see H.R. 2552), H101 [28JA]
        Fire prevention:  authorize a Federal grant program to assist local
            governments in improving public safety against fire and fire-
            related hazards, (see H.R. 4229), H5593 [15JY]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ 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]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign countries:  funding for the construction of U.S. chancery
            facilities in Berlin and Jerusalem so that comparable rates of
            construction and occupation of the facilities are ensured, (see
            H.R. 4181), H9723 [6OC]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H579 [24FE]
        Government:  enhance the payments protections for subcontractors and
            suppliers on Federal construction projects, (see H.R. 3032),
            H3488 [19MY]
        Health:  liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H3744 [21MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3972
            [22MY]
        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), H2814 [5MY]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1445 [24MR]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H4835 [18JN]
        Insurance:  Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State
            insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural
            disasters, (see H.R. 219), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H904 [5MR]
        ------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
            and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
            individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H1445
            [24MR]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2605
            [29AP]
        IRS:  restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for
            purposes of tax administration, (see H.R. 2563), H65 [27JA]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H3106 [12MY]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H755 [3MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H631 [25FE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H578 [24FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H1112
            [11MR]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H4056 [3JN]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3510), H2120 [21AP]
        National Cancer Institute:  increase funding for ovarian cancer
            public information and education programs, (see H.R. 4200),
            H7290 [5AU]
        National Environmental Education Act:  extend programs, (see H.R.
            3441), H1111 [11MR]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see H.R.
            3632), H2931 [6MY], (see H.R. 1320), H3247 [13MY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H1854 [31MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3366 [18MY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H2236 [22AP]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H4961 [22JN]
        Social Security:  investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
            into program, (see H. Res. 340), H631 [25FE]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H631 [25FE]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
            (see H.R. 2695), H447 [11FE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ promote the granting of incentive stock options to nonhighly
            compensated employees, (see H.R. 2788), H692 [2MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of distilled spirits, (see H.R. 450), H2119 [21AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        Veterans:  termination of certain contributions to the Survivor
            Benefit Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H330 [4FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Appropriations:  constitutional amendment on line-item veto, (see
            H.J. Res. 118), H3024 [11MY]
        Bankruptcy:  modify application of liquidation cases, (see H.R.
            3801), H2931 [6MY]
        Budget:  require a two-thirds vote on passage of legislation that
            allows outlays to exceed revenues, (see H.R. 3091), H62 [27JA]
        ------ require two-thirds vote for legislation changing
            discretionary spending limits or pay-as-you-go requirements if
            the budget for the current or immediately preceding year was not
            in surplus, (see H.R. 3832), H3104 [12MY]
        Children and youth:  provide that children's sleepwear be
            manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
            (see H.R. 3831), H3104 [12MY]
        Courts:  confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
            proceedings, (see H.R. 4286), H6069 [21JY]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  require cancellation of contracts with repeat
            violators, (see H.R. 3826), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ require disclosure of certain payroll information, (see H.R.
            3827), H3024 [11MY]
        Drugs:  provide penalties for open air drug markets, (see H.R.
            4599), H8083 [18SE]
        Foreign Assistance Act:  require that certain assistance be in the
            form of credits redeemable only for U.S. goods and services,
            (see H.R. 3800), H2931 [6MY]
        Fund for Environmental Priorities:  establish and fund with a
            portion of consumer savings resulting from retail electricity
            choice, (see H.R. 3548), H1549 [25MR]
        Housing:  provide rental assistance in a manner that preserves
            residential property values, protects residents, and enhances
            safety, (see H.R. 4218), H5593 [15JY]
        Immigration:  deport aliens who associate with known terrorists,
            (see H.R. 4698), H9536 [5OC]
        Income:  protect retirement security of individuals, (see H.R.
            3450), H1158 [12MR]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  pilot program for the use of optical memory
            cards, (see H.R. 4317), H6281 [23JY]
        NLRB:  assert jurisdiction over horseracing and dogracing
            industries, (see H.R. 3825), H3024 [11MY]
        Public welfare programs:  guarantee loans and provide State grants
            to finance transportation services for welfare recipients, and
            establish preferences for Federal contractors that hire welfare
            recipients, (see H.R. 3638), H2052 [1AP]
        Taxation:  allow a credit for certain corporations which have
            substantial employee ownership and encourage stock ownership by
            employees, (see H.R. 3562), H1642 [26MR]
        ------ expand incentives for the construction and renovation of
            public schools, (see H.R. 4316), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the
            exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence, (see
            H.R. 3953), H3970 [22MY]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
      Essays
        Fulfilling Dr. King's Dream:  Krystal Tribbet, E113<bullet> [5FE]
        Martin Luther King, Jr.:  Dave Forstrom, E113<bullet> [5FE]
      Newsletters
        National blood alcohol content standard relative to the operation of
            motor vehicles:  Conneaut Cellars Winery (business),
            E622<bullet> [22AP]
      Remarks
        Amtrak:  prohibit use of funds by the reform council to hire outside
            consultants, H6731 [29JY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4159 [4JN], H4160 [4JN]
        ----- setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), consideration (H. Res. 455), H4139 [4JN]
        Business and industry:  require consent of employees relative to
            overtime, H4474 [10JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6475 [27JY]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9126 [28SE]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, H5648 [16JY],
            H6544 [29JY], H6545 [29JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11858 [18DE]
        Colleges and universities:  allow use of age-based incentives for
            the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, H2532 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in
            admissions based on sex, race, or national origin, H2895 [6MY],
            H2899 [6MY]
        ------ reporting requirements for reductions in athletic funding or
            scholarships, H2880 [6MY]
        Colorado EMS Foundation:  tribute, E632<bullet> [22AP]
        Courts:  enforcement of child custody and visitation orders (H.R.
            4164), H5438 [14JY]
        Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6989 [3AU], H6990
            [3AU], H6991 [3AU]
        ------ Turkish occupation, H1542<bullet> [25MR]
        Dept. of Education:  establish lender-of-last-resort authority and
            procedures, H2582 [29AP]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1999 [1AP]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6731 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7268 [5AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6544 [29JY], H6545 [29JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
            501), H5648 [16JY]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, E622<bullet> [22AP]
        Education:  auction rights for financial institutions to make
            student loans relative to interest rates, H2569 [29AP], H2570
            [29AP]
        ------ establish income-sensitive repayment options for student
            loans, H2581 [29AP], H2586 [29AP]
        ------ increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program, H2576
            [29AP]
        ------ liability for owners of for-profit higher education
            institutions who misappropriate financial aid funds, H2574
            [29AP]
        ------ student loan interest rates, H2587 [29AP], H2588 [29AP]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees (H.R. 2888), H4470 [10JN], H4472 [10JN], H4473 [10JN],
            H4474 [10JN], H4475 [10JN]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2007 [1AP]
        Foreign policy:  allow attachment of certain property of foreign
            states in execution of judgements for acts of terrorism, H7268
            [5AU]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  observance, H1542<bullet> [25MR]
        Haddonfield, NJ:  tribute to Beechwood School Pre-K program
            graduates, E1515<bullet> [3AU]
        Higher Education Act:  prohibit exclusion from any program based on
            race or religion, H2915 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2520 [29AP], H2532 [29AP], H2569
            [29AP], H2570 [29AP], H2574 [29AP], H2576 [29AP], H2581 [29AP],
            H2582 [29AP], H2586 [29AP], H2587 [29AP], H2588 [29AP], H2880
            [6MY], H2895 [6MY], H2899 [6MY], H2915 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9155 [28SE]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 411), H2515
            [29AP]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  observance, E113<bullet> [5FE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1611 [26MR], H1620 [26MR], E518<bullet> [30MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            E109<bullet> [5FE]
        Saudi Arabia:  resolution of commercial disputes with Hill
            International, Inc., E1747<bullet> [17SE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1999 [1AP], H2007
            [1AP]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H3622 [20MY]