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

    LIVINGSTON, BOB (a Representative from Louisiana)
      Amendments
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1820 [31MR]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H8004 [17SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2432 [28AP], H2607
            [29AP], H2871 [6MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
        ------ H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
            H6213 [23JY]
        ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, H6600
            [29JY]
        ------ H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related
            agencies program appropriations, H7708 [15SE]
        ------ H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
            Office of the President, and independent agencies
            appropriations, H7814 [16SE]
        ------ H.R. 4276, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
            Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H9626 [6OC]
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Ethnic Conflict in Caucasus Shows Its First Glimmer of Hope, Stephen
            Kinzer, New York (NY) Times, H7952<bullet> [17SE]
        Russia Lied To Obtain Loans, a Chief Aide to Yeltsin Says, Richard
            C. Paddock, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H7981 [17SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H904 [5MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H3312 [14MY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H1112 [11MR]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H7585 [10SE]
        Contracts:  prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
            the basis of labor policies, (see H.R. 1378), H11696 [20OC]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
            1283), H1299 [18MR]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H3247 [13MY]
        Drugs:  sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in
            the presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
        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]
        ------ increase number of teachers, (see H.R. 3157), H329 [4FE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H3105 [12MY]
        Executive Office of the President:  President Clinton's use of legal
            staff for personal legal issues, (see H. Res. 397), H1549 [25MR]
        FCC:  authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H446 [11FE]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H4880 [19JN]
        Fish and fishing:  disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
            reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
            (see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H2056 [1AP]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        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), H2424 [28AP]
        ------ reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses,
            (see H.R. 3310), H754 [3MR]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Health care professionals:  require military physicians to possess
            unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
            education requirements, (see H.R. 3775), H2932 [6MY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3120), H579 [24FE]
        Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
            health plans, (see H.R. 815), H4165 [4JN]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2424 [28AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see H. Res. 422), H3013 [7MY]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Medicare:  establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H3972 [22MY]
        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), H7178
            [4AU]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
            (see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H9346 [2OC]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4327), H6453 [24JY], (see H.R. 4402), H7289 [5AU]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H5859 [17JY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H. Res. 343), H100 [28JA], (see H.J. Res. 107),
            H240 [3FE]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
            in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H4241 [5JN]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H8627
            [24SE]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ establish and maintain individual investment accounts, (see
            H.R. 2929), H2318 [23AP]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid, (see H.R. 3501), H1379 [23MR]
        Taxation:  change basis for determination of refinery limitation on
            oil depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H5493
            [14JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H851 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
            H2056 [1AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H4479 [10JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas
            emissions, (see H. Res. 211), H65 [27JA]
        ----- conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any
            international agreement relative to Kyoto Protocol, (see H.R.
            3807), H3106 [12MY]
        U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform:  implement recommendations,
            (see H.R. 3904), H5494 [14JY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H7415 [6AU]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6487 [27JY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Appropriations:  making continuing, (see H.J. Res. 128), H7914
            [16SE], (see H.J. Res. 133), H10352 [9OC], (see H.J. Res. 134),
            H10667 [12OC], (see H.J. Res. 135), H10917 [14OC], (see H.J.
            Res. 136), H11042 [16OC], (see H.J. Res. 137), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions,
            (see H.R. 3579), H1699 [27MR]
        ------ making supplemental appropriations and rescissions, (see H.R.
            3580), H1699 [27MR]
        Political campaigns:  terminate public financing of Presidential
            election campaigns, (see H.R. 3098), H62 [27JA]
      Conference reports
        Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R.
            4328), H11044-H11545 [19OC]
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions (H.R. 3579),
            H2629-H2651 [30AP]
        Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations (H.R. 4112),
            H8085-H8097 [22SE]
      Letters
        Israeli commitment to purchase and ship grain on U.S.-flag vessels:
            by, H11594 [20OC]
        ------ Zalman Shoval, Ambassador of Israel, H11593 [20OC]
      Lists
        Supporters of H.R. 4519, authorize Presidential consent to the third
            party transfer of the Bowman County (U.S.S.) to the USS LST Ship
            Memorial, Inc., E2155 [14OC]
        Top ten fiscal accomplishments, H10322 [9OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H516 [24FE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5011 [23JN], H5012 [23JN]
        Antiballistic Missile Treaty:  implementation, H7273 [5AU]
        Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), H7931 [17SE],
            H7932 [17SE], H7934 [17SE], H7935 [17SE], H7936 [17SE]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), H10315 [9OC], H10320
            [9OC], H10321 [9OC], H10322 [9OC], H10323 [9OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), H10577 [12OC], H10578
            [12OC], H10579 [12OC], H10580 [12OC], H10581 [12OC], H10582
            [12OC], H10585 [12OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), H10861 [14OC], H10863
            [14OC], H10865 [14OC], H10867 [14OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 136), H11026 [16OC]
        ------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 137), H11545 [19OC]
        ------ making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
            (H.R. 3579), H1798 [31MR], H1804 [31MR], H1806 [31MR], H1810
            [31MR], H1813 [31MR], H1820 [31MR], H1822 [31MR] making
            emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R.
            3579), conference report, H2629 [30AP], H2675 [30AP] making
            emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R.
            3579), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 416), H2674
            [30AP], H2688 [30AP], H2689 [30AP] making emergency supplemental
            appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct
            conferees, H2286 [23AP], H2287 [23AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, H11586 [20OC], H11592 [20OC], H11644 [20OC],
            H11646 [20OC]
        ------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H10578 [12OC],
            H10579 [12OC], H10580 [12OC], H10581 [12OC], H10585 [12OC]
        Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
            of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7952 [17SE], H7992 [17SE],
            H7993 [17SE], H7996 [17SE]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7207 [5AU]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11749 [17DE],
            H11969 [19DE]
        Colleges and universities:  protect speech and association rights of
            students, H2871 [6MY]
        Computers:  problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900, H5309
            [25JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5011 [23JN], H5012 [23JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile
            defense systems (H.R. 2786), H1723 [30MR]
        ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
            housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), H4906
            [22JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H4913 [22JN]
        ------ School of the Americas funding, H8007 [17SE]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H349
            [5FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  funding, H2675 [30AP]
        Dept. of the Interior:  status of certain U.S. Fish and Wildlife
            Service maps, H2689 [30AP]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), motion to recommit, H6218 [23JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H4913 [22JN], H5664 [16JY], H5665 [16JY], H5667
            [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
            485), H5309 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, H9927
            [7OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11592 [20OC], H11644 [20OC],
            H11646 [20OC]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 605), H11586 [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7168 [4AU], H7207
            [5AU], H7220 [5AU], H7273 [5AU]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10135 [8OC], H10136 [8OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6256 [23JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 574), H9600 [6OC]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6256 [23JY]
        Education:  bilingual education programs funding, H1806 [31MR]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            H4917 [22JN]
        FEC:  funding, H5664 [16JY], H5665 [16JY], H5667 [16JY]
        Fish and fishing:  fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana,
            Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7220 [5AU]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7952 [17SE], H7980 [17SE], H7981
            [17SE], H7992 [17SE], H7993 [17SE], H7996 [17SE], H8005 [17SE],
            H8007 [17SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2871 [6MY]
        House of Representatives:  decision relative to Speakership, H11969
            [19DE]
        ------ legislative program, H11545 [19OC], H11749 [17DE]
        ------ resignation, H11969 [19DE]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, H1820 [31MR]
        IMF:  funding, H2287 [23AP], H7980 [17SE], H7981 [17SE], H11646
            [20OC]
        Iraq:  make funding for military action relative to weapons
            inspections contingent upon congressional approval, H1810
            [31MR], H1812 [31MR]
        ------ military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11749 [17DE]
        ------ U.S. policy, H2675 [30AP]
        Israel:  commitment to purchase and ship grain on U.S.-flag vessels,
            H11593 [20OC]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  restrict aid to Korean
            Peninsula Energy Development Organization, H8005 [17SE]
        Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
            between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7992 [17SE], H7993 [17SE],
            H7996 [17SE]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5011 [23JN], H5012
            [23JN]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H1808 [31MR]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), H295<bullet> [4FE]
        Public Telecommunications Facilities Program:  funding, H7168 [4AU]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H794 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H794 [4MR]
        Rhee, Jhoon, E467<bullet> [25MR]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H11644 [20OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, E938<bullet> [22MY]
      Remarks in House relative to
        House of Representatives:  decision relative to Speakership, H11971
            [19DE], H11974 [19DE], H11979 [19DE]
        ------ resignation, H11971 [19DE], H11974 [19DE], H11979 [19DE]
        Special order:  granted, H626 [25FE]
      Reports filed
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 3579) (H. Rept. 105-504), H2705 [30AP]
        ----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3579) (H. Rept. 105-
            469), H1699 [27MR]
        Revised Suballocation of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1999:
            Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-600), H5296
            [24JN]
        ----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-642), H6281
            [23JY]
        ----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-662), H6878
            [31JY]
        ------ Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-722), H7914
            [16SE]
        Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1998:
            Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-475), H1853
            [31MR]
        Suballocation of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1999:  Committee on
            Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-590), H4961 [22JN]
        Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions:  Committee on
            Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3580) (H. Rept. 105-470), H1699
            [27MR]
      Resolutions by organizations
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        Census 2000:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        Constitutional Government:  DAR, E874<bullet> [14MY]
        Fast Track Trade Authority:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        Historic View of the U.N.:  DAR, E872<bullet> [14MY]
        National Identification Program:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        Patent and Trademark Office:  DAR, E874<bullet> [14MY]
        People's Republic of China:  DAR, E874<bullet> [14MY]
        Protection of the American Family:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  DAR, E871<bullet> [14MY]
        Puerto Rican Statehood:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        Tribute to Anita Newcomb McGee:  DAR, E872<bullet> [14MY]
        Tribute to Frances E. Willard:  DAR, E872<bullet> [14MY]
        U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  DAR, E872<bullet>
            [14MY]
        U.N. World Heritage Sites:  DAR, E872<bullet> [14MY]
        U.S. Military Strength:  DAR, E873<bullet> [14MY]
        World Court:  DAR, E872<bullet> [14MY]
      Statements
        Vision for the 3rd Millennium:  Jhoon Rhee, E467<bullet> [25MR]
      Tables
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations, H11595-H11602 [20OC]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations,
            H11618-H11621 [20OC]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies appropriations,
            H11632-H11634 [20OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations,
            H11627-H11631 [20OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies appropriations, H11603-H11612 [20OC]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies
            appropriations, H11622-H11626 [20OC]
        District of Columbia appropriations, H11613 [20OC]
        Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3570),
            H1800-H1802 [31MR]
        Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579),
            H2677-H2686 [30AP]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
            appropriations, H11615-H11617 [20OC]
        Omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental appropriations,
            H11635-H11641 [20OC]
      Tributes
        Chouinard, Jerry, H612 [25FE]
        Fazio, Representative, H4918 [22JN]
        Hefner, Representative, H4907 [22JN]
        McDade, Representative, H4917 [22JN]
        Parker, Representative, H4918 [22JN]
        Solomon, Representative, H9600 [6OC]
        Stokes, Representative, H6228 [23JY]
        Yates, Representative, H6218 [23JY]