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

    HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)
      Amendments
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2428 [28AP], H2606
            [29AP], H2889 [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
            Compact Consent Act, H3074 [12MY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7915 [16SE]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H6999 [3AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H329 [4FE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        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]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ establish a budget reserve account for emergencies, (see H.R.
            457), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
            rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H631 [25FE]
        CERCLA:  amend, (see H.R. 3000), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H1776 [30MR]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H3312 [14MY]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H4165 [4JN]
        Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services, (see H.R. 1054),
            H1337 [19MR]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H5405 [25JN]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H3014 [7MY]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see H.J. Res. 71), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims'
            rights, (see H.R. 1322), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        Dallas, TX:  designate the museum to be known as ``The Women's
            Museum: An Institute for the Future'' as a Millennium Project
            for the U.S., (see H. Con. Res. 187), H498 [12FE]
        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 HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H11023 [15OC]
        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 Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H7178 [4AU]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H65 [27JA]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3105 [12MY]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H5859 [17JY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3014 [7MY]
        Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs,
            (see H.R. 4017), H4324 [9JN]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H497 [12FE]
        ------ eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations, cosponsorship
            withdrawn, (see H.R. 859), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ extend certain programs, (see H.R. 4017), H4324 [9JN]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
            H2605 [29AP]
        FCC:  eliminate regulatory requirements restricting the cross
            ownership of broadcasting stations and newspapers, (see H.R.
            3171), H385 [5FE]
        ------ repeal redundant reporting and record keeping requirements,
            (see H.R. 4759), H10352 [9OC]
        FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see
            H.R. 4383), H6999 [3AU]
        FEC:  require electronic preservation and filing of reports by
            certain persons and require such reports to be made available
            through the Internet, (see H.R. 3174), H1237 [17MR]
        Federal aid programs:  termination dates, (see H.R. 131), H64 [27JA]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        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), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H2119
            [21AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H1112 [11MR]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses,
            (see H.R. 3310), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ require reasonable notice to businesses of changes made to
            regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see H.R. 4049), H4549
            [11JN]
        GSA:  Federal Protective Service reform, (see H.R. 4034), H6487
            [27JY]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2056 [1AP]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2814 [5MY]
        Housing:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        IMF:  ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H1112
            [11MR]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see H.R. 2377), H1159 [12MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H850 [4MR]
        Law enforcement:  establish matching grant program to help local
            governments purchase armor vests for officers, (see H.R. 2829),
            H447 [11FE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H496 [12FE]
        Macedonia:  access to higher education in the Albanian language,
            (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2319 [23AP]
        Medicaid:  treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
            industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H1237 [17MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H3625
            [20MY], (see H.R. 4339), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4370), H6879 [31JY], (see H.R. 4404), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H100 [28JA]
        ------ reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals
            participating in approved clinical trials, (see H.R. 3283),
            H4165 [4JN]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
        Members of Congress:  eliminate automatic salary adjustments, (see
            H.R. 1100), H3744 [21MY]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
            objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
            (see H.R. 3645), H2052 [1AP]
        National Blue Ribbon Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government:
            reestablish, (see H.R. 132), H64 [27JA]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H4165 [4JN]
        National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
            permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  establish peer review of
            standards, (see H.R. 2661), H4165 [4JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H64 [27JA]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5594 [15JY]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7000 [3AU]
        ------ require the improved disclosure of tax effects of portfolio
            transactions on mutual fund performance, (see H.R. 4822), H10832
            [13OC]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see H.R. 96), H1159
            [12MR]
        Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
            computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
            after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H330 [4FE]
        ------ modification of certain State agreements relative to certain
            students, (see H.R. 1035), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
            530), H3624 [20MY]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7495 [9SE]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
            individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
            coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ allow designation of charity contributions on tax returns and
            establish the Checkoff for Charity Commission to ensure payment
            of contributions, (see H.R. 4865), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3366 [18MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H5297 [24JN]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with
            State legislation, (see H.R. 532), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
            shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H3744 [21MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H4055 [3JN]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy:
            designate, (see H.R. 2931), H1112 [11MR]
        Tobacco products:  limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, (see
            H.R. 2740), H241 [3FE]
        ------ waive certain sanctions against States that penalize minors'
            drivers licenses for purchasing or possessing tobacco products,
            (see H.R. 4159), H5403 [25JN]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Volunteer workers:  eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
            supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H4242 [5JN]
        Women:  promote research and disseminate information on the health
            effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7584
            [10SE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3014 [7MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H3014 [7MY]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H2707 [30AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Bowman County (U.S.S.):  authorize Presidential consent to the third
            party transfer to the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., (see H.R.
            4519), H7414 [6AU]
        Dept. of Justice:  constitutional amendment to establish an elected
            Officer of the U.S. with the responsibilities of the Attorney
            General, (see H.J. Res. 127), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ require election of Attorney General, (see H. Con. Res. 323),
            H7414 [6AU]
        Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
            [11JN]
      Letters
        Designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative fuel and equalize
            alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet owners and
            operators:  several Representatives, H10953 [15OC]
      Lists
        Supporters of H.R. 4519, authorize Presidential consent to the third
            party transfer of the Bowman County (U.S.S.) to the USS LST Ship
            Memorial, Inc., E2155<bullet> [14OC]
      Poems
        ``Hayward--A Tribute,'' Millie Jean Purgerson, E1800<bullet> [24SE]
      Remarks
        Bowman County (U.S.S.):  authorize Presidential consent to the third
            party transfer to the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. (H.R. 4519),
            H10848 [14OC], H10849 [14OC], E2155<bullet> [14OC]
        China, Republic of:  observance of National Day, E1864<bullet> [1OC]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11894 [18DE]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit imposition of audit deficiencies on
            Texas College relative to absence of financial aid records,
            H2889 [6MY], H2890 [6MY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 574), H9608 [6OC]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
            2472), H3430 [19MY]
        ------ extend certain programs (S. 417), H10952 [15OC], H10954
            [15OC]
        FERC:  extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric
            project in Colorado (H.R. 2217), H3035 [12MY]
        Gainesville, TX:  tribute to fire department, E428<bullet> [19MR]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3451<bullet> [19MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6370 [24JY]
        ------ tribute to National Marrow Donor Program, E609<bullet> [21AP]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2889 [6MY], H2890
            [6MY]
        Hydroelectric power:  extend time required for construction of
            projects (H.R. 2841), H3035 [12MY]
        Nobel Prize:  recognition of Amartya Sen for economic sciences,
            E2157<bullet> [14OC]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs (H.R. 3610), H10464 [10OC]
        ------ purchases from the strategic petroleum reserve by entities in
            the insular areas of the U.S., H10952 [15OC]
        Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
            fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
            owners and operators, H10952 [15OC]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2159 [22AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4661 [17JN]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), motion to appoint conferees, H3069 [12MY]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            H6523 [29JY], H6528 [29JY], H6532 [29JY] grant congressional
            consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference report (H. Res.
            511), H6518 [29JY], H6520 [29JY], H6521 [29JY]
        Zlan, Ltd.:  tribute, E1398<bullet> [23JY]
      Tributes
        Briggs, John R., Jr. (Big John), E1798<bullet> [24SE]
        Darst, Evelyn M.V., E1797<bullet> [24SE]
        Eubank, Russell, E2356<bullet> [19DE]
        Garmon, Paul L., E1637<bullet> [7AU]
        Gay, Mary C., E2354<bullet> [19DE]
        Hamm, George F., E1193<bullet> [22JN]
        Lawson, A. Lowell, Jr., E13<bullet> [27JA]
        Montgomery, James R., E2355<bullet> [19DE]
        Murray, John J., E886<bullet> [19MY]
        Nelson, Lois, E889<bullet> [19MY]
        Nimmo, Jeter, E1240<bullet> [25JN]
        Osborne, Henry, E1931<bullet> [7OC]
        Pitts, Shelby D., E1345<bullet> [17JY]
        Reed, William Hayward, E1800<bullet> [24SE]
        Salaman, Helen, E1795<bullet> [24SE]
        Smith, Randall T., E1249<bullet> [26JN]
        Solomon, Representative, H9608 [6OC]
        Tunnell, Joe, E1244<bullet> [26JN]
        Wilson, Murph, E1640<bullet> [7AU]
        Woods, Oree, E429<bullet> [19MR]