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

    PITTS, JOSEPH R. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
      Amendments
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7809 [15SE], H7921 [16SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
        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), H10917 [14OC]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        ------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
            requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
            federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H3024 [11MY]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H2705 [30AP]
        Computers:  installation of filtering or blocking programs in
            schools and libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177),
            H3105 [12MY]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H5594 [15JY]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Copeland Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 2720), H579 [24FE]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H5737 [16JY]
        Crime:  identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3999), H5594 [15JY]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 2720), H579 [24FE]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H4629 [16JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2707 [30AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H6880
            [31JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H11023 [15OC]
        Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3939), H5594 [15JY]
        Education:  dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
            the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ provide flexibility to local agencies that develop voluntary
            public and private parental choice programs, (see H.R. 3742),
            H2423 [28AP]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3105 [12MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H63
            [27JA]
        FDA:  proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
            metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H5957
            [20JY]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9084 [26SE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Foreign policy:  support developmental alternatives for child labor,
            (see H.R. 4506), H7414 [6AU]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H5403 [25JN]
        Freeman Hankins Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4002), H5594 [15JY]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
        Government:  constitutional amendment relative to legal effects of
            new treaties and agreements on the Constitution, (see H.J. Res.
            83), H447 [11FE]
        H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Aspinwall, PA:  designate, (see H.R. 2775), H1021 [10MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H5859
            [17JY]
        Human rights:  anniversary of the signing of the Universal
            Declaration of Human Rights, (see H. Con. Res. 185), H6454
            [24JY]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H3489 [19MY]
        Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to
            compensation for economic and non-economic losses, (see H.R.
            2021), H5297 [24JN]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        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]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1112 [11MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6999 [3AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        Max Weiner Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4003), H5594 [15JY]
        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]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H755 [3MR]
        National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:  revise filing
            deadline for certain claims, (see H.R. 3778), H10668 [12OC]
        Panama:  commend efforts to obtain the release of New Tribes Mission
            (organization) workers held hostage, (see H. Con. Res. 277),
            H3312 [14MY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3106 [12MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3972 [22MY]
        Roxanne H. Jones Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4001), H5594 [15JY]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H631 [25FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H631 [25FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H6698
            [29JY]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see H.R. 96), H2055
            [1AP]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, (see
            H.R. 4255), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ use of community development block grants for nonentitlement
            areas to offset charity tax credits, (see H.R. 3241), H1445
            [24MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H631 [25FE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5957
            [20JY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H692 [2MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4000), H5594 [15JY]
        Tobacco products:  waive certain sanctions against States that
            penalize minors' drivers licenses for purchasing or possessing
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4159), H5403 [25JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H631 [25FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1445 [24MR]
        Valley Forge National Historical Park:  authorize addition of the
            Paoli Battlefield in Malvern, PA, (see H.R. 3746), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ designate lands as the Valley Forge National Cemetery, (see
            H.R. 4365), H6879 [31JY]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H6697 [29JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Abortion:  provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant
            women with alternatives to abortion, (see H.R. 4670), H9274
            [1OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for
            houseparents, (see H.R. 4778), H10352 [9OC]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood, (see H.R. 4257), H5737 [16JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  recognize importance of fathers in
            the raising and development of children, (see H. Res. 417),
            H2706 [30AP]
        Taxation:  treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
            insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
            tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
      Letters
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Association of American Educators,
            H8066 [18SE]
        ------ Jim Hawkins, Professional Educators of Iowa (organization),
            H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Kent King, Missouri State Teachers Association, H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Marcia Koopman, Associated Professional Educators of
            Louisiana, H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Ruth Green, Kentucky Association of Professional Educators,
            H8064 [18SE]
        ------ Walter Jewell, Professional Educators of Tennessee
            (organization), H8064 [18SE]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H2346 [28AP], H6513 [29JY], H10563 [12OC]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, H5969
            [21JY], H6190 [23JY], H6205 [23JY]
        Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, H7814
            [16SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5094 [24JN]
        AID:  funding of sterilization programs for Peruvian women, H634
            [26FE]
        Belgium:  discrimination against minority religious groups, H3758
            [22MY]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, H246 [4FE]
        Burma:  human rights violations, H4248 [9JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1461<bullet> [29JY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7192 [5AU]
        China, People's Republic of:  human rights violations, H9090 [28SE],
            H10812 [13OC]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H2820
            [6MY], H4067 [4JN]
        Clinton, President:  allegations of sexual misconduct as Governor of
            Arkansas, H1705 [30MR]
        ------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
            justice, and improper sexual conduct, H7927 [17SE], H8464
            [23SE], H9190 [1OC], H9727 [7OC], H10222 [9OC], H10670 [13OC],
            H10836 [14OC], H10920 [15OC], H11688 [20OC]
        ------ feminist groups response to charges of perjury, obstruction
            of justice, and improper sexual conduct, H8974 [26SE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11923 [18DE], H12007<bullet>
            [19DE]
        ------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
            obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
            conduct, H1242 [18MR], H1557 [26MR], H1650 [27MR], H5641 [16JY],
            H6869 [31JY]
        Colombia:  efforts to release kidnapped U.S. hostages, H1783 [31MR]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  granting of
            immunity relative to investigation of Federal election campaign
            fundraising and expenditure practices, H2612 [30AP], H3118
            [13MY]
        ------ investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and
            expenditure practices, H3030 [12MY]
        ------ release of confidential information relative to investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H2935 [7MY]
        Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate):  investigation of
            Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices,
            H1452 [25MR]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
            3783), H9909 [7OC], H9911<bullet> [7OC]
        Congress:  partisanship versus bipartisanship, H9280 [2OC]
        ------ partisanship versus bipartisanship relative to Watergate,
            H10564 [12OC]
        ------ tribute to participants in the Artistic Discovery student art
            competition, H4972 [23JN]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, H10146 [8OC]
        Correctional institutions:  prohibit Federal funding for abortions
            except in cases of life endangering conditions or rape, H7144
            [4AU]
        Crime:  enforcement of statutes prohibiting Federal employees from
            interfering in Federal investigations, H919 [10MR]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H5416
            [14JY] prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            consideration (H. Res. 499), H5516 [15JY] prohibit taking minors
            across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental
            notification of abortions (S. 1645), H3978 [3JN]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia (H.R.
            4006), E1372<bullet> [21JY]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            H1591 [26MR]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5999 [21JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7144 [4AU], H7192
            [5AU], H7258 [5AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10146 [8OC]
        District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7355
            [6AU], H7394 [6AU]
        ------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7394 [6AU]
            scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502), H2658
            [30AP]
        ------ use of non-Federal funds for abortions, H7355 [6AU]
        Drug abuse:  needle exchange programs, H2125 [22AP]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8038 [18SE], H8045
            [18SE]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, H8060 [18SE], H8064 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H582 [25FE], H1026 [11MR],
            H1857 [1AP], H2346 [28AP], H4576 [16JN], H5068 [24JN], H5504
            [15JY], H6754 [30JY], H7006 [4AU]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H7435 [9SE], H8038 [18SE],
            H8045 [18SE], H8060 [18SE], H8064 [18SE], H10895 [14OC] spending
            of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's
            classrooms (H.R. 3248), consideration (H. Res. 543), H8017
            [17SE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for
            houseparents (H.R. 4778), E2039<bullet> [10OC]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7258
            [5AU]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood (H.R. 4257), H9122 [28SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  recognize importance of fathers in
            the raising and development of children (H. Res. 417), H4251
            [9JN]
        ------ role of Government in establishing values, H1219 [17MR]
        Father's Day:  observance, H4841 [19JN]
        FDA:  prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of
            any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5094 [24JN]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, H1591 [26MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4084 [4JN]
        Honduras:  human rights violations, H1386 [24MR]
        Indonesia:  human rights violations, H5743 [17JY], H9647 [6OC]
        ------ human rights violations in East Timor, H701 [3MR]
        ------ persecution of Chinese citizens, H7499 [10SE]
        Iran:  human rights violations of Bahais, E2024<bullet> [10OC]
        IRS:  restructure and reform, H509 [24FE], H2240 [23AP]
        Kennett Square, PA:  anniversary of Kennett Grange No. 19, E1772
            [22SE]
        Kenya:  U.S. policy, H1174 [17MR]
        Korea, Democratic Republic of:  human rights violations,
            E776<bullet> [6MY]
        Maldives:  human rights violations, H8537 [24SE]
        Morocco:  release of POW relative to conflict with Western Sahara,
            H6514 [29JY]
        ------ removal of antipersonnel landmines in Western Sahara, H6076
            [22JY]
        ------ self-determination referendum for Western Sahara, H7182 [5AU]
        National Cancer Institute:  study of correlation between breast
            cancer and abortion, H9595 [6OC]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5999 [21JY]
        Nuclear weapons:  strategic defense initiative, H4338 [10JN]
        Pakistan:  human rights violations, H3262 [14MY]
        ------ religious persecution of Christian minorities, H854 [5MR]
        Panama:  commend efforts to obtain the release of New Tribes Mission
            (organization) workers held hostage (H. Con. Res. 277), H7458
            [9SE]
        Pennsylvania:  investigation of l993 State Senate special election,
            E712<bullet> [29AP]
        Religious Prisoners Congressional Task Force:  encourage membership,
            H1302 [19MR]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8719 [25SE]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, H453 [12FE], H2442 [29AP]
        Sudan:  human rights violations, H761 [4MR], H4637 [17JN]
        Taxation:  eliminate marriage tax penalty, H3493 [20MY]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 3734), H4034 [3JN]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8719 [25SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H1116 [12MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4483 [11JN]
        Terrorism:  U.S. policy, H7814 [16SE]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, H1591 [26MR]
        U.S. Service Academies:  tribute to nominees from the 16th
            Congressional District of Pennsylvania, H5301 [25JN]
        West Chester University:  tribute to ``Satellites and Education''
            Conference, E110<bullet> [5FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H9343 [2OC]
        Special order:  granted, H5294 [24JN], H9719 [6OC], H10349 [9OC]
      Reports
        Grand Jury Report on 1993 State Senate Special Election:  Paul I.
            Clymer, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, E713<bullet>
            [29AP]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Associated Professional Educators of
            Louisiana, H8065 [18SE]
      Tributes
        Pitts, Dan and Paige, H9352 [5OC]