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

    KELLY, SUE W. (a Representative from New York)
      Amendments
        Crime:  penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4332 [9JN], H4514 [11JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2428 [28AP], H2429
            [28AP], H2571 [29AP]
      Analyses
        Financial Services Act (H.R. 10):  Committee on Banking and
            Financial Services (House) and Committee on Commerce (House)
            (excerpts), E950<bullet> [22MY]
      Appointments
        Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Agriculture:  prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
            cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
            H1337 [19MR]
        Alaska:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
            H5064 [23JN]
        Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H3744
            [21MY]
        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), H1021 [10MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
        Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, (see H. Con.
            Res. 320), H8627 [24SE]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        Beechman, Laurie:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 4199), H7290
            [5AU]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H7290 [5AU]
        Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
            diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
            H.R. 2923), H1299 [18MR]
        ------ improve child care provided through Federal facilities and
            programs, (see H.R. 2982), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
            improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
            (see H.R. 4621), H9275 [1OC]
        ------ provide greater access to child care services for Federal
            employees, (see H.R. 4280), H9275 [1OC]
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H9179 [28SE]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H578 [24FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H4241 [5JN]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children, (see
            H.R. 3494), H2606 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
            H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
        ------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
            counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
            [21JY]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
        Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
            Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  assure a minimum size for honor guard details at
            funerals of veterans, (see H.R. 3653), H2053 [1AP]
        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),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2424 [28AP]
        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]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  include certain parts of the Constitution in
            the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H6186
            [22JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
            industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
            Res. 249), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ 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), H1550 [25MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H5957 [20JY]
        ------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ use portion of any national tobacco settlement to establish
            trust fund for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine
            dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4188), H5494
            [14JY]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see H.R. 3795), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H4567 [15JN]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
            [7MY]
        Drugs:  sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in
            the presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H4479 [10JN]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see H.R. 2870), H498 [12FE]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2931 [6MY]
        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), H7178 [4AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
            H447 [11FE]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
            (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448 [11FE]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Financial institutions:  prevent personal financial information from
            being obtained under false pretenses, (see H.R. 4321), H6698
            [29JY]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
        Foreign countries:  funding for the construction of U.S. chancery
            facilities in Berlin and Jerusalem so that comparable rates of
            construction and occupation of the facilities are ensured, (see
            H.R. 4181), H7428 [7AU]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5493 [14JY]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
            4340), H8932 [25SE]
        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), H1299 [18MR]
        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), H755 [3MR]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            H.R. 3862), H4165 [4JN]
        Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
            for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
            H6820 [30JY]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ 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), H7415
            [6AU]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
            [12MR]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Human rights:  trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 239), H2120 [21AP]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, (see H. Res.
            399), H1643 [26MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
            210), H448 [11FE]
        ------ prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business in
            the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
            with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
            H.R. 3143), H240 [3FE]
        ------ prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage
            or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H631 [25FE]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H7415 [6AU]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
        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), H10833 [13OC]
        IRS:  treatment of certain revenue-increasing rules as major rules,
            (see H.R. 4297), H7690 [14SE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H65 [27JA]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H1700 [27MR]
        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),
            H7415 [6AU]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 205),
            H100 [28JA], (see H. Con. Res. 235), H903 [5MR], (see H. Con.
            Res. 313), H6819 [30JY], (see H. Con. Res. 315), H6999 [3AU]
        ------ 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), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R. 2829), H1112
            [11MR]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see H. Res. 422), H3106 [12MY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
        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), H579 [24FE]
        Mauritania:  human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H2056
            [1AP]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4155), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1854
            [31MR], (see H.R. 3567), H2814 [5MY]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H4241 [5JN]
        ------ protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed
            care plans and HMO's, (see H.R. 66), H2318 [23AP]
        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]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
            Res. 304), H6454 [24JY]
        National Cancer Institute:  increase funding for ovarian cancer
            public information and education programs, (see H.R. 4200),
            H7290 [5AU]
        National Guard:  allow members to perform honor guard functions at
            veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H64 [27JA]
        National Lighthouse Center and Museum:  grant Federal charter, (see
            H.R. 4623), H8627 [24SE]
        Pensions:  waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
            H.R. 3632), H2052 [1AP]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H2423 [28AP]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H755 [3MR]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
            (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4835 [18JN]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
        Privacy:  protection of Social Security numbers and other personal
            information, (see H.R. 1813), H329 [4FE]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty, (see H.R. 3046), H10011 [7OC]
        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), H4325 [9JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H631 [25FE]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
            H.R. 922), H631 [25FE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4269), H5859
            [17JY], (see H.R. 4213), H7415 [6AU]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H64 [27JA]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H2119 [21AP]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7617 [11SE]
        Sudan:  human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H2056 [1AP]
        Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
            individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
            coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7585 [10SE]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
            H2056 [1AP]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
        ------ clarify the income and gift tax consequences of catching and
            returning record home run baseballs, (see H.R. 4522), H7585
            [10SE]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
            rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
            (see H.R. 1134), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3972 [22MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H3972 [22MY]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H2120
            [21AP]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
            in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
            services, (see H.R. 3648), H2744 [4MY]
        ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
            establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
            (see H.R. 4563), H8627 [24SE]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4675), H9274 [1OC]
        Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY:  designate, (see
            H.R. 2187), H1699 [27MR]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2056
            [1AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
            [9SE]
        Utah:  designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H64
            [27JA]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H447 [11FE]
        ------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
            with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
            H.R. 2224), H6820 [30JY]
        ------ furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of the
            Selected Reserve, (see H.R. 3668), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ 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),
            H5298 [24JN]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
        WHO:  encourage the U.S. becoming a signatory to the Guidelines for
            Drug Donations, (see H. Con. Res. 225), H2319 [23AP]
        World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
            war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H2120 [21AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Crime:  expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
            [29AP]
        ------ increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade
            arrest, (see H.R. 3438), H1111 [11MR]
        Financial institutions:  offer interest-bearing transaction accounts
            and negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to businesses, allow
            interest payments on demand deposits, and require FRS to pay
            interest on certain reserves, (see H.R. 4082), H4834 [18JN]
        Insurance:  require health insurance plans to cover treatment of a
            minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder
            due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease, (see H.R. 4737),
            H10075 [8OC]
      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]
      Remarks
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4366 [10JN], H4430 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4366 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of credit card debt, H4430 [10JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12024<bullet>
            [19DE]
        Crime:  increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade
            arrest, H4514 [11JN], H4515 [11JN]
        ----- increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade arrest
            (H.R. 3438), E349<bullet> [11MR]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), H4514 [11JN], H4515 [11JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  health and safety violations at
            Veteran's Integrated Services Network hospitals, H5770 [17JY],
            H5771 [17JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6555
            [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5770 [17JY], H5771 [17JY],
            H5817 [17JY], H6555 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
            conference report (H. Res. 574), H9606 [6OC]
        Education:  establish memorial scholarship fund for families of
            public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty, H2572
            [29AP]
        FEC:  establish a clearinghouse of political activities information
            relative to foreign nationals, H6839 [30JY]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3140 [13MY], E950<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ payment of interest on commercial checking accounts,
            H10217<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
            safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
            information (H.R. 4364), H10217<bullet> [8OC]
        Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses (H. Res.
            313), H929 [10MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H10891 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H6375 [24JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2572 [29AP]
        House of Representatives:  authority of officials during
            adjournment, H3967 [22MY]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5817 [17JY]
        Insurance:  require health insurance plans to cover treatment of a
            minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder
            due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (H.R. 4737),
            E2001<bullet> [9OC]
        International Working Women's Day:  observance, H929 [10MR]
        Kosovo:  civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians, H3967
            [22MY], H4233 [5JN]
        ------ elections, H1416 [24MR]
        ------ human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, H856 [5MR], H1416 [24MR],
            H5391 [25JN]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (S. Con. Res.
            105), E1625<bullet> [7AU]
        North White Plains, NY:  Westchester Jewish Community Services
            dedication celebration, E820<bullet> [12MY]
        Political campaigns:  allow contributions from eligible voters who
            are employed by foreign subsidiaries or multinational
            corporations, H4863 [19JN]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4863
            [19JN], H6839 [30JY]
        ------ investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to
            transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to People's
            Republic of China, H3493 [20MY]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 3046), H10461<bullet>
            [10OC]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
            H255 [4FE]
        Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
            is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8722 [25SE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8722 [25SE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1858 [1AP]
        Votes:  correction, H5028<bullet> [23JN]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Special order:  granted, H900 [5MR], H1443 [24MR], H3968 [22MY],
            H4237 [5JN], H5397 [25JN]
      Tributes
        Gross, Eric, H8078 [18SE]
        Solomon, Representative, H9606 [6OC]