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

    ADERHOLT, ROBERT B. (a Representative from Alabama)
      Amendments
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2237 [22AP], H2281 [23AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service,
            Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies
            appropriations, H7814 [16SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide
            under the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H2236 [22AP]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H241 [3FE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H2931 [6MY]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H10353 [9OC]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
        ------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
            requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
            federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H2120 [21AP]
        Clean Air Act:  proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
            the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
            (see H.R. 3690), H3014 [7MY]
        Clinton, President:  reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
            unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
            345), H10353 [9OC]
        ------ reimburse Federal Government for costs incurred by the Office
            of Independent Counsel, (see H. Res. 532), H8627 [24SE]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10353 [9OC]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H10011 [7OC]
        Contraceptives:  establish restrictions on provision to minors
            through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Controlled Substances Act:  civil liability for illegal
            manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances, (see
            H.R. 4204), H8932 [25SE]
        Crime:  prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2932 [6MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6453 [24JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
            [27JA]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
        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),
            H2606 [29AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H3366 [18MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  require congressional approval for certain
            uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, (see H.R. 3138), H240 [3FE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H386 [5FE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H9346 [2OC]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
        ------ sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in the
            presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H8932 [25SE]
        Education:  increase number of teachers, (see H.R. 3157), H10513
            [10OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H5064 [23JN]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H330 [4FE]
        English language:  declare as official language of U.S., (see H.R.
            123), H497 [12FE]
        Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  reduce the cost of credit, (see
            H.R. 1059), H1299 [18MR]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  permit certain youth to perform certain
            work with wood, (see H.R. 4257), H7585 [10SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H101
            [28JA]
        ------ recognize importance of fathers in the raising and
            development of children, (see H. Res. 417), H4325 [9JN]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
            of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H5405 [25JN]
        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), H3488 [19MY]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H7803 [15SE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Foreign Assistance Act:  repeal the housing guaranty program, (see
            H.R. 3352), H902 [5MR]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see H.R. 2509), H64 [27JA]
        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), H2931 [6MY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Housing:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
        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]
        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. Con. Res.
            350), H10667 [12OC], (see H. Res. 598), H11023 [15OC]
        IRS:  improve access and increase equity for taxpayers, (see H.R.
            2598), H1643 [26MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
        John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL:  designate, (see H.R.
            1804), H2055 [1AP]
        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]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4880 [19JN]
        Law enforcement officers:  exemption from State laws prohibiting
            carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 218), H6487 [27JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7415
            [6AU]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
            H2813 [5MY]
        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), H7915
            [16SE]
        Mexico:  renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H1237 [17MR]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H9179 [28SE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
            4402), H7289 [5AU]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3744 [21MY]
        ------ prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res. 452), H4165
            [4JN]
        Public Health Service:  establish pediatric research initiative,
            (see H.R. 1883), H9345 [2OC]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H4712 [17JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5957 [20JY]
        Religion:  eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
            State and local officials that results from the threat that
            potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
            H.R. 3288), H676 [26FE]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ provide regulatory assistance, (see H.R. 96), H1021 [10MR]
        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), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in
            or after 1982, (see H.R. 146), H1159 [12MR]
        ------ ensure integrity of trust funds, (see H.R. 857), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
            (see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
        Space policy:  encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
            (see H. Con. Res. 267), H2605 [29AP]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7495 [9SE]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
            [22AP]
        ------ allow capital gains treatment and exception from the uniform
            capitalization rules for certain timber, (see H.R. 4330), H6698
            [29JY]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see H.R. 3104), H63 [27JA]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H3625
            [20MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H9537
            [5OC]
        ------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see
            H.R. 3650), H4056 [3JN]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H5065 [23JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
            programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
            designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6185 [22JY]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H10012
            [7OC]
        ------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
            insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
            tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H4629 [16JN]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H678 [26FE]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H9188 [29SE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
        Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
            H6698 [29JY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2120 [21AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
            [6AU]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see H.R. 3684), H9345 [2OC]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H7494 [9SE]
        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
        Courts:  require Federal and State courts to recognize a
            notarization from another State when it affects interstate
            commerce, (see H.R. 4764), H10352 [9OC]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H5403 [25JN]
        Income:  exemption from the requirement that all Federal payments be
            made by electronic funds transfer, (see H.R. 4405), H7289 [5AU]
        Iron and steel industry:  impose a temporary ban on importation of
            certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, (see H.R.
            4762), H10352 [9OC]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            3137), H240 [3FE]
      Pledge of Allegiance
        House of Representatives, H3259 [14MY]
      Proclamations
        Retired Citizens Month:  Fob James, Jr., Governor of Alabama,
            E1265<bullet> [26JN]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, H6207
            [23JY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5097 [24JN]
        Alabama:  observance of Retired Citizens Month, E1265<bullet> [26JN]
        ------ transportation projects funding, H1913<bullet> [1AP]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11747<bullet> [17DE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1473<bullet> [30JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11849 [18DE]
        Courts:  limit Federal authority to force State and local
            governments to assess, levy, or collect taxes, H2281 [23AP]
        ------ 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]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5532 [15JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            H3680 [21MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  tritium production, H3680 [21MY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H5998 [21JY], H6002 [21JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, E2314<bullet> [12NO]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            E1271<bullet> [26JN]
        FDA:  prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of
            any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5097 [24JN]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2281 [23AP], H2284 [23AP], H2285 [23AP]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), H4091 [4JN]
        Gadsden-Etowah Patriots Association:  tribute, E967<bullet> [22MY]
        Iron and steel industry:  impose a temporary ban on importation of
            certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil (H.R.
            4762), H10340 [9OC]
        ------ respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
            financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (H. Con.
            Res. 350), H10636 [12OC] respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (H. Res. 598), H10965<bullet> [15OC]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services (H.R. 3137),
            H110 [3FE], H409 [11FE]
        Memorial Day:  observance, E967<bullet> [22MY]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5998 [21JY], H6002
            [21JY]
        National Police Week:  observance, E868<bullet> [14MY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            H3279 [14MY]
        Point of order, H5998 [21JY]
        Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
            relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
            People's Republic of China, H3633 [21MY]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2834<bullet> [6MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1913<bullet> [1AP]
        TVA:  non-power programs funding, E1271<bullet> [26JN]
        Votes:  position on missed, H8571<bullet> [24SE], E143<bullet>
            [11FE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H437 [11FE]
      Tributes
        McCurley, Chris, E868<bullet> [14MY]