[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BALDACCI, JOHN ELIAS (a Representative from Maine)
Amendments
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4408 [10JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
Agriculture: provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide
certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
H2236 [22AP]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
Census: collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H9345 [2OC]
------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
H2120 [21AP]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based
on sex, race, or national origin, (see H.R. 1302), H851 [4MR]
------ provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment
of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4550 [11JN]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Colleges and universities: improve and strengthen recruitment and
training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
[5MR]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend, (see
H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H755 [3MR], (see H.R.
1151), H904 [5MR]
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 Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H498 [12FE]
------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H2319
[23AP]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H5297 [24JN]
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),
H2606 [29AP]
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 Veterans Affairs: 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), H5405 [25JN]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4070),
H5405 [25JN]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
(see H. Con. Res. 291), H4879 [19JN]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1021
[10MR]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3624 [20MY]
Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to
develop their capabilities, (see H.R. 4127), H7000 [3AU]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic
information, (see H.R. 2275), H2931 [6MY]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H5736 [16JY]
FAA: foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H5404 [25JN]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
H447 [11FE]
------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN] increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H3488 [19MY]
Federal employees: modify the conditions that must be met before
certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
President, (see H.R. 3251), H1643 [26MR]
Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the
electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H329 [4FE]
----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H329
[4FE]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2056 [1AP]
Government: require that recipients of payments have the option to
receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
(see H.R. 3099), H62 [27JA]
Hazardous substances: reduce use and emissions of mercury and
increase recycling, (see H.R. 2910), H1112 [11MR]
------ require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to
reduce mercury emissions, (see H.R. 3791), H2813 [5MY]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
[22MY]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H2424
[28AP]
------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
H5064 [23JN]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans
relative to neurobiological disorders, (see H.R. 2110), H329
[4FE]
------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
3342), H1159 [12MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
House of Representatives: prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors
leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room, (see H. Res. 247),
H2237 [22AP]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
[19MY]
------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
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), H5493 [14JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H3247 [13MY]
------ notify upon examination any medical condition of an
individual seeking insurance coverage, (see H.R. 2874), H2237
[22AP]
------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H10668 [12OC]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H5492 [14JY]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H2423 [28AP]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H2056 [1AP]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
Medicare: continuous open enrollment of individuals in
Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4653), H9723 [6OC]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H579
[24FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2707 [30AP]
------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H241 [3FE]
------ ensure access to mental health services, (see H.R. 3988),
H10668 [12OC]
------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
plans, (see H.R. 4674), H10513 [10OC]
------ provide payment for community health center services relative
to coverage of individuals under managed care plans, (see H.R.
2962), H1445 [24MR]
------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H7803 [15SE]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
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 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate
activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
H1337 [19MR]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish, (see H.R.
1715), H497 [12FE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H10077 [8OC]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
H.R. 4235), H5735 [16JY]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish, (see H.R.
2431), H2236 [22AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
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),
H3972 [22MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H1550 [25MR]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3526),
consideration, (see H. Res. 467), H5065 [23JN]
Postage and stamps: use receipts from the sale of migratory bird
hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp
purchases, (see H.R. 4248), H5957 [20JY]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H2331 [27AP]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H7290 [5AU]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs, (see
H.R. 3716), H3972 [22MY]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H4241 [5JN]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H9275 [1OC]
Research: increase support for basic and applied scientific
research, (see H. Con. Res. 243), H8528 [23SE]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H1112 [11MR]
Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
(see H.R. 3134), H678 [26FE]
Social Security: payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H4325
[9JN]
------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H8627 [24SE]
------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
H.R. 1382), H6820 [30JY]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H8035 [17SE]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H5404 [25JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H101 [28JA]
------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
3524), H3625 [20MY]
------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
(see H.R. 2613), H497 [12FE]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
[11JN]
------ 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), H579 [24FE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H851 [4MR]
------ treatment of year 2000 computer conversion costs for small
businesses, (see H.R. 4134), H6454 [24JY]
Telecommunications: require accurate billing by carriers relative
to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
(see H.R. 4018), H4324 [9JN]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3749), H3247 [13MY], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
Tobacco products: 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]
------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H7415 [6AU]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H4055 [3JN]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the
National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
Women: increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
1788), H2236 [22AP]
------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H6880
[31JY]
------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H4325
[9JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: assist efforts of farmers and cooperatives seeking to
engage in value-added processing of agricultural goods, (see
H.R. 4113), H5064 [23JN]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
Medicare: graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219),
H5593 [15JY]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5006 [23JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9331
[2OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1804 [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11735 [17DE]
Bankruptcy: conduct study of impact on bankruptcy rate of extension
of credit to dependent college students, H4408 [10JN]
------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4408 [10JN]
Beal, Kim: Maine 4-H Role Model of the Year Award recipient,
E1297<bullet> [14JY]
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), H6466 [27JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11849 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10087 [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11849 [18DE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1873 [1AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend time period for rulemaking on milk
marketing orders system, H5006 [23JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), H6737 [29JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reallocation of certain veteran health
care resources relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY]
------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6558
[29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6251 [23JY], H6259 [23JY],
H6558 [29JY]
Ecology and environment: exempt certain regulations and initiatives
from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
limitations, H6251 [23JY]
Education: national policy to improve system, H10674 [13OC]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement (H.R. 4266), E1343<bullet> [17JY]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4103 [4JN]
------ prohibit discrimination against certain beliefs and
traditions, H4103 [4JN]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
H5963 [21JY]
Ice storms: disaster assistance to Northeast States, H657 [26FE],
H660 [26FE], H1804 [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11735 [17DE]
Maine: transportation projects funding, H1903 [1AP]
Medicare: graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4219),
E1311<bullet> [15JY]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal, H5006 [23JN]
Political campaigns: prohibit contributions from individuals that
are not U.S. citizens (H.R. 34), H1743<bullet> [30MR]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices (H.R. 1231), H504 [24FE]
Taxation: tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, H4724 [18JN]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R.
629), motion to appoint conferees, H3070 [12MY]
------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
H6528 [29JY] grant congressional consent (H.R. 629),
consideration of conference report (H. Res. 511), H6521 [29JY]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, H2127 [22AP]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2127 [22AP]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1903 [1AP]
Votes: position on missed, E1178<bullet> [19JN]
Resignations
Committee on Small Business (House), H1682 [27MR]
Tributes
Johnson, Arthur, E954<bullet> [22MY]