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

    WEXLER, ROBERT (a Representative from Florida)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, (see H.
            Res. 523), H9346 [2OC]
        Agriculture:  prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
            cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
            H385 [5FE]
        Algeria:  human rights violations, (see H. Res. 374), H2424 [28AP]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Arts and humanities:  encourage the identification and return of
            stolen artwork, (see H.R. 4138), H5594 [15JY]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry, (see H.R. 3168), H385 [5FE]
        Business and industry:  improve and expand employee health care
            programs, (see H.R. 1515), H578 [24FE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H851 [4MR]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Colleges and universities:  disclosure of criminal incidents
            relative to prejudice based on race, ethnicity, gender,
            religion, sexual orientation, or disability, (see H.R. 3043),
            H330 [4FE]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H4241
            [5JN]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H851
            [4MR]
        Courts:  appointment of additional Federal judges in the middle and
            southern districts of Florida, (see H.R. 3154), H755 [3MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H498 [12FE]
        ------ prevent money laundering, (see H.R. 3745), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Dante B. Fascell North-South Center:  designate, (see H.R. 4757),
            H10352 [9OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H101 [28JA]
        Dept. of Defense:  classification of surplus military material, (see
            H.R. 2602), H241 [3FE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  determination of service connection for
            certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
            warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
            3279), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4070),
            H10077 [8OC]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H447
            [11FE]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see H.R. 2870), H241 [3FE]
        ------ national objectives priority assignments, (see H.R. 1404),
            H2055 [1AP]
        ------ negotiation of an international climate change agreement,
            (see H. Con. Res. 106), H386 [5FE]
        Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
            4009), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963), H678
            [26FE]
        Employment:  provide for retirement savings and security, (see H.R.
            1130), H64 [27JA]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H447 [11FE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        ------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
            Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
        FDA:  require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see
            H.R. 3462), H2056 [1AP]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see H.R. 3251), H4835 [18JN]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H64 [27JA]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H64
            [27JA]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
            [17JN]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H4629
            [16JN]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see H.R. 4233), H6880 [31JY]
        ------ requirements for dealers and owners relative to gun safety
            devices to prevent access by children, (see H.R. 814), H2606
            [29AP]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 1432), H241 [3FE]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4325 [9JN], (see H.R.
            4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Foreign trade:  ban importation of certain large capacity military
            magazine rifles, (see H. Con. Res. 275), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions, (see H.R.
            2509), H5493 [14JY]
        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), H8932 [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
            H7494 [9SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
        Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Homeless:  protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H447 [11FE]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H4629
            [16JN]
        Housing:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H579 [24FE]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for
            forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H498 [12FE]
        ------ trafficking of women and girls for forced prostitution, (see
            H. Con. Res. 239), H2120 [21AP]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H7178 [4AU]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H7915 [16SE]
        Insurance:  prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business
            in the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
            with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
            H.R. 3143), H240 [3FE]
        ------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
            mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H579 [24FE]
        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), H2605
            [29AP]
        Israel:  resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
        Italian Americans:  prepare report detailing injustices suffered
            during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the
            President, (see H.R. 2090), H2706 [30AP]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H1777
            [30MR]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
            Res. 561), H9274 [1OC]
        Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
            (see H.R. 2850), H330 [4FE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate, (see H.R. 3336), H1237 [17MR]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H579 [24FE]
        Mauritania:  human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H2056
            [1AP]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
            [20JY]
        Medicaid:  prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H578 [24FE]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
            H.R. 3570), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H579 [24FE]
        ------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 3128), H99 [28JA]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H498 [12FE], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        Motor vehicles:  prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or
            importation of school buses without seatbelts, (see H.R. 1605),
            H497 [12FE]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H64 [27JA]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  expand and coordinate
            activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
            H1337 [19MR]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H7803 [15SE]
        Northern Ireland:  encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
            condemn violence and address human rights violations, (see H.
            Con. Res. 152), H448 [11FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H1112 [11MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
            H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
        Postal Service:  designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
            Carol City, and Miami, FL, (see H.R. 4052), H4549 [11JN]
        Privacy:  protection of Social Security numbers and other personal
            information, (see H.R. 1813), H1112 [11MR]
        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), H7584 [10SE]
        Public safety officers:  establish national medal for those who act
            with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
            H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            (see H.R. 2154), H678 [26FE]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H100 [28JA]
        Sequoia National Forest:  increase recreational opportunities and
            establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia
            ecosystem, (see H.R. 2077), H4567 [15JN]
        Sewering, Hans J.:  investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal,
            (see H. Con. Res. 19), H2237 [22AP]
        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), H755 [3MR]
        ------ earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R. 612), H1445
            [24MR]
        ------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
            program, (see H. Res. 340), H631 [25FE]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H101 [28JA]
        Space policy:  encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
            (see H. Con. Res. 267), H2932 [6MY]
        Sudan:  human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H2056 [1AP]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
            (see H.R. 2695), H755 [3MR]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H3972 [22MY]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H1550
            [25MR]
        ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
            (see H.R. 1401), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H6511 [28JY]
        ------ provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a
            State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for
            property, (see H.R. 4361), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H8627 [24SE]
        Telecommunications:  preserve State and local authority to regulate
            the placement, construction, and modification of certain
            facilities, (see H.R. 3016), H579 [24FE]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H755 [3MR]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
            Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
        Tobacco products:  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]
        Transportation:  continue certain preclearance and inspection
            activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
            passengers, (see H.R. 4819), H10832 [13OC]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
            H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H6820
            [30JY]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H1777
            [30MR]
        Water:  authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
            water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
            3243), H497 [12FE]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida, (see H. Con. Res. 298),
            H5737 [16JY]
        Women:  increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
            1788), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ protection of reproductive rights, (see H.R. 2525), H4550
            [11JN]
        World War II:  encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
            restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
            557), H9178 [28SE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Courts:  independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1159
            [12MR]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11732 [17DE]
        China, People's Republic of:  U.S. policy, H3554 [20MY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10019 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11796 [18DE]
        ------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
            Square during visit to the People's Republic of China (H. Con.
            Res. 285), H4118 [4JN]
        Crime:  improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
            involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H638
            [26FE], H644 [26FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3554 [20MY]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs (H.R. 3717), H2471 [29AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
            H3043 [12MY]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4082 [4JN]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11732 [17DE]
        ------ U.N. agreement relative to weapons inspections, E238<bullet>
            [26FE]
        ------ U.S. policy, E238<bullet> [26FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
            H3047 [12MY]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations (H. Res. 404), H4274 [9JN]
        Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
            relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
            People's Republic of China, H3554 [20MY]
        Votes:  position on missed, E1101<bullet> [10JN]