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

    RYUN, JIM (a Representative from Kansas)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  provide supplemental payments
            to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
            flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
            H4324 [9JN]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        Clifford R. Hope Post Office, Garden City, KS:  designate, (see H.R.
            4774), H10352 [9OC]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H4056
            [3JN]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        Education:  role in character development and teaching of moral
            values, (see H. Con. Res. 127), H101 [28JA]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
            [11FE]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H4712 [17JN]
        Firearms:  possession by persons convicted of a crime involving
            domestic violence, (see H.R. 1009), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H5064
            [23JN]
        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), H5404 [25JN]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H8932 [25SE]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H6070 [21JY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2424 [28AP]
        Housing:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H100 [28JA]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4055
            [3JN]
        ------ enhance and expand special enrollment periods for certain
            military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 3863), H3246 [13MY]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU], (see H.R. 4327), H7290 [5AU]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  amend, (see H.R. 2579), H497
            [12FE]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4056 [3JN]
        Railroads:  permit State and local governments to adopt or enforce
            certain speed limits for trains, (see H.R. 3812), H4056 [3JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7178 [4AU]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H2318 [23AP]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H9345 [2OC]
        Sports:  encourage pro sports leagues and International Olympic
            Committee to set clear guidelines and penalties for illegal drug
            use, (see H. Res. 481), H4879 [19JN]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H7290
            [5AU]
        ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
            contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ treatment of dependent care expenses, (see H.R. 3176), H445
            [11FE]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ 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]
        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]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H2318 [23AP]
        Veterans:  computation of retirement benefits for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 4574), H7802
            [15SE]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H904
            [5MR]
        ------ termination of certain contributions to the Survivor Benefit
            Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H2120 [21AP]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        China, People's Republic of:  prohibit U.S. export of missile
            equipment and technology, (see H.R. 3886), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, (see H.
            Res. 438), H3312 [14MY]
        NSF:  make grants for applied engineering and technology education
            equipment and capital improvements, (see H.R. 3733), H2331
            [27AP]
        Taxation:  allocation of farm income among taxable years, (see H.R.
            4564), H7690 [14SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to members of the Armed Forces who
            were injured or lost their lives during the ``Tet Offensive'',
            (see H. Con. Res. 204), H63 [27JA]
      Letters
        Tribute to Garner E. Shriver:  several Members of Congress, H697
            [3MR]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to
            discharge Committee on the Judiciary (House) from consideration
            of veto, H6200 [23JY]
        ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, H6191
            [23JY]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
            Employees Health Benefits Program, H3692 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit funding for assignment of duty at the U.N. Rapidly
            Deployable Missions Headquarters, H3581 [20MY]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6101 [22JY]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H3564
            [20MY], H6074 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11890 [18DE]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5526 [15JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3564 [20MY], H3581 [20MY], H3692 [21MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Health Administration medical
            care funding through offsets in FHA funding, H6548 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5756 [17JY], H6548 [29JY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8787 [25SE]
        Haskell Indian Nations University:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9638 [6OC]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 59),
            E1558<bullet> [5AU]
        Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9638 [6OC]
        Topeka, KS:  replacement of underground water pipes damaged during
            floods, H5756 [17JY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to members of the Armed Forces who
            were injured or lost their lives during the ``Tet Offensive''
            (H. Con. Res. 204), H68 [28JA]
        Votes:  position on missed, E696<bullet> [29AP], E927<bullet>
            [20MY], E1721<bullet> [15SE]
        White, Joe:  Freedom Works Award recipient, H9726 [7OC]