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

    TANNER, JOHN S. (a Representative from Tennessee)
      Amendments
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4862 [19JN]
      Appointments
        United Kingdom-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H10986 [15OC]
      Articles and editorials
        Bob Owen--The Last of the Country Bankers, Chuck Ross, McKenzie (TN)
            McKenzie Banner, E2128<bullet>-E2130<bullet> [13OC]
        Cocaine Cartels Take on New Product--Heroin--South American
            Suppliers Eclipse Asia in Burgeoning U.S. Market, Jerry Seper,
            Washington (DC) Times, E2128<bullet> [13OC]
        Lifetime of Concern for Others, Dyersburg (TN) State Gazette,
            E2124<bullet> [13OC]
        Reelfoot Lake Boatmaker Reels in $10,000 Award, John Brannon, Union
            City (TN) Union City Daily Messenger, E2126<bullet> [13OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7915 [16SE]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7585 [10SE]
        Dept. of HHS:  make grants to States and businesses to improve the
            quality of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
        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),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3971 [22MY]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H4055 [3JN]
        Firearms:  treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H1445 [24MR]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H5493 [14JY]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H2606 [29AP]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5594
            [15JY]
        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), H10353 [9OC]
        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), H2237 [22AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H241 [3FE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H2056 [1AP]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H240 [3FE]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        Music and dance:  recognize the contributions of the cities of
            Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, and their people to the origins
            and development of country music, (see H. Con. Res. 214), H1550
            [25MR]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see H.R.
            2556), H241 [3FE]
        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]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3744 [21MY]
        Postage and stamps:  use receipts from the sale of migratory bird
            hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp
            purchases, (see H.R. 4248), H5736 [16JY]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H11696 [20OC]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
        Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
            3207), H495 [12FE]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
            530), H1643 [26MR]
        Taxation:  allow capital gains treatment and exception from the
            uniform capitalization rules for certain timber, (see H.R.
            4330), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals
            not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage,
            (see H.R. 4472), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax
            base of State and local governments, (see H.R. 1168), H7290
            [5AU]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H8461 [22SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H6697
            [29JY]
        ------ repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable
            to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign
            trade income, (see H.R. 1037), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ tax incentives for land sales for conservation purposes, (see
            H.R. 4496), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on
            land subject to conservation easement, (see H.R. 4301), H6186
            [22JY]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H2054 [1AP]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H4479 [10JN]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Tariff:  reliquidation of certain entries of certain thermal
            transfer multifunction machines, (see H.R. 4520), H7414 [6AU]
        Taxation:  treatment of certain net operating losses for farmers,
            (see H.R. 4565), H7690 [14SE]
      Remarks
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
            Res. 284), consideration (H. Res. 455), H4137 [4JN]
        Calhoun, Dale:  National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage
            Fellowship award recipient, E2126<bullet> [13OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1498<bullet> [31JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11897 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11897 [18DE], H12013<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Copyrights:  duration of protection (S. 505), E2255<bullet> [20OC]
        Courts:  reform habeas corpus procedures, H2252<bullet> [23AP]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), consideration (H. Res. 504), H5977 [21JY]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2252<bullet> [23AP]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8780 [25SE]
        Hunting and trapping:  clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
            habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 2863),
            H7505<bullet> [10SE]
        Jere Cooper Federal Building, Dyersburg, TN:  designate (H.R. 2730),
            H9120<bullet> [28SE]
        Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area:  transfer
            administrative jurisdiction to the Dept. of Agriculture, H5977
            [21JY]
        Medicare:  restore full incentive payment percentages for
            prospective payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and
            units (H.R. 4855), E2259<bullet> [20OC]
        Political campaigns:  allow contributions from eligible voters who
            are employed by foreign subsidiaries or multinational
            corporations, H4863 [19JN]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4863
            [19JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8961 [26SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4662 [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2831 [6MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H1103 [11MR], H2235 [22AP], H4237 [5JN]
      Testimonies
        Assignment of Death Penalty Cases to Judge John T. Nixon in
            Tennessee:  Charlotte Stout, H2252<bullet> [23AP]
      Tributes
        Holt, Harold, E2124<bullet> [13OC]
        Owen, Robert H., E2128<bullet> [13OC]