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

    COSTELLO, JERRY F. (a Representative from Illinois)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Alaska:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H678
            [26FE]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings
            Plan, (see H.R. 3933), H5738 [16JY]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        Aviation:  provide assistance and slots to air carriers providing
            service between high-density and underserved airports, (see H.R.
            2748), H1112 [11MR]
        Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
            equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
            H.R. 2828), H8461 [22SE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H4629 [16JN]
        Chicago Board of Trade:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 451), H4242 [5JN]
        Children and youth:  tribute to child care professionals, (see H.
            Res. 279), H498 [12FE]
        Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H5493
            [14JY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H5405 [25JN]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        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 Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H7178 [4AU]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ 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), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4070),
            H5405 [25JN]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3366 [18MY]
        Education:  role in character development and teaching of moral
            values, (see H. Con. Res. 127), H1550 [25MR]
        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]
        Federal firefighters:  hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity
            with other civil service employees and public sector
            firefighters, (see H.R. 1166), H5493 [14JY]
        Flag--U.S.:  designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-
            staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line
            of duty, (see H. Con. Res. 47), H3106 [12MY]
        Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
            selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
            H4479 [10JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
            [28SE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4325 [9JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H3014 [7MY]
        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), H3744
            [21MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H3105 [12MY]
        Insurance:  prohibit use of genetic information in determining
            coverage or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H631 [25FE]
        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], (see H. Res.
            598), H11023 [15OC]
        John H. Sengstacke Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4787), H11705 [21OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H578 [24FE]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H4550 [11JN]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H5737 [16JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see H. Res. 520), H7803 [15SE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H4550 [11JN]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4241
            [5JN]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5494 [14JY]
        Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:  designate,
            (see H.R. 2798), H1337 [19MR]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H241 [3FE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H6282 [23JY]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H5492 [14JY]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:
            designate, (see H.R. 2799), H1337 [19MR]
        Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4595), H8035 [17SE]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H64 [27JA]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H65 [27JA]
        ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H8528 [23SE]
        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), H3106 [12MY]
        Taxation:  designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H5405
            [25JN]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H8084 [18SE]
        ------ expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing
            by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service
            organizations, (see H.R. 2523), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
            3524), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H3744 [21MY]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
        ------ waive interest and penalties for failure to file schedule D
            with a timely filed return, (see H.R. 3885), H4550 [11JN]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H1021
            [10MR]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H3106 [12MY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H8084 [18SE]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H3247 [13MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Taxation:  allow tax credits for contributions used for the
            construction and renovation of certain public schools, (see H.R.
            4247), H5736 [16JY]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1815<bullet> [31MR]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11744<bullet> [17DE]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2210<bullet> [22AP]
        Belleville, IL:  anniversary of Masterworks Chorale, E1472<bullet>
            [30JY]
        ------ anniversary of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry Local Union
            101, E1555<bullet> [5AU]
        Black History Month:  observance, E182<bullet> [12FE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), H4209<bullet> [5JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            H6506<bullet> [28JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6116<bullet> [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11905 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10095<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11905 [18DE]
        Columbia, IL:  observance of Space Shuttle Columbia Day,
            E515<bullet> [30MR]
        Committee on Education and the Workforce (House):  provide special
            authority relative to investigation of the International
            Brotherhood of Teamsters (H. Res. 507), H6766<bullet> [30JY]
        Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
            of independent counsel report on investigation of President
            Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
            improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7605<bullet> [11SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  F-15E Eagle aircraft funding, E1021<bullet> [4JN]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), H2668<bullet> [30AP]
        Evansville, IL:  anniversary of VFW Post 1172, E848<bullet> [13MY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
            H8798<bullet> [25SE]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4100<bullet> [4JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6408<bullet> [24JY]
        Illinois:  transportation projects funding, H1913<bullet> [1AP]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (H. Con. Res. 328), E2100<bullet> [12OC]
        Memorial Day:  observance, E848<bullet> [13MY]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H262<bullet> [4FE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8743<bullet> [25SE]
        Sparta, IL:  tribute to Sparta High School math team, E697<bullet>
            [29AP]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8743<bullet> [25SE], H8945<bullet> [26SE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1913<bullet> [1AP]
      Tributes
        Dunbar, Cecilia A., E1431<bullet> [24JY]
        Elder, Erna, E629<bullet> [22AP]
        Fulton, Edward, E699<bullet> [29AP]
        Moceri, Anthony, E1778<bullet> [23SE]
        Moceri, Anthony (Tony), E1868<bullet> [1OC]
        Poshard, Representative, E2364<bullet> [19DE]
        Schiff, Steven, E721<bullet> [30AP]
        Schilling, Nancy J., E1730<bullet> [16SE], E2087<bullet> [11OC]
        Snyder, Ronald, E942<bullet> [22MY]
        Statham, Harry, E351<bullet> [11MR]
        Yates, Representative, E1881<bullet> [2OC]