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

    FRANK, BARNEY (a Representative from Massachusetts)
      Addresses
        Committee of Concerned Journalists--An Overview:  by, E53<bullet>
            [28JA]
      Amendments
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3667 [21MY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5065 [23JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Dinner To Honor Nazarene Pastor, Robert J. Barcllos, New Bedford
            (MA) Standard-Times, E2209<bullet> [15OC]
        Starr Elects To Topple 1996 Election, Mickey Edwards, Boston (MA)
            Herald, H10106<bullet> [8OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Africa:  relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, (see H. Con. Res.
            292), H7495 [9SE]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Aviation:  liability requirements for air carrier baggage, (see H.R.
            3337), H902 [5MR]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
            2094), H7414 [6AU]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, (see H.
            Con. Res. 227), H1159 [12MR]
        CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H755 [3MR]
        Children and youth:  facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by
            National Child Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
            H2053 [1AP]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H447 [11FE]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H2423 [28AP]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            (see H.R. 3755), H2605 [29AP]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Correctional institutions:  test incarcerated persons for serious
            transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
            with corrections personnel, (see H.R. 2070), H631 [25FE]
        Courts:  enlarge jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to class
            action lawsuits, (see H.R. 3789), H3106 [12MY]
        Credit unions:  require insured credit unions to meet the credit
            needs of the community served by the credit union, (see H.R.
            3439), H11023 [15OC]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H65 [27JA]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H1777 [30MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ procurement of domestic goods and services, (see H. Con. Res.
            266), H3625 [20MY]
        ------ provide that appropriations for national defense functions
            for fiscal year 1999 may not exceed the amount authorized for
            fiscal year 1998, (see H.R. 3685), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Education:  establish demonstration projects to ensure
            equal educational opportunities for individuals with learning
            disabilities at institutions of higher education, (see H.R.
            3596), H3247 [13MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
            [23AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
            3240), H1021 [10MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1021
            [10MR]
        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), H1159
            [12MR]
        ------ facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests, (see
            H.R. 2870), H904 [5MR]
        Education:  increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see
            H.R. 3269), H755 [3MR]
        Elections:  allow States to use a proportional voting system for
            multiseat congressional districts, (see H.R. 3068), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ requirements for candidates receiving Federal campaign
            financing relative to participation in multicandidate forums,
            (see H.R. 2478), H3488 [19MY]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H5736 [16JY]
        Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2836), H579 [24FE]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  reform provisions relative to child
            labor, (see H.R. 4450), H7495 [9SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H447 [11FE]
        ------ improve child care and family support services, (see H.R.
            2713), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 3292), H1299 [18MR] increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H903 [5MR]
        FCC:  establish moratorium on increases in cable television rates
            and require study on rates and competition, (see H.R. 2757),
            H330 [4FE]
        Federal aid programs:  prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
            additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
            needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H11696 [20OC]
        Federal employees:  eligibility of certain appointees for
            competitive status for purposes of transfer or reassignment,
            (see H.R. 1874), H64 [27JA]
        ------ equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R. 3956), H5065
            [23JN]
        ------ extend authority under which comparability allowances may be
            paid to Government physicians, (see H.R. 2541), H579 [24FE]
        ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
            alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
            (see H.R. 3251), H1643 [26MR]
        Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:  restore the stenographic
            preference for recording depositions, (see H.R. 4221), H5593
            [15JY]
        Firearms:  require check for restraining orders before the transfer
            of a handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 3070), H447 [11FE]
        ------ purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3744 [21MY]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H2424 [28AP]
        Foreign trade:  impose certain sanctions on countries that use child
            labor, (see H.R. 2678), H2318 [23AP]
        ------ prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of products
            derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H65 [27JA]
        ------ require the marking of frozen produce with the country of
            origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale, (see
            H.R. 2332), H5405 [25JN]
        Forests:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
            2789), H579 [24FE]
        FRS:  reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
            Committee, (see H. Con. Res. 329), H9179 [28SE]
        Germany:  expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive
            medical fund for Holocaust survivors, (see H. Con. Res. 112),
            H65 [27JA]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Government:  enhance the payments protections for subcontractors and
            suppliers on Federal construction projects, (see H.R. 3032),
            H3972 [22MY]
        ------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H579 [24FE]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
            [22MY]
        Health:  allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want
            under certain conditions, (see H.R. 746), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H904 [5MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care professionals:  establish a national abusive and
            criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
            H.R. 2953), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ training of students relative to identification and referral
            of victims of domestic violence, (see H.R. 884), H2119 [21AP]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for
            forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H448 [11FE]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
            2955), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ permit local educational agencies to waive reimbursement for
            aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend public secondary
            schools, (see H.R. 4416), H7410 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit discrimination in the issuance of nonimmigrant
            visas, (see H.R. 3597), H1776 [30MR]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ funding, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H. Res. 399), H2120
            [21AP]
        Indonesia:  democracy efforts, (see H. Con. Res. 281), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ prohibit transfer of military equipment and supplies,
            helicopters, and ammunition relative to free elections and human
            rights conditions, (see H.R. 3918), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con. Res.
            258), H2606 [29AP]
        Insurance:  establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an
            aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain
            health benefit plans, (see H.R. 1807), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
            certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
            3538), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
            (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5405
            [25JN]
        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), H8528 [23SE]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5492 [14JY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 315),
            H7585 [10SE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Liberia:  adjust immigration status of certain nationals, (see H.R.
            3915), H7803 [15SE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1337 [19MR]
        Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
            flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H1237
            [17MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H2056 [1AP]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H7415 [6AU]
        Medicare:  clarify non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit
            laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4648), H9084
            [26SE]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H579
            [24FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE],
            (see H.R. 3567), H5493 [14JY], (see H.R. 4339), H7000 [3AU]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
            4092), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical
            equipment, (see H.R. 2671), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H6187 [22JY]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H8931 [25SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4370), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H1299 [18MR]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H579 [24FE]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
            [10SE]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
            Res. 304), H7691 [14SE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Music and dance:  tribute to African-American music, (see H. Con.
            Res. 27), H851 [4MR]
        National Days of Dialogue:  support in association with the national
            celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., (see H.
            Con. Res. 195), H330 [4FE]
        National Park Service:  reform concessions policies, (see H.R.
            3934), H3743 [21MY]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H1854 [31MR]
        NIH:  improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
            3001), H6820 [30JY]
        Nuclear weapons:  recognize the security interests of the U.S. in
            furthering complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479),
            H4835 [18JN]
        Older Americans Act:  amend to provide for Federal-State performance
            partnerships, consolidate nutrition programs, and extend
            authorizations of appropriations, (see H.R. 1671), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
        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), H3970 [22MY]
        Public lands:  designate certain national parks, wild and scenic
            rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
            Washington, and Wyoming, (see H.R. 1425), H64 [27JA]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            (see H.R. 2154), H64 [27JA]
        Public works:  provide incentives for the creation of jobs and
            restoration of infrastructure, (see H.R. 950), H64 [27JA]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see H. Con. Res. 322),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            H.R. 3267), H1112 [11MR]
        Schools:  establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school
            facilities, (see H.R. 1104), H386 [5FE]
        Senior citizens:  establish a consumer price index for elderly
            consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social
            Security and Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4084), H4834 [18JN]
        ------ warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and provide with
            information that will help them protect themselves, (see H.R.
            3134), H678 [26FE]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H7415 [6AU]
        Smithsonian Institution:  establish National African-American
            Museum, (see H.R. 773), H1236 [17MR]
        Social Security:  level of benefit payment in the month of the
            beneficiary's death, (see H.R. 68), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H678 [26FE]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or
            family members after death of beneficiary, (see H.R. 2944),
            H5957 [20JY]
        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), H7585
            [10SE]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2424 [28AP]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, (see H.R. 18), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H579 [24FE]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2319 [23AP]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see H.R. 3127), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
            repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
            4489), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
            nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
            H.R. 4611), H8527 [23SE]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H6187
            [22JY]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, (see H.R. 3102),
            H386 [5FE]
        ------ treatment of real property tax reduction vouchers received by
            senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work, (see H.R. 3841),
            H3105 [12MY]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H10833 [13OC]
        ------ treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned
            income tax credit, (see H.R. 3995), H6453 [24JY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H4479 [10JN]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
        ------ promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace,
            (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
            H497 [12FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2053 [1AP]
        Virgin Islands:  commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
            the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
            Independence Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
        Water pollution:  establish a national clean water trust fund, (see
            H.R. 806), H241 [3FE]
        ------ estuary conservation and management programs funding, (see
            H.R. 2670), H1236 [17MR]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            4398), H7495 [9SE]
        World War II:  encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
            restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
            557), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized
            by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 2591), H65 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of State:  establish a Board of Visa Appeals, (see H.R. 4539),
            H7583 [10SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
            illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
            service, (see H.R. 4070), H4711 [17JN]
        Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site:  acquire certain
            lands for inclusion, (see H.R. 3436), H1111 [11MR]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
            3287), H676 [26FE]
        Public Safety and Community Policing Grants:  reauthorize, (see H.R.
            4743), H10075 [8OC]
        Social Security:  allow for distribution of the lump sum death
            payment, in the absence of a widow or widower or surviving
            children, to any other person as certified by the deceased
            worker, (see H.R. 3739), H2423 [28AP]
      Commentaries
        BankBoston Corp.'s diversity program, E772<bullet> [6MY]
      Descriptions
        Rescue Efforts of Jodi C. Roderick, R. Stephen Morrison, and Marc M.
            Meunier During Incident Involving Leslie L. and Helene E.
            Faulkner, E830<bullet> [12MY]
      Essays: Voice of Democracy
        Makuch, Leah, E722<bullet> [30AP]
      Letters
        Inquiry into Fleet Reserve Association insurance claim:  Lynne Exe,
            E245<bullet> [26FE]
      Motions
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3694 [21MY], H3712 [21MY]
      Proclamations
        Frederick Douglass Day:  New Bedford, MA, E1726<bullet> [15SE]
      Proposals
        Support existing Federal legal process for determining safety and
            efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes:  Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7725 [15SE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5004 [23JN], H5005 [23JN],
            H5006 [23JN]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1793
            [31MR]
        ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2289 [23AP]
        BankBoston Corp.:  inclusion of gay and lesbian workers in diversity
            program, E772<bullet> [6MY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 462),
            H4350 [10JN]
        Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act:  invalidate entire legislation if
            any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4805
            [18JN], H4806 [18JN]
        Bono, Sonny:  tribute (H. Res. 338), H16 [27JA]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, H3499
            [20MY], H3694 [21MY], H3695 [21MY], H3713 [21MY]
        ------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 227), H1262
            [18MR]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6108 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11780 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10096 [8OC],
            H10106<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11780 [18DE]
        ------ urge full cooperation by former political appointees,
            friends, and associates with congressional investigations (H.
            Res. 433), H3648 [21MY], H3653 [21MY]
        Columbia University:  tribute to forum on responsible journalism,
            E53<bullet> [28JA]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  use of additional funds for
            investigations, H1410 [24MR], H1411 [24MR]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
            3783), H9908 [7OC], H9910 [7OC]
        Copyrights:  duration of protection (H.R. 2589), H1458 [25MR], H1472
            [25MR], H1477 [25MR], H1478 [25MR], H1480 [25MR]
        ------ prevent the misappropriation of collections of information
            (H.R. 2652), H3401 [19MY], H3402 [19MY], H3403 [19MY]
        ------ reform music licensing practices and fees, H1472 [25MR],
            H1477 [25MR], H1478 [25MR], H1480 [25MR]
        Correctional institutions:  use of Federal prison labor relative to
            human rights violations and commercial competition for products,
            H4888 [22JN], H4889 [22JN]
        Courts:  confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
            proceedings, H2270 [23AP], H2272 [23AP]
        ------ enforcement of child custody and visitation orders (H.R.
            4164), H5438 [14JY]
        ------ limit Federal authority to force State and local governments
            to assess, levy, or collect taxes, H2262 [23AP]
        ------ limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders, H2273 [23AP], H2274 [23AP]
        ------ prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of
            unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents
            established in the Federal judicial circuits (H.R. 1544), H592
            [25FE]
        ------ public availability of civil case settlements in which the
            Government or its employees is a litigant, H2282 [23AP], H2283
            [23AP]
        ------ require only Federal agencies which administer benefit
            programs or enforce the tax code to adhere to precedents
            established in Federal judicial circuits, H592 [25FE]
        Crime:  limit definition of racketeering to profit-seeking purposes
            or criminal offenses, H2285 [23AP], H2286 [23AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5004 [23JN], H5005 [23JN], H5006
            [23JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3676 [21MY], H3694 [21MY], H3695 [21MY], H3713 [21MY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration (H.
            Res. 441), H3499 [20MY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            H8566 [24SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5228 [24JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3303), H4888
            [22JN], H4889 [22JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require congressional approval for certain
            uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5704 [16JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5704 [16JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7249 [5AU], H7257
            [5AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5773 [17JY], H6267 [23JY],
            H6573 [29JY]
        Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
            safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
            medicinal purposes (H.J. Res. 117), H7723 [15SE], H7724 [15SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), H4444 [10JN], H4445 [10JN]
        Exe, Lynne:  inquiry into Fleet Reserve Association insurance claim,
            E244<bullet> [26FE]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7249
            [5AU], H7254 [5AU], H7257 [5AU]
        Fall River, MA:  tribute to McCarrick Elementary School on receipt
            of International Reading Association Title I Recognition Award,
            E761<bullet> [5MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
            H3042 [12MY]
        Federal courts:  allow the face and voice of witnesses to be
            disguised during broadcast coverage of trial proceedings, H2268
            [23AP]
        ------ authority to bring a motion to reassign a case, H2263 [23AP]
        ------ improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252), H2244
            [23AP], H2246 [23AP], H2262 [23AP], H2263 [23AP], H2268 [23AP],
            H2270 [23AP], H2272 [23AP], H2273 [23AP], H2274 [23AP], H2279
            [23AP], H2282 [23AP], H2283 [23AP], H2285 [23AP], H2286 [23AP]
            improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252), consideration
            (H. Res. 408), H2243 [23AP]
        Federal employees:  provide cost-of-living allowances to judges,
            H2279 [23AP]
        Financial institutions:  allow operating subsidiaries to offer
            certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
            consumer protections, H3185 [13MY]
        ------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), H3185 [13MY]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4091 [4JN]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, H6573
            [29JY], H7249 [5AU], H7254 [5AU]
        Homosexuality:  permit schools to educate about tolerance and
            prejudice, H10815 [13OC]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H5476 [14JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5875 [20JY],
            H5877 [20JY], H5878 [20JY]
        IMF:  funding, H2289 [23AP]
        Immigration:  extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
            relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
            2578), H1496 [25MR], H1497 [25MR], H1498 [25MR]
        ------ increase nonimmigrant visa refusal rate applicable under the
            Visa Waiver Pilot Program, H1496 [25MR], H1497 [25MR], H1498
            [25MR]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            H2960 [7MY], H2961 [7MY], H2965 [7MY]
        Madrid Protocol:  implementation of agreement on the international
            registration of trademarks (H.R. 567), H2756 [5MY]
        Meunier, Marc M.:  Carnegie Commission Hero Fund medal recipient,
            E830<bullet> [12MY]
        NATO:  limit U.S. funding relative to expansion or admission costs,
            H3676 [21MY]
        New Bedford, MA:  observance of Frederick Douglass Day,
            E1726<bullet> [15SE]
        Newton Upper Falls, MA:  tribute to partnership between Targeted
            Marketing Solutions, Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service,
            E1837<bullet> [28SE]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5004 [23JN], H5005
            [23JN], H5006 [23JN]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H2149 [22AP], H3654 [21MY], H4695 [17JN]
        Patent and Trademark Office:  funding for salaries and expenses
            (H.R. 3723), H3041 [12MY]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts (H.R. 1197), H10260 [9OC]
        Point of order, H3503 [20MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4805 [18JN], H4806 [18JN], H4812 [18JN]
        ------ investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to
            transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to People's
            Republic of China, H3648 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4805
            [18JN], H4806 [18JN]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4806
            [18JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), consideration (H. Res. 345), H280 [4FE], H281
            [4FE]
        Public safety officers:  establish national medal for those who act
            with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (H.R.
            4090), H7440 [9SE]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes, H10815 [13OC]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, H6267 [23JY]
        Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
            on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
            H2144 [22AP], H2146 [22AP], H2147 [22AP], H2148 [22AP], H2149
            [22AP]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), H7092 [4AU], H7100 [4AU], H7101
            [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10618 [12OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), H7092 [4AU], H7100 [4AU],
            H7101 [4AU]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10618 [12OC]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H1443 [24MR], H10831 [13OC]
      Statements
        BankBoston Corp.'s Diversity Program:  Chad Gifford and Henrique
            Meirelles, BankBoston Corp., E772<bullet> [6MY]
      Tributes
        Barrier, John E., E689<bullet> [28AP]
        Chavier, Manuel, E2209<bullet> [15OC]