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

    WHITFIELD, ED (a Representative from Kentucky)
      Amendments
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H4634 [16JN], H4635 [16JN], H4636 [16JN], H4722 [17JN],
            H5831 [17JY], H5842 [17JY], H5944 [20JY], H6844 [30JY], H6846
            [30JY], H6862 [31JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1112 [11MR]
        CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
            2727), H2056 [1AP]
        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], (see H.R. 4136), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ provide 2-year period prior to statutory reclassification of
            areas that fail to attain clean air standards, (see H.R. 4136),
            H5297 [24JN]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H2705 [30AP]
        Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
            H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of Energy:  employment and economic assistance to workers and
            communities at the Piketon, OH, and Paducah, KY, uranium
            enrichment plants, (see H.R. 3923), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads,
            (see H.R. 3941), H3743 [21MY]
        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),
            H6186 [22JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10353 [9OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H6070 [21JY]
        FCC:  authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H498 [12FE]
        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), H6186 [22JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4056 [3JN]
        Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
            designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
            [29AP]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H1550 [25MR]
        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]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
            H6453 [24JY]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1643 [26MR]
        Medicaid:  exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
            with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H1699 [27MR]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
        ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
            services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H65 [27JA]
        Naval Armed Guard Service:  appreciation to veterans for service
            during World War I and World War II, (see H.J. Res. 99), H1700
            [27MR]
        NRC:  authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H4835 [18JN]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3312 [14MY]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H6070 [21JY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
        SEC:  require the improved disclosure of tax effects of portfolio
            transactions on mutual fund performance, (see H.R. 4822), H10832
            [13OC]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H904 [5MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1299 [18MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications, (see H.R. 1872), H678 [26FE]
        Telephones:  reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
            services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H3625 [20MY]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7495 [9SE]
        Tobacco products:  provide crop insurance, extension services, and
            administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
            to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
            H6071 [21JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Dept. of Energy:  ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
            disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
            and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride, (see H.R. 4215),
            H5492 [14JY], (see H.R. 4234), H5593 [15JY]
        Drugs:  distribution chain of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 4024),
            H4325 [9JN]
        Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area:  transfer
            administrative jurisdiction to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see
            H.R. 3689), H2055 [1AP]
        Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY:  designate,
            (see H.R. 3864), H3246 [13MY]
      Excerpts
        ``Years of Upheaval,'' Henry Kissinger, E1610<bullet> [7AU]
      Remarks
        Budget:  payment for highways and transit programs by using CBO
            estimates, H3720 [21MY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11823 [18DE],
            H11960<bullet> [18DE]
        Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1610<bullet> [7AU]
        Dept. of Energy:  ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
            disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
            and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride (S. 2316), H5915
            [20JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, H2079 [21AP]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 409), H2450 [29AP]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
            (H.J. Res. 119), H4457 [10JN], H4460 [10JN]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            E1226<bullet> [25JN]
        National security:  U.S. military response to the terrorist bombing
            of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, H8508 [23SE]
        Parliamentary inquiry, H5463 [14JY]
        Political campaigns:  application of term ``express advocacy''
            relative to communications providing voting records or positions
            taken by candidates for public office, H4871 [19JN], H5456
            [14JY], H5461 [14JY], H5463 [14JY], H5464 [14JY], H5466 [14JY],
            H6846 [30JY], H6847 [30JY]
        ------ clarify that certain communications from citizen groups are
            exempt from express advocacy requirements, H6800 [30JY], H6801
            [30JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits, H4696 [17JN]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3783
            [22MY], H3941 [22MY], H4685 [17JN], H4690 [17JN], H4691 [17JN],
            H4788 [18JN], H4799 [18JN], H4809 [18JN], H4810 [18JN], H4815
            [18JN], H4816 [18JN], H4823 [18JN], H4871 [19JN], H5456 [14JY],
            H5461 [14JY], H5463 [14JY], H5464 [14JY], H5466 [14JY], H5944
            [20JY], H5945 [20JY], H6800 [30JY], H6801 [30JY], H6844 [30JY],
            H6845 [30JY], H6846 [30JY], H6847 [30JY] ethics reform and
            contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res. 458),
            H4777 [18JN]
        ------ increase contribution limits to candidates by persons other
            than political action committees, H6844 [30JY], H6845 [30JY]
        ------ influence and legality of foreign contributions, H4788
            [18JN], H4809 [18JN]
        ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
            citizens (H.R. 34), H1746 [30MR]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4788
            [18JN], H4799 [18JN]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by presidential candidates
            receiving public financing, H5944 [20JY], H5945 [20JY]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), consideration (H. Res. 345), H283 [4FE]
        Roads and highways:  highway demonstration projects funding, H3720
            [21MY]
        Russia:  proposed sale of missiles to Greek Cypriots, E2347<bullet>
            [18DE]
        Taxation:  rates, H10673 [13OC]
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2828 [6MY]
        Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY:  designate
            (H.R. 3864), E1944<bullet> [8OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2035
            [1AP], H2079 [21AP], H2214 [22AP], H4809 [18JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct
            conferees, H3720 [21MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, H1243 [18MR]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H2049 [1AP], H2112 [21AP], H3968 [22MY],
            H4710 [17JN], H8522 [23SE]
      Tributes
        Boyd, Richard K., Jr., E1949<bullet> [8OC]