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

    HOLDEN, TIM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
      Amendments
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6488 [27JY],
            H7268 [5AU]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1021 [10MR]
        Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
            consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
            certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
            for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H447 [11FE]
        Clinton, President:  address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
            Res. 287), H4241 [5JN]
        Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1854 [31MR]
        David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3999), H5594 [15JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  reform agricultural credit programs, (see
            H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  relief of survivors of victims killed in
            helicopter shooting accident in Iraq, (see H.R. 4061), H4628
            [16JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H7495 [9SE]
        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),
            H4056 [3JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H2120 [21AP]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  conduct Stand Down events and establish
            a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
            in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H9179 [28SE]
        ------ 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), H1021 [10MR]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
            H3970 [22MY]
        Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3939), H5594 [15JY]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3247 [13MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
            Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H2931 [6MY]
        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), H8528 [23SE]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H7000 [3AU]
        Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R.
            4357), H7915 [16SE]
        Freeman Hankins Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4002), H5594 [15JY]
        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]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
            [14MY]
        Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
            determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H1854 [31MR]
        Health:  expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
            1111), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ 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. 3605), H4479 [10JN]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2319
            [23AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H631 [25FE]
        ------ ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs are
            carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R. 3545),
            H1854 [31MR]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435), H3105 [12MY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
            3033), H65 [27JA]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
            2955), H65 [27JA]
        Insurance:  provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance
            abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group
            and individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
            treatment services under private group and individual health
            coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H4055 [3JN]
        ------ require the provision of information sufficient for
            homeowners to insure themselves against loss from subsidence
            resulting from underground coal or clay mines, (see H.R. 3062),
            H330 [4FE]
        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]
        ------ 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. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H579 [24FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H4550 [11JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Lighthouses:  establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
            program, (see H.R. 2970), H447 [11FE]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H496 [12FE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H9722 [6OC]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H3014 [7MY]
        Max Weiner Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4003), H5594 [15JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
            2020), H851 [4MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2120 [21AP]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
            H9275 [1OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
            4404), H7803 [15SE]
        ------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 3128), H99 [28JA]
        ------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
            home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H7415 [6AU]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit desecration of veterans'
            memorials, (see H.R. 2346), H10011 [7OC]
        Motion pictures:  discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
            motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H498 [12FE]
        National Center for Rural Law Enforcement:  establish, (see H.R.
            1524), H329 [4FE]
        Nigeria:  efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
            3916), H3624 [20MY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H1854 [31MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H678 [26FE]
        Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3972 [22MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
        Roads and highways:  funding for roads classified as local or rural
            minor collectors, (see H.R. 1131), H1112 [11MR]
        Roxanne H. Jones Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:  designate, (see
            H.R. 4001), H5594 [15JY]
        Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
            acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H5493 [14JY]
        ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
            certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H1021 [10MR]
        States:  authorize Governors to limit receipt of out of State
            municipal solid waste, (see H.R. 4475), H7412 [6AU]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying
            limits on certain bonds, (see H.R. 2714), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            H.R. 1382), H5297 [24JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H1021 [10MR]
        ------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
            4538), H10077 [8OC]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms,
            cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 1891), H4712 [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  provide funding for universal
            telecommunications services through creation of the
            Telecommunications Trust Fund, (see H.R. 4474), H7412 [6AU]
        Television:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H8627 [24SE]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA:  designate,
            (see H.R. 4000), H5594 [15JY]
        Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy:
            designate, (see H.R. 2931), H1021 [10MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H4712 [17JN]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
            people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
        Valley Forge National Historical Park:  designate lands as the
            Valley Forge National Cemetery, (see H.R. 4365), H6879 [31JY]
        Veterans:  extend commissary and exchange store privileges to
            veterans with service-connected disabilities and certain
            dependents, (see H.R. 2224), H904 [5MR]
        ------ 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]
        Women:  research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
            H678 [26FE]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Tariff:  niobium oxide, (see H.R. 3123), H99 [28JA]
        ------ vanadium pentoxide (anhydride) , (see H.R. 3124), H99 [28JA]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5008 [23JN], E1256<bullet>
            [26JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
            Res. 311), H6467 [27JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11818 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11818 [18DE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  extend time period for rulemaking on milk
            marketing orders system, H5008 [23JN], E1256<bullet> [26JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding,
            H6016 [21JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4193), H6016 [21JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7268 [5AU]
        Journal:  question of approval, H3627 [21MY]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  repeal, H5008 [23JN]
        Reading, PA:  anniversary, E507<bullet> [27MR]
        Schuylkill County, PA:  transfer from the Eastern Judicial District
            to the Middle Judicial District, H7268 [5AU]
      Tributes
        McDade, Representative, H9246 [1OC]
        Pappalas, Thomas, H7925 [17SE]