    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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    HUTCHINSON, ASA (a Representative from Arkansas)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6295 [23JY],
            H7226 [5AU]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H3335 [14MY], H7328 [6AU]
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
        Conferee:  S. 2073, Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency
            Prevention Act, H9204 [1OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Antitrust policy:  treatment of video programming for multichannel
            distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H1642 [26MR]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        ------ international cooperation in cases involving the illegal
            abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see H. Con. Res.
            224), H631 [25FE]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H3247 [13MY]
        Colleges and universities:  protect speech and association rights of
            students, (see H.R. 980), H64 [27JA]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H8084 [18SE]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H4165 [4JN]
        Contracts:  allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
            disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H7803 [15SE]
        Correctional institutions:  funding for substance abuse prevention
            and treatment programs in prisons, (see H.R. 4039), H4548 [11JN]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H4056 [3JN]
        Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
            individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H4550 [11JN]
        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 Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
        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),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  clarify method for filling vacancies subject to
            Senate confirmation, (see H.R. 3420), H1020 [10MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  furnish headstones or markers for the
            marked graves of certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H7290
            [5AU]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs,
            (see H.R. 3712), H5297 [24JN]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
        ------ rescheduling of flunitrazepam into schedule I of the
            Controlled Substances Act, (see H.R. 3093), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in the
            presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, (see H. Res. 372),
            H678 [26FE], (see H.J. Res. 117), H2706 [30AP]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H755 [3MR]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H3247 [13MY]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H497 [12FE]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H3972 [22MY]
        Financial institutions:  insist that certain institutions uphold the
            trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
            receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
            of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H4241 [5JN]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H8084 [18SE]
        Foreign trade:  limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
            3633), H2052 [1AP]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 299), H5737 [16JY]
        Government regulations:  require reasonable notice to businesses of
            changes made to regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see
            H.R. 4049), H4549 [11JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2814
            [5MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3312 [14MY]
        IRS:  improve access and increase equity for taxpayers, (see H.R.
            2598), H1550 [25MR]
        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), H5957 [20JY]
        Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H678 [26FE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H6487 [27JY]
        Navy Combat Action Ribbon:  retroactive awarding to certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 543), H3743 [21MY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Panama:  commend efforts to obtain the release of New Tribes Mission
            (organization) workers held hostage, (see H. Con. Res. 277),
            H3972 [22MY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H4325 [9JN]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5494 [14JY]
        Public safety officers:  establish national medal for those who act
            with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
            H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see H.R. 2849), H1699 [27MR]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6070 [21JY]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H2744 [4MY]
        States:  permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to
            parental consent, (see H.R. 2941), H9345 [2OC]
        Taxation:  allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage,
            (see H.R. 4167), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ 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]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2424 [28AP]
        ------ 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), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4165
            [4JN]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H4479 [10JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H241 [3FE]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
            H.R. 2593), H447 [11FE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational
            assistance, (see H.R. 127), H1337 [19MR]
        ------ 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]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans
            and flexible spending arrangements, (see H.R. 3552), H2319
            [23AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3749), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 3888), H3625 [20MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7495 [9SE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        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]
        FERC:  extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric
            project in Arkansas, (see H.R. 4081), H4834 [18JN]
        Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4338), H6487 [27JY]
        Tobacco products:  specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
      Bills and resolutions relative to
        Clinton, President:  House of Representatives' appointment and
            authorization of managers for impeachment trial, (see H. Res.
            614), H12047 [19DE]
      Essays: Voice of Democracy
        Meyer, Craig, E1119<bullet> [11JN]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  price supports for peanuts, H5021 [23JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5021 [23JN]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11733 [17DE]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry (H.R. 3168), H702 [3MR], H1024 [11MR], E105<bullet>
            [5FE]
        China, People's Republic of:  revoking of visas of three journalists
            from Radio Free Asia during Presidential visit, H4973 [23JN]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11808 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach, H9087 [28SE] Committee on the
            Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether grounds exist to impeach
            (H. Res. 581), H10019 [8OC]
        ------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
            justice, and improper sexual conduct, H9087 [28SE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11778 [18DE], H11797 [18DE],
            H11805 [18DE], H11808 [18DE], H11822 [18DE], H11832 [18DE],
            H11864 [18DE], H11910 [18DE]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7604 [11SE]
        Crime:  improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
            involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H639 [26FE]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H10566 [12OC], H10571 [12OC]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H5525
            [15JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees,
            including any appointed independent counsel, and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7240 [5AU], H7241 [5AU],
            H7242 [5AU]
        ------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7228 [5AU], H7229 [5AU],
            H7240 [5AU], H7241 [5AU], H7242 [5AU], H7244 [5AU], H7247 [5AU]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7228 [5AU], H7229
            [5AU], H7240 [5AU], H7241 [5AU], H7242 [5AU], H7244 [5AU], H7247
            [5AU], H7259 [5AU]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H. Res. 423), H3037
            [12MY]
        ------ national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of
            illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267), H2763 [5MY]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), H7827<bullet> [16SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), H4452 [10JN], H4453 [10JN]
        ----- constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures (H.J.
            Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3725 [21MY]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7259
            [5AU]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2250 [23AP]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11733 [17DE]
        Laos:  human rights violations, H111 [3FE]
        ------ U.S. policy, H111 [3FE]
        Little League Baseball, Inc.:  extend benefits and privileges
            available to nongovernmental international organizations (S.
            Con. Res. 37), H2373 [28AP]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
            H10327 [9OC]
        Major League Baseball:  application of antitrust laws (S. 53), H9945
            [7OC]
        National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Week:  observance, H3262
            [14MY]
        Panama:  anniversary of kidnapping of U.S. citizens, H70 [28JA]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H4824 [18JN], H7226 [5AU]
        Patriotic societies and observances:  revise, codify, and enact
            without substantive change certain general and permanent laws
            (S. 2524), H10575 [12OC], H10577 [12OC]
        Point of order, H7230 [5AU]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H2302
            [23AP], H3359 [18MY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H301
            [4FE], H3778 [22MY], H4684 [17JN], H4785 [18JN], H4818 [18JN],
            H4819 [18JN], H4824 [18JN], H5962 [21JY], H6938 [3AU], H7302
            [6AU], H7303 [6AU], H7304 [6AU], H7316 [6AU], H7321 [6AU], H7326
            [6AU], H7327 [6AU] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3725 [21MY] ethics reform
            and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res.
            458), H4776 [18JN] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            3581), H1734 [30MR]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H7321 [6AU]
        ------ require radio and television broadcasters to provide reduced
            rate air time for political advertising, H7304 [6AU]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H3611 [20MY],
            H3612 [20MY], H4703 [17JN]
        Public safety officers:  establish national medal for those who act
            with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (H.R.
            4090), H7439 [9SE], H7440 [9SE]
        Tobacco products:  specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement (H.J. Res. 109), E149<bullet> [11FE]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5369<bullet> [25JN], E1272<bullet>
            [26JN], E1798<bullet> [24SE], E1843<bullet> [28SE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Clinton, President:  House of Representatives' appointment and
            authorization of managers for impeachment trial (H. Res. 614),
            H12042 [19DE], H12043 [19DE]
        Leave of absence:  granted, H5397 [25JN], H11022 [15OC]
        Special order:  granted, H327 [4FE], H1774 [30MR], H2314 [23AP],
            H2704 [30AP], H3482 [19MY], H4164 [4JN], H4477 [10JN]
      Summaries
        Taxpayer Repayment Act (H.J. Res. 109), E149<bullet> [11FE]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 614, House of Representatives' appointment and authorization
            of managers for impeachment trial of President Clinton, H12043
            [19DE]
      Tributes
        Owen, Rich, H3262 [14MY]
        Walton, Helen, E2286<bullet> [21OC]