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

    PALLONE, FRANK, JR. (a Representative from New Jersey)
      Amendments
        Courts:  enlarge jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to class
            action lawsuits (H.R. 3789), H9276 [1OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7000 [3AU], H7165
            [4AU], H7213 [5AU]
      Articles and editorials
        Marjorie Hirschberg, 54, Advocate--Fought for Rights of Women, Kids,
            Malcolm X Abram, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution,
            E1264<bullet> [26JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H904 [5MR]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H447 [11FE]
        Aviation:  liability requirements for air carrier baggage, (see H.R.
            3337), H902 [5MR]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H5493 [14JY]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ religious accommodations in the workplace, (see H.R. 2948),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
            (see H.R. 23), H7428 [7AU]
        Computers:  installation of filtering or blocking programs in
            schools and libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177),
            H1159 [12MR]
        Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
            to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H1021 [10MR]
        Conservation of energy:  development and implementation of a
            comprehensive energy conservation plan for the Congress, (see H.
            Con. Res. 280), H3743 [21MY]
        Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
            educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
            [19MR]
        Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
            Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
            H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        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 HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
            [23AP]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R. 3875), H4550 [11JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10353 [9OC]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see H.R. 2545), H692 [2MR]
        Drunken driving:  national minimum sentence for a person who
            operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol,
            (see H.R. 982), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles
            by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H447 [11FE]
        Ecology and environment:  control water pollution from concentrated
            animal feeding operations, (see H.R. 3232), H496 [12FE]
        Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
            H1643 [26MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Federal employees:  equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R.
            3956), H10668 [12OC]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H3972 [22MY]
        Firearms:  require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H11023 [15OC]
        Food:  consumer access to information on the health benefits of
            foods and dietary supplements, (see H.R. 2868), H447 [11FE]
        ------ improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
            [18JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
            certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H10353 [9OC]
        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]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H8528 [23SE]
        Foreign trade:  require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked
            with the country of origin, (see H.R. 4688), H9345 [2OC]
        Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
            memorial in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 4284), H6069
            [21JY]
        Germany:  expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive
            medical fund for Holocaust survivors, (see H. Con. Res. 112),
            H8932 [25SE]
        Great Irish Potato Famine:  issue postage stamp to commemorate
            anniversary of Irish emigration to escape famine, and to honor
            the contributions of these immigrants and their descendants,
            (see H. Con. Res. 232), H755 [3MR]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H850 [4MR]
        Health:  application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
            groups of health care professionals with HMO's, (see H.R. 4277),
            H9537 [5OC]
        ------ biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1168 [16MR]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ increase the legal smoking age, (see H.R. 2519), H101 [28JA]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
            H4550 [11JN]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ 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), H1643
            [26MR]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H579 [24FE]
        Housing:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H445 [11FE]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341), H6697
            [29JY]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2707
            [30AP]
        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), H1379 [23MR]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
        James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3810), H4880 [19JN]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H6454 [24JY]
        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]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
            (see H.R. 2850), H330 [4FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H578 [24FE]
        ------ establish a bill of rights, (see H.R. 350), H497 [12FE]
        ------ extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS
            revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors
            and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R. 1215), H851 [4MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Long Island Sound:  prohibit dumping of dredged material, (see H.R.
            55), H2119 [21AP]
        Machal (organization):  tribute to international corps of volunteers
            for efforts towards Israeli independence, (see H. Con. Res.
            268), H4567 [15JN]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495
            [12FE], (see H.R. 3567), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H676
            [26FE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H2119 [21AP]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
            provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
        ------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
            home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H6698 [29JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Motor vehicles:  prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or
            importation of school buses without seatbelts, (see H.R. 1605),
            H1236 [17MR]
        National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.:  support efforts to construct
            a National Railroad Hall of Fame, (see H. Res. 172), H241 [3FE]
        Native Americans:  improve Indian reservation roads and related
            transportation services, (see H.R. 2665), H1159 [12MR]
        Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
            battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
            3233), H496 [12FE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H8932 [25SE]
        Nigeria:  impose economic sanctions, (see H.R. 1786), H2055 [1AP]
        Nuclear weapons:  establish policy of nonproliferation, (see H.R.
            3333), H3366 [18MY]
        ------ stockpile management, (see H. Con. Res. 307), H7495 [9SE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7179 [4AU]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H4055 [3JN]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3625 [20MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H101 [28JA]
        Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
            protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
            need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H5405 [25JN]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            (see H.R. 2154), H678 [26FE]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H2606 [29AP]
        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), H7585 [10SE]
        Recycling:  require refund values for beverage containers and
            provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling
            programs, (see H.R. 1586), H3744 [21MY]
        Robeson, Paul L.:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Con.
            Res. 260), H2055 [1AP]
        Sequoia National Forest:  increase recreational opportunities and
            establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia
            ecosystem, (see H.R. 2077), H4567 [15JN]
        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), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H4055 [3JN]
        Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary, (see H. Res. 350), H448 [11FE]
        States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
            [23JY]
        Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 2456), H755 [3MR]
        ------ establish a credit for the purchase of a principal residence
            located within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a
            first-time homebuyer, (see H.R. 2826), H447 [11FE]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H241 [3FE]
        ------ 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),
            H4325 [9JN]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel
            vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones,
            (see H.R. 3466), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
            4538), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H5737 [16JY]
        Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
            encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
            networks, (see H.R. 3844), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H447 [11FE]
        Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
            tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
            products to children, and establish the American Center on
            Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ 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), H3311 [14MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  provide for a judicial and administrative
            remedy for disputes arising under certain agreements with
            foreign entities, (see H.R. 3578), H1699 [27MR]
        Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
            Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
            H579 [24FE]
        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), H2237 [22AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H6820
            [30JY]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5593 [15JY]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H10077 [8OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
        World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
        ------ require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war
            crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H6070 [21JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Arms Export Control Act:  provide President with discretionary
            authority to impose sanctions relative to nuclear proliferation
            by foreign countries, (see H.R. 4209), H5492 [14JY]
        CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        Committees of the House:  minority party appointments, (see H. Res.
            540), H7914 [16SE]
        FDA:  establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
            H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
        Fish and fishing:  implement fishery management plans to protect
            North Atlantic swordfish, (see H. Con. Res. 344), H10076 [8OC]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, (see H.R. 3784), H2706 [30AP]
        Insurance:  limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
            certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
            3538), H1444 [24MR]
        Medicare:  documentation requirements for physicians who submit
            claims for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ improve access to benefits for certain individuals and
            provide financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to
            afford premiums, (see H.R. 4799), H10513 [10OC]
        Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3612), H1854 [31MR]
        Pharmaceuticals:  establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for
            generic drugs, (see H.R. 4849), H11042 [16OC]
        Supreme Patriarch Karekin I:  tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
            centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
            (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2813 [5MY]
      Letters
        Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
            President Clinton, H7561 [10SE]
        Tribute to James J. Howard:  Hayley R. Mullan, H1510 [25MR]
        ------ Marie H. Fabrizio, H1509 [25MR]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H2819 [6MY], H4065 [4JN], H6884 [3AU],
            H7417 [7AU], H9725 [7OC], H11771 [18DE]
      Poems
        ``My Wonderful Mother Is Eighty Today,'' Marjorie Hirschberg,
            E1264<bullet> [26JN]
        ``Old Dog,'' Marjorie Hirschberg, E1264<bullet> [26JN]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9330
            [2OC]
        Ahart, Michael:  Exchange Club of Long Branch, NJ, Policeman of the
            Year award recipient, E286<bullet> [4MR]
        American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin:  legislative
            conference, H1326 [19MR]
        American Brain Tumor Association:  anniversary, H2043 [1AP]
        Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), H10320 [9OC]
        Armed Forces:  prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
            maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol,
            H3576<bullet> [20MY]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2205 [22AP]
        ------ blockade by Azerbaijan, H5273 [24JN]
        ------ blockade by Turkey, H5273 [24JN]
        ------ democracy efforts, H1325 [19MR]
        ------ elections, H2043 [1AP]
        ------ independence anniversary, E1873<bullet> [1OC]
        ------ U.S. policy, H4540 [11JN]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5448
            [14JY]
        ------ exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions, H9330 [2OC]
        Asbury Park, NJ:  tribute to Chamber of Commerce Carousel Award
            recipients, E1020<bullet> [4JN]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7942 [17SE], H7956 [17SE],
            H7997 [17SE]
        ------ U.S. policy, H4540 [11JN]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4066 [4JN], H4222<bullet> [5JN]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H7890 [16SE], H8612
            [24SE], H8614 [24SE], H8616 [24SE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1484<bullet> [30JY]
        ----- tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol
            Police for acts of heroism (H. Con. Res. 311), H6476 [27JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  export of nuclear materials to
            Pakistan, H105 [3FE]
        ------ nuclear weapons proliferation, H1767 [30MR]
        City News Publishing Co.:  presentation of 100 Most Influential
            awards, E749<bullet> [4MY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11947<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Commission on Ocean Policy:  establish (H.R. 3445), H7758<bullet>
            [15SE]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  release of
            confidential information relative to investigation of Federal
            election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H2820
            [6MY], H2934 [7MY]
        Committees of the House:  minority party appointments (H. Res. 540),
            H7888 [16SE]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10819 [13OC],
            H10820 [13OC], H10826 [13OC], H11026 [16OC]
        ------ permit points of order against provisions that affect
            legislation established to protect human health, safety, or the
            environment, H3437 [19MY]
        Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6989 [3AU]
        ------ independence anniversary, H9270 [1OC]
        ------ Turkish occupation, H1325 [19MR], H1537 [25MR], H3027 [12MY],
            H4952 [22JN], H9270 [1OC]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, H7695 [15SE], H10359 [10OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3374 [19MY], H3576<bullet> [20MY]
        ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
            housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), H4908
            [22JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  tribute to Office of Community Oriented Policing
            Services, H10823 [13OC]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Urban Park Recreation and Recovery Program
            funding, H6026 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6026 [21JY], H6150 [22JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7165 [4AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5755 [17JY], H6256 [23JY]
        Desai, Kirti (Kenny):  Minority Construction Firm of the Year award
            nominee, E993<bullet> [3JN]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), consideration
            (H. Res. 538), H7862 [16SE]
        Drugs:  exclusivity periods for medications to treat drug addiction,
            H7862 [16SE]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6256 [23JY]
        ------ national objectives, H5755 [17JY]
        ------ national objectives priority assignments, H10820 [13OC]
        Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, H28 [27JA], H29
            [27JA]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth (H.R. 678), H7443<bullet> [9SE]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, H10836 [14OC]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H759 [4MR], H10516 [11OC],
            H10538 [11OC], H10539 [11OC], H10540 [11OC], H10547 [11OC],
            H10643 [12OC], H10670 [13OC], H10819 [13OC], H10820 [13OC],
            H10822 [13OC], H10826 [13OC], H10836 [14OC], H10920 [15OC],
            H11000 [15OC], H11002 [15OC], H11003 [15OC], H11004 [15OC],
            H11005 [15OC], H11006 [15OC], H11007 [15OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H10920 [15OC], H11000 [15OC], H11002 [15OC], H11003 [15OC],
            H11004 [15OC], H11005 [15OC], H11006 [15OC], H11007 [15OC]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4927 [22JN]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations, H5273 [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7956 [17SE], H7997 [17SE]
            making appropriations (H.R. 4569), consideration (H. Res. 542),
            H7942 [17SE]
        Foreign policy:  transfer of F-16 aircraft and equipment to
            Pakistan, H3374 [19MY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            consideration (H. Res. 553), H8762 [25SE]
        Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
            memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4284), H7763 [15SE]
        Government:  shutdown relative to budget process, H10547 [11OC]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3437 [19MY]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  observance, H1537 [25MR]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage (H.R. 3318), E283<bullet> [4MR]
        Health:  establish standards relative to managed care plans (H.R.
            3009), H1326 [19MR]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), H10770<bullet> [13OC]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, H20 [27JA], H68 [28JA], H78 [28JA], H79 [28JA], H80
            [28JA], H81 [28JA], H82 [28JA], H83 [28JA], H84 [28JA], H293
            [4FE], H310 [4FE], H311 [4FE], H312 [4FE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H935
            [10MR], H937 [10MR], H938 [10MR], H939 [10MR], H940 [10MR], H941
            [10MR], H1857 [1AP], H4827 [18JN], H4828 [18JN], H4829 [18JN],
            H4830 [18JN], H4831 [18JN], H4842 [19JN], H4972 [23JN], H5641
            [16JY], H5730 [16JY], H5732 [16JY], H5733 [16JY], H5742 [17JY],
            H5965 [21JY], H6173 [22JY], H6174 [22JY], H6176 [22JY], H6191
            [23JY], H7473-H7476 [9SE], H7560 [10SE], H7562 [10SE],
            H7685-H7688 [14SE], H7695 [15SE], H9511 [5OC], H9513 [5OC],
            H9514 [5OC], H10547 [11OC], H10548 [11OC], H10549 [11OC], H10550
            [11OC], H10551 [11OC], H10552 [11OC], H10553 [11OC], H10643
            [12OC], H10901 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            337), H581 [25FE] protection of enrollees in managed care plans
            and HMO's (H.R. 3605), H4301 [9JN], H4306 [9JN], H4307 [9JN],
            H4308 [9JN], H4309 [9JN], H4310 [9JN], H4705 [17JN], H4707
            [17JN], H4708 [17JN], H4709 [17JN], H5053 [23JN], H5055 [23JN],
            H5059 [23JN], H5060 [23JN], H5061 [23JN], H5300 [25JN], H5585
            [15JY] protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6374 [24JY], H6884 [3AU], H6983 [3AU], H6987 [3AU]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), consideration (H. Res. 509), H6301 [24JY]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (H.R. 1415), H243 [4FE], H310 [4FE], H311 [4FE], H312
            [4FE]
        House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
            consider certain legislation (H. Res. 589), H10359 [10OC]
        India:  civil liberties violations in Kashmir, H4615 [16JN], H9185
            [29SE], E57<bullet> [28JA]
        ------ independence anniversary, H7420 [7AU]
        ------ nuclear weapons testing, H3081 [12MY], H3374 [19MY]
        ------ remove most-favored-nation status on textile and apparel
            products, H3374 [19MY]
        ------ U.N. Security Council membership, H1148 [12MR], H2393 [28AP]
        ------ U.S. policy, H743 [3MR], H2313 [23AP], H2393 [28AP]
        ------ U.S. sanctions relative to nuclear weapons tests, H4615
            [16JN], H9185 [29SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2370<bullet>
            [28AP]
        Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ:  designate (S. 985),
            H530<bullet> [24FE]
        Medicare:  improve access to health insurance and benefits for
            certain individuals (H.R. 3470), H1295 [18MR]
        ------ reform, H81 [28JA], H83 [28JA], H84 [28JA]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10250 [9OC]
        Monmouth County, NJ:  tribute to Urban League award recipients,
            E754<bullet> [5MY]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  allocation of economic assistance, H2392 [28AP],
            H5273 [24JN]
        ------ independence anniversary, H541 [24FE]
        ------ U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict between
            Armenia and Azerbaijan, H541 [24FE], H1147 [12MR], H2313 [23AP],
            H3596 [20MY], H4540 [11JN], H4826 [18JN], H4952 [22JN]
        ------ U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict between
            Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7997 [17SE]
        ------ U.S. role in territorial dispute negotiations between Armenia
            and Azerbaijan, H219-H221 [3FE]
        National parks and recreation areas:  Recreational Fee Demonstration
            Programs extension, H6150 [22JY]
        National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927),
            H406<bullet> [11FE]
        National Wildlife Refuge System:  prohibit expenditure of certain
            funds for new refuges without specific authorization from
            Congress (H.R. 512), H3421 [19MY]
        Neptune, NJ:  tribute to Neptune High School Hall of Fame inductees,
            E756<bullet> [5MY]
        New Jersey:  harbor dredging funding, H5755 [17JY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1604 [26MR]
        NOAA:  nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
            Zone Management Program, H7165 [4AU]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (H.R.
            2556), H3420 [19MY]
        Pakistan:  nuclear weapons proliferation, H2924 [6MY], E780<bullet>
            [6MY]
        ------ U.S. policy, H2313 [23AP]
        ------ U.S. sanctions relative to nuclear weapons tests, H4615
            [16JN]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H7560 [10SE]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (H.R. 2556), H3420
            [19MY]
        Point of order, H9726 [7OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1452
            [25MR], H2240 [23AP]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H1523
            [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR], H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR],
            H1528 [25MR], H5472 [14JY] ethics reform and contribution limits
            (H.R. 3485), H1523 [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR], H1526
            [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H1649 [27MR]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens, H5472 [14JY]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), H293 [4FE]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H9726 [7OC], H10540 [11OC]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish (H.R. 3207),
            H7891 [16SE]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H7695 [15SE],
            H7793 [15SE], H7795 [15SE], H7796 [15SE], H10547 [11OC], H10551
            [11OC], H10552 [11OC], H10819 [13OC]
        ------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
            surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
            (H.R. 4578), H7813 [16SE], H7890 [16SE], H7892 [16SE], H7894
            [16SE], H7895 [16SE], H8536 [24SE], H8612 [24SE], H8614 [24SE],
            H8616 [24SE], H8617 [24SE], H8722 [25SE] establish Protect
            Social Security Account into which budget surpluses will be
            deposited until long-term reform is enacted (H.R. 4578),
            consideration (H. Res. 552), H8726 [25SE]
        Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary (H. Res. 350), H2353<bullet>
            [28AP]
        ------ U.S. policy, H2353<bullet> [28AP]
        Superfund Program:  funding, H4222<bullet> [5JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H7813 [16SE], H7890 [16SE], H7892 [16SE], H7894 [16SE],
            H7895 [16SE], H8536 [24SE], H8612 [24SE], H8614 [24SE], H8616
            [24SE], H8617 [24SE], H8722 [25SE], H10819 [13OC]
        ----- provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            consideration (H. Res. 552), H8726 [25SE]
        ------ rates, H2041 [1AP], H2042 [1AP]
        ------ repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax, H1628
            [26MR], H1629 [26MR], H1631 [26MR], H2108 [21AP], H2109 [21AP],
            H2110 [21AP]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction (H.R. 3320), H759 [4MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H1626 [26MR], H1628 [26MR],
            H1629 [26MR], H1630 [26MR], H1631 [26MR], H2106 [21AP], H2108
            [21AP], H2110 [21AP], H2111 [21AP]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, H1025 [11MR], H2390-H2392
            [28AP]
        ------ limit access to minors (H.R. 3474), H2090 [21AP]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2390-H2392
            [28AP], H4842 [19JN], H4972 [23JN] tobacco industry liability
            settlement relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices (S. 1415), H2088 [21AP], H2089 [21AP],
            H2090 [21AP], H2091 [21AP], H2092 [21AP], H2093 [21AP], H2094
            [21AP]
        Townsend, Howard:  Exchange Club of Long Branch, NJ, Policeman of
            the Year award recipient, E286<bullet> [4MR]
        Turkey:  establishment of Turkish studies programs in U.S. colleges
            and universities, H1145 [12MR], H1146 [12MR], H1147 [12MR]
        ------ U.S. policy, H2313 [23AP]
        Vajpayee, Atal Behari:  election of new prime minister of India,
            H1418 [24MR]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5351 [25JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Congressional Caucus of India and Indian Americans:  tribute for
            efforts, E2036 [10OC]
        Special order:  granted, H437 [11FE], H558 [24FE], H674 [26FE], H689
            [2MR], H753 [3MR], H1234 [17MR], H1443 [24MR], H1546 [25MR],
            H1774 [30MR], H1850 [31MR], H2049 [1AP], H2235 [22AP], H2806
            [5MY], H2930 [6MY], H3102 [12MY], H3482 [19MY], H3622 [20MY],
            H4048 [3JN], H4237 [5JN], H4477 [10JN], H4546 [11JN], H4626
            [16JN], H4832 [18JN], H4960 [22JN], H5294 [24JN], H5591 [15JY],
            H7582 [10SE], H9186 [29SE], H10559 [11OC], H10665 [12OC]
      Testimonies
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Cheryl
            Bolinger, H941 [10MR]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 540, minority party appointments to committees of the House,
            H7888 [16SE]
      Tributes
        Hirschberg, Marjorie, E1264<bullet> [26JN]
        Hornik, Steve, E1562<bullet> [5AU]
        Howard, James J., H1509 [25MR], H1510 [25MR]
        Karaban, Thomas V., E1543<bullet> [4AU]
        Manton, Representative, H10901 [14OC]
        Patriarch Karekin II, H1326 [19MR]
        Rosoff, Jack M., E616<bullet> [22AP]
        Ward, A. Leroy, E177<bullet> [12FE]
        Warner, Donald D., E991<bullet> [3JN]