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

    FORBES, MICHAEL P. (a Representative from New York)
      Articles and editorials
        Carl Vail, WW I Veteran, Dies, George DeWan, Melville (NY) Newsday,
            E431<bullet> [19MR]
        Carl Vail, WW I Veteran, Dies--Southold Family's Legacy of Service,
            George DeWan, E510<bullet> [30MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        Clean Air Act:  reduce acid deposition, (see H.R. 2365), H64 [27JA]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        Commission on Ocean Policy:  establish, (see H.R. 3445), H2237
            [22AP]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H1550 [25MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H11023 [15OC]
        ------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H7415 [6AU]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9537 [5OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H1854 [31MR]
        Dept. of Transportation:  authorizing appropriations for surface
            transportation research and development, (see H.R. 860), H1777
            [30MR]
        ------ make nonmilitary Government aircraft subject to safety
            regulations, (see H.R. 1483), H7803 [15SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  conduct Stand Down events and establish
            a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
            in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H8627 [24SE]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research, (see
            H. Con. Res. 291), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3105 [12MY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1159
            [12MR]
        Ecology and environment:  ensure recovery of biological diversity,
            strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
            assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
            economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H64 [27JA]
        Education:  dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
            the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see H.R. 4594), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H1550 [25MR]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H10077 [8OC]
        FAA:  address aircraft noise problems of Queens and Long Island, NY,
            (see H.R. 3952), H3970 [22MY]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        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]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
        Foreign countries:  funding for the construction of U.S. chancery
            facilities in Berlin and Jerusalem so that comparable rates of
            construction and occupation of the facilities are ensured, (see
            H.R. 4181), H5404 [25JN]
        Foreign policy:  allow attachment of certain property of foreign
            states in execution of judgements for acts of terrorism, (see
            H.R. 4292), H6070 [21JY]
        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]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
        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]
        ------ jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
            during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H1236 [17MR]
        Government:  procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies, cosponsorship
            withdrawn, (see H.R. 716), H6282 [23JY]
        Health:  importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see H.R. 4376), H9275
            [1OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3605), consideration, (see H. Res. 486), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers, (see H.R. 1415), H329 [4FE]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1643
            [26MR]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H7415 [6AU]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on efforts to acquire advance missile
            technology and expedite the development of a missile defense
            system for both U.S. and Israeli Armed Forces, (see H. Con. Res.
            342), H10076 [8OC]
        Iraq:  material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
            relative to weapons inspections, (see H. Con. Res. 340), H10076
            [8OC]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        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), H10833 [13OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H579 [24FE]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H6454 [24JY]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H2237 [22AP]
        Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
             designate, (see H.R. 3167), H385 [5FE]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  U.S. commitment to arrange
            foreign assistance and construction of nuclear reactors relative
            to threat to international peace and security, (see H. Con. Res.
            341), H10076 [8OC]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 313),
            H7429 [7AU]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H5737 [16JY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Lighthouses:  establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
            program, (see H.R. 2970), H4055 [3JN]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H579 [24FE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H5405 [25JN]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H1112 [11MR]
        ----- allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 2497), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H7690 [14SE]
        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), H7691
            [14SE]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Commission on Terrorism:  establish, (see H.R. 4536), H7803
            [15SE]
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  reauthorization,
            (see H.R. 2691), H497 [12FE]
        National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
            H2120 [21AP]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H5494 [14JY]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H7178 [4AU]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6820 [30JY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H2931 [6MY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2056 [1AP]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H7178 [4AU]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H755 [3MR]
        Roosevelt, Theodore:  posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor, (see
            H.R. 2263), H241 [3FE]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H631 [25FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H631 [25FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4120), H5297
            [24JN], (see H.R. 4213), H6070 [21JY]
        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), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H4241 [5JN]
        Taxation:  allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums,
            (see H.R. 4465), H7803 [15SE]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2932
            [6MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H5494
            [14JY]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ expand incentives for the construction and renovation of
            public schools, (see H.R. 4316), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3625 [20MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H7584 [10SE]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3972
            [22MY]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H5405 [25JN]
        ------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
            in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H7179 [4AU]
        ------ 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), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
            services, (see H.R. 3648), H2424 [28AP]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and
            secondary education, (see H.R. 1816), H10077 [8OC]
        ------ treatment of liquor and beer retailers, (see H.R. 4140),
            H5402 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of Social Security benefits, (see H.R. 693), H241
            [3FE]
        Terrorism:  relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
            Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
        21st Century Scholars Program:  establish, (see H.R. 777), H447
            [11FE]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
            [12FE]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H8627
            [24SE]
        Veterans:  increase burial and funeral allowance for certain
            veterans, (see H.R. 4708), H9722 [6OC]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H64
            [27JA]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H8528 [23SE]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see H.R. 2670), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of
            projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-
            Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
        World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
            Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
        ------ require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war
            crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H1159 [12MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H2236
            [22AP]
        Education:  improve facilities, reduce class size, and provide
            parents with additional educational choices for their children,
            (see H.R. 4169), H5403 [25JN]
        National Child Cancer Awareness Month:  designate, (see H. Res.
            357), H446 [11FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4269), H5859
            [17JY]
        Taxation:  treatment of Social Security benefits, (see H.R. 3122),
            H99 [28JA]
      Descriptions
        Long Island, NY, Hurricane of 1938, E1763<bullet> [18SE],
            E1764<bullet> [18SE]
      Letters
        Impeachment of President Clinton:  by, H11905 [18DE]
      Lists
        Individuals who died in 1938 hurricane, E1766<bullet> [18SE]
      Remarks
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Beatty, Christopher:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt
            Award recipient, E2033<bullet> [10OC]
        Beck, Alan:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt Award
            recipient, E2034<bullet> [10OC]
        Bove, Vincent:  John T. Mather Hospital Mather Special Recognition
            Award recipient, E2031<bullet> [10OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6473 [27JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11905 [18DE]
        Courts:  permit claims in U.S. courts against foreign countries
            which are sponsors of international terrorism, or where no
            extradition treaty or other remedies exist, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Cullen, Thomas K.:  Little Flower Family Services Children's Hope
            Award recipient, E1463<bullet> [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), H6738<bullet> [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report,
            E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), E1630<bullet>
            [7AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 574), H9607 [6OC]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), consideration (H. Res. 413), H2621 [30AP]
        Dosik, Michael:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt Award
            recipient, E2027<bullet> [10OC]
        East Hampton, NY:  anniversary, E1926<bullet> [6OC]
        Education:  improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), H10293
            [9OC]
        FAA:  require air traffic controller proficiency and operational
            training programs, H6738<bullet> [29JY]
        Forests:  establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), E529<bullet> [31MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6372 [24JY]
        International Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness
            Day:  observance, E834<bullet> [12MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, E749<bullet> [4MY]
        ------ independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2370<bullet>
            [28AP]
        Long Island, NY:  anniversary of 1938 hurricane, E1758<bullet>
            [18SE], E1761<bullet> [18SE], E1762<bullet> [18SE]
        Long Island Sound:  prohibit dumping of dredged material (H.R. 55),
            E1630<bullet> [7AU]
        Malhotra, Harish:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt Award
            recipient, E2028<bullet> [10OC]
        Medford, NY:  tribute to Medford Fire Dept. and Ambulance Corps,
            E1571<bullet> [7AU]
        NOAA:  funding, E1630<bullet> [7AU]
        Patchogue, NY:  anniversary of Chamber of Commerce, E1992<bullet>
            [9OC]
        Pennysaver News of Brookhaven and Island Shopper (publication):
            anniversary, E1730<bullet> [16SE]
        Setauket, NY:  tribute to Westinghouse Science Talent Search
            participants, E138<bullet> [11FE]
        Smithtown, NY:  anniversary of Smithtown Volunteer Fire Dept.,
            E1568<bullet> [7AU]
        Southampton, NY:  tribute to Southampton Hospital Quarter Backers
            Club, E285<bullet> [4MR]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2830 [6MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (H.R.
            3888), E2037<bullet> [10OC]
        Trademarks:  prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or
            alteration of product identification codes (H.R. 3891), H9112
            [28SE], H9113<bullet> [28SE], H9116 [28SE]
        Votes:  position on missed, H2770<bullet> [5MY], H2771<bullet>
            [5MY], H2772<bullet> [5MY], H6864<bullet> [31JY]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H470 [12FE]
        Westhampton Beach, NY:  tribute to Westhampton Beach High School
            boys' basketball team, E686<bullet> [28AP], E704<bullet> [29AP]
        Young, Adam and Peggy:  Westhampton Beach, NY, Family Counseling
            Service Family of Man Humanitarian Award recipients,
            E1552<bullet> [5AU]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H6877 [31JY]
      Subpoena Notices
        U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, H6417
            [24JY]
      Tributes
        Curcio, Pasquale J. (Pat), E1045<bullet> [5JN]
        Keene, Robert G., E113<bullet> [5FE]
        Lawler, Thomas and Catherine, E1323<bullet> [16JY]
        Loper, Helen, E2231<bullet> [16OC]
        Solomon, Representative, H9607 [6OC]
        Tohill, Tom, E366<bullet> [12MR]
        Vail, Carl, E431<bullet> [19MR], E510<bullet> [30MR]
        Villella, Vincent, E588<bullet> [2AP]