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

    SLAUGHTER, LOUISE McINTOSH (a Representative from New York)
      Amendments
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4504 [11JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Africa:  relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, (see H. Con. Res.
            292), H7495 [9SE]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see H.R. 619), H3743 [21MY]
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            (see H.R. 3160), H329 [4FE]
        Battle of Midway National Memorial:  establish, (see H.R. 2800),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Belarus:  human rights violations relative to most-favored-nation
            status, (see H. Con. Res. 237), H4629 [16JN]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H10077 [8OC]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H2931 [6MY]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H10352 [9OC]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H579 [24FE]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
            accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
            3831), H5594 [15JY]
        Civil rights:  prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based
            on sex, race, or national origin, (see H.R. 1302), H851 [4MR]
        Clean Air Act:  reduce acid deposition, (see H.R. 2365), H1021
            [10MR]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H4880 [19JN]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H631
            [25FE]
        ----- implementation, (see H.R. 4308), H7415 [6AU]
        CPSC:  promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes, (see H.R.
            3935), H7428 [7AU]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H65 [27JA]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H100
            [28JA]
        Dept. of Defense:  B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
            2898), H2931 [6MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  collection of information relative to the use of
            mentally disabled children and individuals in biomedical and
            behavioral research, (see H.R. 4135), H7915 [16SE]
        ------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
        ------ make grants to States and businesses to improve the quality
            of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2932 [6MY]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H10353 [9OC]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
            insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H11705 [21OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ determination of service connection for certain illnesses
            caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents
            during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3279), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
            veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
            research priorities relative to certain service-related health
            consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5494 [14JY]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H64 [27JA]
        Diseases:  increase funding and authority of Dept. of HHS and Dept.
            of Education relative to asthma programs, (see H.R. 4654),
            H10513 [10OC]
        ------ osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders
            information clearinghouse funding, (see H.R. 2704), H3972 [22MY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3971 [22MY]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial
            fellowship programs, (see H.R. 3031), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
            3269), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ provide for teacher technology training, (see H.R. 1572),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ provide for various capital investments in technology
            education, (see H.R. 2994), H498 [12FE]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Employment:  prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic
            information, (see H.R. 2275), H10513 [10OC]
        ERISA:  regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
            (see H.R. 4238), H7690 [14SE]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  allow compensatory and punitive damages
            for violations of antidiscrimination provisions and provide for
            studies on pay disparities, (see H.R. 3769), H2705 [30AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  develop, promote, and implement
            policies to stabilize U.S. population growth, (see H. Con. Res.
            154), H1700 [27MR]
        ------ improve child care and family support services, (see H.R.
            2713), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
        Federal aid programs:  State eligibility for bonuses under the
            temporary assistance to needy families block grants relative to
            child poverty rates, (see H.R. 4692), H11042 [16OC]
        Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act:  repeal preemption
            provision, (see H.R. 4498), H9723 [6OC]
        Federal employees:  increase leave time relative to services as an
            organ donor, (see H.R. 2943), H241 [3FE]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2424 [28AP]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
            ineligible for international military education and training
            assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain
            countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5493
            [14JY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
            4340), H9275 [1OC]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
            Res. 313), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H2706 [30AP]
        Great Irish Potato Famine:  issue postage stamp to commemorate
            anniversary of Irish emigration to escape famine, and to honor
            the contributions of these immigrants and their descendants,
            (see H. Con. Res. 232), H2120 [21AP]
        Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
            for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
            H5494 [14JY]
        ------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
            H5064 [23JN]
        ------ increase the legal smoking age, (see H.R. 2519), H101 [28JA]
        ------ prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see H.R. 4376), H7415
            [6AU]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3605), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ revise and extend programs relative to the health of
            individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
            H2236 [22AP]
        Health care professionals:  establish a national abusive and
            criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
            H.R. 2953), H7428 [7AU]
        ------ training of hospital staff relative to identification and
            referral of victims of domestic violence, (see H.R. 4477),
            H10513 [10OC]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3106
            [12MY]
        ------ require approval of any payments from the reserve fund
            designated for certain committee expenses, (see H. Res. 387),
            H1236 [17MR]
        House Rules:  permit disabled employees with the privilege of the
            House floor to use supporting services on the floor, (see H.
            Res. 135), H7618 [11SE]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H1168 [16MR]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see H.R. 2955), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
            and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
            suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Income:  establish protections for recipients of Federal payments
            made by electronic funds transfer, (see H.R. 4311), H9275 [1OC]
        Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
            Res. 258), H7000 [3AU]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H11696
            [20OC]
        ------ coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res. 210),
            H1237 [17MR]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
            (see H.R. 4093), H5859 [17JY]
        International Atomic Energy Agency:  withhold voluntary proportional
            assistance relative to the development and completion of the
            Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H4056
            [3JN]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H9537 [5OC]
        Iraq:  adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and
            priority for veterans filing such claims, (see H.R. 3484), H3105
            [12MY]
        ------ congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        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]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H579 [24FE]
        ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
            Res. 122), H10353 [9OC]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H1021 [10MR]
        Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
             designate, (see H.R. 3167), H2318 [23AP]
        Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
            H5957 [20JY]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
            Res. 561), H9346 [2OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
            350), H5404 [25JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
        Libya:  reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N.
            sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals
            wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am
            Flight 103, (see H. Res. 246), H65 [27JA]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1550 [25MR]
        Medal of Honor:  issue commemorative postage stamp in recognition of
            recipients, (see H. Con. Res. 200), H679 [26FE]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7494 [9SE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2606
            [29AP], (see H.R. 3205), H2707 [30AP]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H2707 [30AP]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H3014 [7MY]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
            (see H.R. 4214), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H11696 [20OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4370), H7415 [6AU]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H8528 [23SE]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
            Res. 304), H7415 [6AU]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H241 [3FE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
        Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
            relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
            (see H.R. 4007), H5494 [14JY]
        NIH:  expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone
            diseases, (see H.R. 2697), H241 [3FE]
        Nuclear weapons:  establish policy of nonproliferation, (see H.R.
            3333), H3366 [18MY]
        ------ recognize the security interests of the U.S. in furthering
            complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479), H4835 [18JN]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H3625 [20MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H1550 [25MR]
        Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            3925), H5738 [16JY]
        Public welfare programs:  disregard payment of earned income tax
            credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
            for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
            programs, (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ establish asset-based welfare policies, (see H.R. 2849),
            H1699 [27MR]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, (see H.R. 2154),
            H386 [5FE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4056 [3JN]
        Refugees:  provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
            torture, (see H.R. 4309), H7415 [6AU]
        Research:  increase the amount authorized for basic scientific,
            medical, and pre-competitive engineering research, (see H.R.
            3660), H3744 [21MY]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H7428 [7AU]
        Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
            provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
            (see H.R. 3134), H330 [4FE]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H9346 [2OC]
        Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
            [23JN]
        ------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
            hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
            (see H.R. 3247), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1699 [27MR]
        Tariff:  wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H6819 [30JY]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
            minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H241 [3FE]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
            H5494 [14JY]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H1550
            [25MR]
        ------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
            repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
            4489), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
            nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
            H.R. 4611), H10012 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a
            principal residence, (see H.R. 535), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
            qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H10833
            [13OC]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H1237 [17MR]
        ------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
            Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H6511 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of tobacco products, (see H.R. 3027), H101 [28JA]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see H.R. 4018), H7178 [4AU]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3050), H1550 [25MR]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
        ------ promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace,
            (see H.R. 2921), H4055 [3JN]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
        Tobacco products:  ban sale of cigarette packages containing small
            number of cigarettes, (see H.R. 3786), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ establish a responsible U.S. international tobacco policy,
            prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco products to
            children, and establish the American Center on Global Health and
            Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate
            Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance
            investments in biomedical and basic scientific research, (see
            H.R. 3028), H101 [28JA]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
        U.N.:  participation in negotiations to establish international
            criminal court, (see H.J. Res. 89), H904 [5MR]
        ------ promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H3744
            [21MY]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1700 [27MR]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5297
            [24JN]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
            the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2053 [1AP], (see
            H.R. 3571), H3106 [12MY]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
        ------ make permanent the eligibility of former members of the
            Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans, (see H.R. 4016),
            H6070 [21JY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6071 [21JY]
        Volunteer workers:  extend appropriations for programs under the
            National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
            Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H2931 [6MY]
        WHO:  encourage the U.S. becoming a signatory to the Guidelines for
            Drug Donations, (see H. Con. Res. 225), H1550 [25MR]
        Women:  ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
            property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H9346 [2OC]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624), H2331 [27AP]
        ------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
            3293), H2056 [1AP]
        World War II:  encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
            restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
            557), H9537 [5OC]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
            3240), H496 [12FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H903 [5MR]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 239), H1021 [10MR]
        Medicare:  promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms
            used for reimbursement, (see H.R. 3255), H578 [24FE]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see H.R.
            4398), H7178 [4AU]
      Explanations
        Previous question vote--what it means, H4352 [10JN], H5519 [15JY]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to
            discharge Committee on the Judiciary (House) from consideration
            of veto, H6195 [23JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 462),
            H4344 [10JN], H4347 [10JN], H4352 [10JN]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), consideration of conference report
            (H. Res. 586), H10225 [9OC], H10227 [9OC]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4344 [10JN]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 410), H2479
            [29AP], H2482 [29AP]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10096 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11816 [18DE]
        Computers:  problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900, H5308
            [25JN]
        Congress:  adjournment (H. Con. Res. 297), consideration (H. Res.
            491), H5302 [25JN]
        ------ permit points of order against provisions that affect
            legislation established to protect human health, safety, or the
            environment, H3440 [19MY]
        Crime:  notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State
            engaging in that relocation (H.R. 2181), consideration (H. Res.
            366), H599 [25FE]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4504 [11JN], H4505 [11JN]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            consideration (H. Res. 499), H5511 [15JY], H5517 [15JY], H5518
            [15JY], H5519 [15JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), H10793 [13OC]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 385), H1584 [26MR]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6003 [21JY], H6170 [22JY], H6171 [22JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4193), consideration (H. Res.
            504), H5971 [21JY], H5972 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res. 485), H5308 [25JN]
        Dept of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
            colorectal cancer (H. Res. 359), H394 [11FE], E132<bullet>
            [11FE]
        Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res. 564), H9281
            [2OC], H9282 [2OC]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
            584), H10127 [8OC]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), H2665 [30AP]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs (H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 409), H2446 [29AP],
            H2447 [29AP], H2448 [29AP], H2450 [29AP]
        East Rochester, NY:  anniversary of Volunteer Fire Dept.,
            E2086<bullet> [11OC]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7522 [10SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), consideration (H. Res. 543),
            H8014 [17SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours (H.R. 3400), H1282<bullet> [18MR], E313<bullet>
            [5MR]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents
            (H. Con. Res. 202), H392 [11FE]
        FEC:  expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1758 [30MR]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, H1584 [26MR]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
            Res. 78), consideration (H. Res. 453), H4072 [4JN]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3440 [19MY]
        ------ reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses
            (H.R. 3310), consideration (H. Res. 396), H1560 [26MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H6192 [23JY]
        Holocaust:  remembrance, E673<bullet> [27AP]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H5302 [25JN]
        House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
            consider certain legislation (H. Res. 352), H392 [11FE]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution (H. Con. Res. 239), E340<bullet> [10MR]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736),
            consideration (H. Res. 513), H8572 [24SE]
        Insurance:  prohibit use of genetic information in determining
            coverage or premiums (H.R. 306), H3262 [14MY], H4641 [17JN]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            consideration (H. Res. 420), H2945 [7MY]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), H5302 [25JN]
        Medicare:  promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms
            used for reimbursement (H.R. 3255), E212<bullet> [24FE]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, H5971 [21JY], H5972
            [21JY], H6003 [21JY], H6170 [22JY], H6171 [22JY]
        National Institute of Justice:  require study on persistent sexual
            predators, H4504 [11JN], H4505 [11JN]
        National Park Service:  Land and Water Conservation Fund stateside
            program funding, H6170 [22JY], H6171 [22JY]
        Pittsford, NY:  anniversary of Pittsford Volunteer Fire Dept.,
            E2025<bullet> [10OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H7299 [6AU]
        Rochester, NY:  anniversary of Our Lady of Victory Church,
            E1784<bullet> [23SE]
        ------ anniversary of St. Casimir's Polish National Catholic Church,
            E1768<bullet> [18SE]
        ------ tribute to Empire Statesmen Drum and Bugle Corps for
            participation in World Marching Show Band Competition,
            E1526<bullet> [3AU]
        Sjogren's Syndrome Awareness Month:  observance, E342<bullet> [10MR]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8724
            [25SE], H8730 [25SE]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), consideration (H. Res. 450), H4006
            [3JN]
        St. John Fisher College:  tribute to Dance for Love dance marathon,
            E196<bullet> [24FE]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of releasing information to the
            media relative to independent counsel investigations, H4641
            [17JN]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8724 [25SE], H8730 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 471), H4642
            [17JN]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  grant
            congressional consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference
            report (H. Res. 511), H6516 [29JY]
        Thompson, Violet:  National Industries for the Blind (organization)
            Peter J. Salmon National Manufacturing Employee of the Year
            Award recipient, E1723<bullet> [15SE]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens (H.R. 2538), consideration (H. Res. 522), H7507 [10SE]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (H. Con. Res. 295),
            H10455<bullet> [10OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H5221 [24JN], H5723 [16JY]
        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), H392 [11FE]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish (H.R. 4398),
            E1532 [4AU]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), H7102<bullet> [4AU]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), H7102<bullet> [4AU]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H5294 [24JN], H5591 [15JY], H5733 [16JY]
        Special order:  granted, H98 [28JA], H1296 [18MR], H6451 [24JY],
            H6997 [3AU]
      Summaries
        America After School Act (H.R. 3400), E313<bullet> [5MR]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 239, prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, E340<bullet> [10MR]
      Tributes
        Goetz, Mary E. (Meg), H3774 [22MY]
        Korn, Phyllis, E506<bullet> [27MR]
        McAdams, Bernard, III, E1905<bullet> [5OC]