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

    SNYDER, VIC (a Representative from Arkansas)
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H1445
            [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1299 [18MR]
        Azerbaijan:  allocation of foreign aid, (see H.R. 2284), H1112
            [11MR]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H101 [28JA]
        Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
            the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
            H. Con. Res. 224), H631 [25FE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1021 [10MR]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H447
            [11FE]
        ------ extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H4880 [19JN]
        Dept. of Commerce:  provide grants to improve job skills in specific
            industries, (see H.R. 3270), H692 [2MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
            technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H8932
            [25SE]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
            3584), H2814 [5MY]
        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),
            H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
            veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
            research priorities relative to certain service-related health
            consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ provide a cost-of-living adjustment in compensation rates
            paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and make
            various improvements in education, housing, and cemetery
            programs, (see H.R. 4110), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ use portion of any national tobacco settlement to establish
            trust fund for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine
            dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4188), H5404
            [25JN]
        Dept of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H10077 [8OC]
        Diseases:  ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H3014
            [7MY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3624 [20MY]
        Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
            H3744 [21MY]
        ------ establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity
            Program, (see H.R. 1970), H64 [27JA]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1379 [23MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  improve child care and family
            support services, (see H.R. 2713), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN] increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of school-based child care, (see H.R.
            3768), H2705 [30AP]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H5957 [20JY]
        Financial institutions:  insist that certain institutions uphold the
            trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
            receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
            H902 [5MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2237 [22AP]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3106
            [12MY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Guyana:  elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H851 [4MR]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 83), H448 [11FE]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H64 [27JA]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
        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), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H579 [24FE]
        Immigration:  strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341),
            H4835 [18JN]
        Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8083 [18SE]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H3625 [20MY]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R. 2829), H3014
            [7MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        Lighthouses:  establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
            program, (see H.R. 2970), H1237 [17MR]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H2056 [1AP]
        Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
            beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
            3259), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
            for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7179 [4AU]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H6697
            [29JY]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219), H7585
            [10SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H7618 [11SE]
        National Historic Preservation Fund:  extend authorization, (see
            H.R. 1522), H2055 [1AP]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        National Weather Service:  overtime pay for forecasters performing
            essential services during severe weather events, (see H.R.
            2987), H5064 [23JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
        Organ donors:  establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
            H.R. 1505), H1643 [26MR]
        Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs, (see
            H.R. 1070), H1445 [24MR]
        Research:  increase the amount authorized for basic scientific,
            medical, and pre-competitive engineering research, (see H.R.
            3660), H2053 [1AP]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3295), H1445 [24MR]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H497 [12FE]
        Small business:  provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
            portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H5297 [24JN]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying
            limits on certain bonds, (see H.R. 2714), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H3625 [20MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1550 [25MR]
        ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
            services, (see H.R. 3648), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
            communities, (see H.R. 465), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H2606 [29AP]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
        Veterans:  reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity
            compensation for certain surviving spouses, (see H.R. 2004),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H7618 [11SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's, (see H. Res. 360),
            H497 [12FE]
        Virgin Islands:  commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
            the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
            Independence Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7584
            [10SE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
        Veterans:  presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in
            certain veterans, (see H.R. 4751), H10076 [8OC]
      Remarks
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7995 [17SE]
        Black History Month:  observance, H413 [11FE]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H4843 [19JN]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11911 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11911 [18DE]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), H4843 [19JN]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H10674 [13OC], H10840
            [14OC], H11002 [15OC], H11005 [15OC]
        ------ reductions in class size, H5300 [25JN]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H1437 [24MR], H5300 [25JN]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H10840 [14OC], H11002 [15OC], H11005 [15OC]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of school-based child care (H.R.
            3768), H3077 [12MY], H3078 [12MY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7995 [17SE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
            H10326 [9OC]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7995 [17SE]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H389
            [11FE], H1454 [25MR], H1785 [31MR]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H1525
            [25MR], H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H3781 [22MY]
            ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485), H1525 [25MR],
            H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H1558 [26MR] ethics
            reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3526), H4483 [11JN] ethics
            reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3581), H1742 [30MR]
        Taxation:  creation of a new class of bonds for new school
            construction (H.R. 2695), H1437 [24MR]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H479
            [12FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H437 [11FE], H2704 [30AP], H3102 [12MY],
            H10665 [12OC]
      Tributes
        Davis, Benjamin O., H413 [11FE]
        Johnson, Representative Sam, H479 [12FE]