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

    JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)
      Amendments
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5999 [21JY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, H3938 [22MY]
        Steven Schiff funeral attendees, H1721 [30MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
            cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
            H678 [26FE]
        Alaska:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900), H851
            [4MR]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see H.R. 619), H1777 [30MR]
        ------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
            H.R. 1202), H6697 [29JY]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
        Birds:  establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
            birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6186 [22JY]
        Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation:  extend authority to
            establish a commemorative work, (see H.R. 4573), H8932 [25SE]
        Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
            2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H7494 [9SE]
        Commission on Civil Rights:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3117), H1159
            [12MR]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish, (see H.R. 3007), H1550
            [25MR]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H3625 [20MY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H9179 [28SE]
        ------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H7495 [9SE]
        ------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
            money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
            3511), 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),
            H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2931 [6MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H4548 [11JN]
        Ecology and environment:  expand public's right to know about toxic
            chemical use and release in their communities and disclose
            toxins in children's consumer products, (see H.R. 1636), H11023
            [15OC]
        ------ provide for innovative strategies for achieving superior
            environmental performance, (see H.R. 3180), H445 [11FE]
        Education:  role in character development and teaching of moral
            values, (see H. Con. Res. 127), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
            postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
            child care, (see H.R. 3296), H677 [26FE]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H9275 [1OC]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H2706 [30AP]
        ERISA:  regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
            (see H.R. 4238), H5736 [16JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H63
            [27JA]
        ------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
            Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H8627 [24SE]
        Foreign trade:  prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
            products derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H678
            [26FE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6186 [22JY]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see H.R. 3981), H6697 [29JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
            groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
            Res. 313), H1379 [23MR]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4629 [16JN]
        Health:  expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H2055 [1AP]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
            [21MY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
            [21AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2606 [29AP]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
            and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
            suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
            H6070 [21JY]
        ------ increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
            children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
            H7413 [6AU]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H385 [5FE]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H4241 [5JN]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H850 [4MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H1337 [19MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H4835
            [18JN]
        Medicaid:  coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and
            clinical nurse specialists, (see H.R. 1354), H10833 [13OC]
        Medicare:  eliminate time limitation on benefits for
            immunosuppressive drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H7915 [16SE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H11042 [16OC]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H10833 [13OC]
        National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
            1715), H3105 [12MY]
        Navy Combat Action Ribbon:  retroactive awarding to certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 543), H329 [4FE]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H2052 [1AP]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Public welfare programs:  extend transition period for legal aliens
            receiving SSI, (see H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5594
            [15JY]
        Scott, Hunter:  tribute, (see H. Res. 590), H10353 [9OC]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H1445 [24MR]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
            530), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H2744 [4MY]
        Taxation:  allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades, (see H.R. 3110), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
            H5494 [14JY]
        ------ expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing
            by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service
            organizations, (see H.R. 2523), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
            [28JA]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
            H6281 [23JY]
        ------ permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other
            companies, (see H.R. 4795), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
            in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H7179 [4AU]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6511 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 372), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H2237 [22AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3749), H3014 [7MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Women:  ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
            property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
            3293), H676 [26FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Arlington National Cemetery:  establish an advisory board to review
            requests for waivers of eligibility requirements for burial,
            (see H.R. 3252), H578 [24FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  tax relief to increase
            affordability of child care, (see H.R. 3144), H240 [3FE]
        Tariff:  nuclear fuel assemblies, (see H.R. 3761), H2706 [30AP],
            (see H.R. 3762), H2706 [30AP]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for health insurance costs for
            individuals who are not eligible to participate in employer
            subsidized health plans, (see H.R. 3475), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals
            not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage,
            (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H676
            [26FE]
        ------ 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]
      Designated Speaker pro tempore
        House of Representatives, H5409 [14JY]
      Poems
        ``Musicians,'' Arthur O'Shaughnessy, E1549<bullet> [5AU]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5097 [24JN]
        Aid to Artisans (organization):  tribute, E1709<bullet> [14SE]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2292
            [23AP]
        Armed Forces:  funding of abortions for military personnel and
            dependents at overseas military medical facilities, H3569 [20MY]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6087 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11800 [18DE],
            H11972 [19DE]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, H10145 [8OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3569 [20MY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5999 [21JY], H6004 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5578 [15JY], H5695 [16JY], H5716 [16JY], H5720
            [16JY], H5953 [20JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
            498), H5568 [15JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, H9927
            [7OC], H9928 [7OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7253 [5AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10145 [8OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6268 [23JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7867 [16SE]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7253
            [5AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H400 [11FE]
        FDA:  prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of
            any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5097 [24JN]
        FEC:  require that the Commissioners vote to reappoint or replace
            the general counsel and staff director every four years, H9927
            [7OC], H9928 [7OC]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            abortifacients, H5720 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of abortion procedures, H5953 [20JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H5695 [16JY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8779
            [25SE], H8790 [25SE]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, H7253
            [5AU]
        ------ year 2000 computer problem emergency funding, H5578 [15JY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3226 [13MY], H3227 [13MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6400 [24JY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7748 [15SE]
        IMF:  funding, H2292 [23AP]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), H3936 [22MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, H5356
            [25JN]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), motion to instruct
            conferees, H3936 [22MY], H3937 [22MY], H3938 [22MY]
        John Marshall Law School:  anniversary, E1778<bullet> [23SE]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10249 [9OC]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5999 [21JY], H6004
            [21JY]
        National Women's History Month:  observance, H928<bullet> [10MR]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3275 [14MY]
        Poland:  independence anniversary, E707<bullet> [29AP]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H7325 [6AU]
        Prince Nova (vessel):  certificate of documentation (S. 1349),
            H194<bullet> [3FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, E707<bullet>
            [29AP]
        Social Security:  provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to
            return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for
            such beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4020 [3JN]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6268 [23JY]
        Taxation:  modify the low-income housing credit (H.R. 3290),
            E237<bullet> [26FE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8836 [25SE]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            H5716 [16JY]
        Votes:  position on missed, H7783<bullet> [15SE]
        Women's History Month:  observance, H892 [5MR]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1234 [17MR]
      Tributes
        Looney, Donna M., E486<bullet> [26MR]
        Makem, Tommy, E1548<bullet> [5AU]