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

    LANGUAGES
      Amendments
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7179 [4AU], H7180 [4AU], H7293 [5AU]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), H7539 [10SE], H7543 [10SE], H7547 [10SE], H7548
            [10SE], H7549 [10SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Debts to the Hmong, E2279 [21OC]
        Hmong Army Veterans Ask for U.S. Citizenship--Want To Take Exam With
            Interpreters' Help, E2310 [12NO]
        Obstacle to Learning, H7551 [10SE]
      Bills and resolutions
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
        Dept. of Education:  conduct a study on the availability of
            educational instruction in the English language to student
            citizens in Puerto Rico, (see H.R. 4766), H10352 [9OC]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English, (see H.R. 3680), H2054 [1AP], (see H.R. 3892), H3487
            [19MY]
        ----- establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), consideration, (see H. Res. 516), H7177 [4AU]
        English language:  encourage status as primary language and
            recognize importance of multilingualism, (see S. Res. 236),
            S5434 [22MY]
      Essays
        I'm Proud To Be Bilingual:  Claudia Alvarez, E535 [31MR]
      Remarks in House
        Alvarez, Claudia:  Scholastic, Inc., essay contest honoree, E535
            [31MR]
        California:  implementation of State initiative to ban bilingual
            education, E1525 [3AU]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), E2278 [21OC], E2310 [12NO]
        Education:  bilingual education programs funding, H1789 [31MR],
            H1806 [31MR]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3680), E585 [2AP]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), H7529-H7554 [10SE], E1700 [11SE], E1701 [11SE],
            E1731 [16SE]
        ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7521-H7529 [10SE]
            establish a program to help children and youth learn English
            (H.R. 3892), corrections in engrossment, H7554 [10SE]
        ------ family literacy services funding relative to bilingual
            education, H7549 [10SE], H7550 [10SE]
        ------ Federal funding to local school districts relative to
            compliance with State laws on bilingual education, H7543-H7547
            [10SE]
        ------ improve knowledge of teachers in various core subjects, H2541
            [29AP]
        ------ preservation and use of native languages, H7548 [10SE], H7549
            [10SE]
        Elections:  prohibit use of bilingual voting materials, H6828
            [30JY], H6829 [30JY], H6856 [31JY]
        Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H763 [4MR], H764-H787 [4MR], H792-H835 [4MR]
        States:  requirements for standardized English testing, H7547
            [10SE], H7548 [10SE]
      Remarks in Senate
        Education:  require study of multilingualism, S3484 [23AP]
        English language:  effect of computers and slang on daily usage,
            S7922 [10JY]
        ------ encourage status as primary language and recognize importance
            of multilingualism (S. Res. 236), S5458 [22MY]
        IRS:  require Spanish option on telephone helplines, S4471 [7MY]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act:  Committee
            on Rules (House) (H. Res. 516) (H. Rept. 105-675), H7177 [4AU]
        Establish Program To Help Children and Youth Learn English:
            Committee on Education and the Workplace (House) (H.R. 3892) (H.
            Rept. 105-587), H4879 [19JN]
      Statements
        Understanding Free Association as a Form of Separate Sovereignty and
            Political Independence in the Case of Decolonization of Puerto
            Rico:  Fred M. Zeder II, H783 [4MR]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 516, consideration of H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency
            Act, H7521 [10SE]
        H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act, H7539-H7542 [10SE]
        S. Res. 236, encourage status of English as the primary language and
            recognize importance of multilingualism, S5457 [22MY]