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

    ALLEN, THOMAS H. (a Representative from Maine)
      Amendments
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2424 [28AP], H2425
            [28AP], H2573 [29AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        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:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5493 [14JY]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H10077 [8OC]
        Computers:  restore freedom of speech to the Internet and protect
            children from unsuitable online material, (see H.R. 774), H5297
            [24JN]
        Courts:  allow suits against the Federal Government for gross
            negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas, (see
            H.R. 1334), H100 [28JA]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H904 [5MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H7584 [10SE]
        ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H4479 [10JN], (see H.R.
            4151), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H2424 [28AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H678 [26FE]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9537 [5OC]
        Dept. of HHS:  make grants to States and businesses to improve the
            quality of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that
            will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State, (see
            H.R. 4362), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H4548 [11JN]
        ------ 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), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ 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), H5957
            [20JY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3488 [19MY]
        Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
            H1643 [26MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Employment:  make parental leave for birth parents equitable to
            adoptive and foster parents, (see H.R. 1573), H851 [4MR]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H5736 [16JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H1021
            [10MR]
        Firearms:  treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H4550 [11JN]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
        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), H4629
            [16JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ 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), H1337
            [19MR]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H10077 [8OC]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H1236 [17MR]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2481), H64 [27JA], (see H.R. 2955), H4241 [5JN]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H2056 [1AP]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H7915 [16SE]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H448 [11FE]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H904 [5MR]
        ------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
            mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H6820
            [30JY]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5859
            [17JY]
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act:  Federal land acquisitions
            funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
            conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H9537
            [5OC]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1777 [30MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H1236 [17MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219), H5593
            [15JY]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services,
            cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 4567), H10077 [8OC]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H329 [4FE]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H7178 [4AU]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H9346 [2OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Organ donors:  establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
            H.R. 1505), H2813 [5MY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4479 [10JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H6820 [30JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H64 [27JA]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H2814 [5MY]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H3742 [21MY]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H2706 [30AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H7428 [7AU]
        Senior citizens:  establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for
            elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage, (see H.R.
            2681), H3105 [12MY]
        Social Security:  investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
            into program, (see H. Res. 340), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H8932 [25SE]
        Taxation:  disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in
            applying limits on certain bonds, (see H.R. 2714), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H7803 [15SE]
        ------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, (see H.R. 18), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H579 [24FE]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see H.R. 3774), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H6511 [28JY]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H5405 [25JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3625 [20MY]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H5405 [25JN]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2424 [28AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H5494 [14JY]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H3312 [14MY]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H7415 [6AU]
        Women:  support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H3972
            [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Colleges and universities:  improve and strengthen recruitment and
            training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
            [5MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of school-based child care, (see H.R.
            3768), H2705 [30AP]
        Hazardous substances:  require powerplants, industrial plants, and
            incinerators to reduce mercury emissions, (see H.R. 3791), H2813
            [5MY]
        Maine:  deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project, (see
            H.R. 3737), H2423 [28AP]
        Medicare:  reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE]
        Ships and vessels:  reform process for dismantling and disposing of
            ships no longer in use, (see H.R. 4156), H5403 [25JN]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1814<bullet> [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11649<bullet> [20OC]
        Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act:  invalidate entire legislation if
            any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4806
            [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10024 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12010<bullet> [19DE]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H3092 [12MY], H3093 [12MY], H3094 [12MY]
        ------ release of confidential information relative to investigation
            of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
            practices, H2935 [7MY], H3092 [12MY], H3093 [12MY]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10672 [13OC]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5534 [15JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            motion to instruct conferees, H6124 [22JY]
        ------ theater missile defense programs funding, H6124 [22JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11649<bullet> [20OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  reallocation of certain veteran health
            care resources relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6558
            [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6254 [23JY], H6255 [23JY],
            H6259 [23JY], H6558 [29JY]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), H2656 [30AP]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6254 [23JY], H6255 [23JY]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, H10837 [14OC]
        ------ increase number of teachers, H10837 [14OC]
        ------ liability for owners of for-profit higher education
            institutions who misappropriate financial aid funds, H2573
            [29AP], H2574 [29AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H701 [3MR], H10672 [13OC],
            H10837 [14OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H1434 [24MR]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H7813 [16SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), H4447 [10JN], H4456 [10JN]
        ----- constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures (H.J.
            Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
        ------ require that a majority of congressional campaign
            contributions come from State residents, H5947 [20JY], H5948
            [20JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of school-based child care (H.R.
            3768), H3077 [12MY], H3078 [12MY], E726<bullet> [30AP]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses (H.R. 3310), H1571<bullet> [26MR], H1575 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of fines for first-time violations of paperwork
            requirements by small businesses, H1575 [26MR]
        Hazardous substances:  require powerplants, industrial plants, and
            incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (H.R. 3791),
            E797<bullet> [7MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H1025 [11MR], H5967 [21JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3605), H5070 [24JN] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), H6411<bullet> [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2573 [29AP], H2574
            [29AP]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H2981 [7MY], H5369
            [25JN], H5370 [25JN]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, H78 [28JA],
            H657 [26FE], H658 [26FE], H659 [26FE], H660 [26FE], H661 [26FE],
            H1814<bullet> [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services (H.R. 3205), H5279
            [24JN]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4627),
            E2060<bullet> [11OC]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646), H9196
            [1OC]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), H4263 [9JN]
        Political campaigns:  clarify that certain communications from
            citizen groups are exempt from express advocacy requirements,
            H6802 [30JY]
        ------ clarify the prohibition on use of Federal property for
            fundraising activities, H5921 [20JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits, H1454 [25MR], H2981
            [7MY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H390
            [11FE], H1174 [17MR], H1522 [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR],
            H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H3492 [20MY], H3781
            [22MY], H3782 [22MY], H4456 [10JN], H4688 [17JN], H4806 [18JN],
            H4816 [18JN], H4818 [18JN], H5921 [20JY], H5947 [20JY], H5948
            [20JY], H6802 [30JY], H7309 [6AU], H7326 [6AU] ethics reform and
            contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res. 442),
            H3727 [21MY] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485),
            H1522 [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR], H1526 [25MR], H1527
            [25MR], H1528 [25MR] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            3581), H1734 [30MR]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4806 [18JN]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2151 [22AP]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
            (H.R. 2695), H1434 [24MR]
        ------ incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality
            child care, H22 [27JA]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8939 [26SE]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), motion to appoint conferees, H3071 [12MY]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            H6527 [29JY] grant congressional consent (H.R. 629),
            consideration of conference report (H. Res. 511), H6519 [29JY]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2064
            [21AP]
        UNUM Corp.:  anniversary, E1344<bullet> [17JY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H7781<bullet> [15SE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H36 [27JA], H98 [28JA], H381 [5FE], H626
            [25FE], H1156 [12MR], H2704 [30AP], H3102 [12MY]
      Tributes
        Dellums, Representative, H376 [5FE]