[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BACHUS, SPENCER (a Representative from Alabama)
Articles and editorials
Religion Should Not Be a Political Tool, Wall Street Journal, H11802
[18DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance
programs, (see H.R. 1438), H5404 [25JN]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H678 [26FE]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
Bankruptcy: reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
2500), H631 [25FE]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Budget: guarantee honesty, (see H.R. 4012), H10011 [7OC]
------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, (see H. Con. Res.
216), H446 [11FE]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the
operation of automobiles and trucks, (see H.R. 2327), H8461
[22SE]
------ ensure parental access to educational information and
curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H4165 [4JN]
------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H496 [12FE]
------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
H.R. 3229), H496 [12FE]
China, Republic of: affirm U.S. commitment to security and
democracy, (see H. Con. Res. 301), H5859 [17JY]
Clean Air Act: modify application of certain provisions relative to
inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within
nonattainment areas, (see H.R. 4157), H6187 [22JY]
------ proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in the eastern
U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen, (see H.R.
3690), H2424 [28AP], (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]
Clinton, President: reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
345), H10353 [9OC]
Computers: develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
not disrupted, (see H.R. 3968), H3971 [22MY]
------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, (see H.R. 2380), H1550
[25MR]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
H10011 [7OC]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions and reduce tax rates for qualified
community lenders, (see H.R. 1121), H1112 [11MR]
Crime: prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
H2054 [1AP]
------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H2236 [22AP]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program, (see H.R.
972), H5404 [25JN]
------ expand School Breakfast Program and provide greater access to
snacks in school-based childcare programs, (see H.R. 3086), H678
[26FE]
Dept. of Commerce: abolish, (see H.R. 1319), H5493 [14JY], (see
H.R. 2667), H5493 [14JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile
defense systems, (see H.R. 2786), H65 [27JA]
Dept. of Education: abolish, (see H.R. 1812), H64 [27JA]
Dept. of Energy: abolish, (see H.R. 1577), H5404 [25JN]
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),
H4962 [22JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H1445 [24MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
H4240 [5JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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),
H5405 [25JN]
Diseases: prostate cancer screening benefits, (see H.R. 2639), H755
[3MR]
Education: increase number of teachers, (see H.R. 3157), H1159
[12MR]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing
supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H7494 [9SE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S., (see H.R.
1005), H5404 [25JN]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H386
[5FE]
Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and
regulations on families, (see H.R. 2124), H4711 [17JN]
Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees, (see H.R.
614), H64 [27JA], (see H.R. 1828), H5405 [25JN]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration, (see H.R. 3116), H99 [28JA]
------ audit requirements and oversight of credit unions,
cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 2552), H330 [4FE]
------ encourage a strong community-based banking system, (see H.R.
4684), H11549 [19OC]
------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
H11695 [20OC]
------ study of derivatives regulation, (see H.R. 4062), H6187
[22JY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H3744 [21MY]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H.R. 4196), H6820 [30JY]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
H.R. 3534), H2707 [30AP]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers
and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
H.R. 3862), H5494 [14JY]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1445
[24MR]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum
hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments, (see H.R.
135), H8932 [25SE]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members'
official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, (see H.R.
352), H447 [11FE]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand
for forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H65 [27JA]
IMF: ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H904 [5MR]
Iran: impose sanctions on efforts to acquire advance missile
technology and expedite the development of a missile defense
system for both U.S. and Israeli Armed Forces, (see H. Con. Res.
342), H10076 [8OC]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H904 [5MR]
------ development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
519), H7915 [16SE]
------ material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
relative to weapons inspections, (see H.J. Res. 125), H8528
[23SE], (see H. Con. Res. 340), H10076 [8OC]
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]
John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL: designate, (see H.R.
1804), H2055 [1AP]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: U.S. commitment to arrange
foreign assistance and construction of nuclear reactors relative
to threat to international peace and security, (see H. Con. Res.
341), H10076 [8OC]
Kuwait: provide funding to veterans for research, diagnosis,
treatment, and compensation for illnesses caused by exposure to
chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf
Conflict, (see H. Res. 310), H330 [4FE]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1112 [11MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H2706 [30AP]
Medicare: coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
H8932 [25SE]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H240 [3FE]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H4056 [3JN]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3744 [21MY]
------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
3629), H4712 [17JN]
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), H7585
[10SE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish, (see H.R.
1715), H1021 [10MR]
NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
3001), H2931 [6MY]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3744 [21MY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6820 [30JY]
Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
State and local officials that results from the threat that
potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
H.R. 3288), H851 [4MR]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see H.R.
2625), H65 [27JA]
SBA: review and adjust size standards used to determine whether
certain enterprises are small businesses relative to competing
for Federal contracts, (see H.R. 3681), H6453 [24JY]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H1021 [10MR]
------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
H.R. 922), H1021 [10MR]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to
computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H5064 [23JN]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H678 [26FE]
Taxation: abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
[22AP]
------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 3104), H63 [27JA]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H7585 [10SE]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2606
[29AP]
------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks, (see H.R. 4553),
H8627 [24SE]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H5859
[17JY]
------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
(see H.R. 3127), H447 [11FE]
------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
(see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and
expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment
discrimination, (see H.R. 2792), H1112 [11MR]
------ treatment of dependent care expenses, (see H.R. 3176), H755
[3MR]
------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
(see H.R. 4563), H10833 [13OC]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3312 [14MY]
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]
Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
and the provision of such revenues for employment security
administration, (see H.R. 3684), H10077 [8OC]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6697 [29JY]
------ enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
abroad, (see H.R. 3213), H495 [12FE]
------ exclude certain income from consideration for determining
rent paid for federally assisted housing, (see H.R. 2820), H330
[4FE]
Volunteer workers: exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H755 [3MR]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of
antipersonnel landmines, (see H.R. 2459), H100 [28JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Community Reinvestment Act: exempt certain depository institutions
from requirements, (see H.R. 4445), H7411 [6AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain
uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, (see H.R. 3138), H240 [3FE]
Foreign Assistance Act: repeal the housing guaranty program, (see
H.R. 3352), H902 [5MR]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
(see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
Taxation: treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6185 [22JY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2288
[23AP]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11802 [18DE]
Crime: penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
3494), H4496 [11JN], H4503 [11JN]
------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, H4496
[11JN], H4503 [11JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756), H11029
[16OC], H11031 [16OC]
------ require congressional approval for certain uses of Exchange
Stabilization Fund, H5701 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5701 [16JY]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3198 [13MY]
------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
H3198 [13MY]
IMF: funding, H2288 [23AP]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions
(H. Con. Res. 288), H4893 [22JN], H4895 [22JN]
Railroads: economic regulation of freight industry, E2049<bullet>
[11OC]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), conference report, H4732 [18JN]
University of Alabama at Birmingham: inclusion of hospital in U.S.
News and World Report's list of best hospitals, E2225<bullet>
[16OC]