[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Compact Consent Act, H3074 [12MY]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4824 [18JN]
Steven Schiff funeral attendees, H1721 [30MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
(see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
------ make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under
the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H2056 [1AP]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
Bankruptcy: declare that donations made from a sense of religious
obligation be considered to have been made in exchange for a
reasonably equivalent value, (see H.R. 2611), H579 [24FE]
------ reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
Budget: reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H11023 [15OC]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H2056 [1AP]
China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization,
(see H. Con. Res. 219), H3015 [7MY]
------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
Computers: limit Federal and State regulation of the Internet and
interactive computer services, (see H.R. 2372), H4550 [11JN]
------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
3783), H5594 [15JY]
Copeland Act: repeal, (see H.R. 2720), H5737 [16JY]
Courts: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.R.
4196), H5594 [15JY]
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),
H2120 [21AP]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, (see H.R. 2720), H5737 [16JY]
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals
without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H101
[28JA]
Dept. of HHS: revise and extend certain women's health research and
prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
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 Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H7178 [4AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H5594
[15JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H9346 [2OC]
Diseases: increase funding and authority of Dept. of HHS and Dept.
of Education relative to asthma programs, (see H.R. 4654), H9178
[28SE]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
[7MY]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see H.R. 4300), H7618 [11SE]
------ promote drug-free workplace programs, (see H.R. 3853), H4629
[16JN]
Education: require local agencies to develop and implement random
drug testing for secondary school students, (see H.R. 4378),
H6879 [31JY]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing
supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H447 [11FE]
ERISA: clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H6186 [22JY]
Executive departments: promote financial management, (see H. Res.
447), H3743 [21MY]
FCC: authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H679 [26FE]
FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H1550
[25MR]
Federal employees: allow use of medical savings accounts under
health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
------ 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), H5594 [15JY]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5405 [25JN]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9346 [2OC]
------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
(see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
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), H10012 [7OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1112 [11MR]
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), H6820 [30JY]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H7617 [11SE]
------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H1237 [17MR]
Medicare: adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4370), H6879 [31JY]
Mexico: assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
[11JN]
National Environmental Education Act: extend programs, (see H.R.
3441), H1111 [11MR]
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: prevent lapses in
permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
Privacy: repeal law creating a national identification card by
establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H7494 [9SE]
Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing
public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7585
[10SE]
States: penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7415 [6AU]
------ permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to
parental consent, (see H.R. 2941), H7584 [10SE]
Taxation: allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H4479 [10JN]
------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 3104), H2056 [1AP]
------ constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax, (see
H.J. Res. 70), H4056 [3JN]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H3014
[7MY]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H6070 [21JY]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
(see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H851 [4MR]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H4056 [3JN]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine validity of certain land
claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H2318 [23AP]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3624 [20MY]
------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H8932
[25SE]
Volunteer workers: eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Courts: rules for payment of damage awards for future losses in
certain health care liability actions, (see H.R. 4791), H10513
[10OC]
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration: establish, (see
H.R. 3639), H2052 [1AP]
House Rules: require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff,
(see H. Res. 456), H4165 [4JN], (see H. Res. 503), H5737 [16JY]
Taxation: constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
Factsheets
Constitutional Amendment To Require a Two-Thirds Majority on the
Passage of Legislation Increasing Taxes (H.J. Res. 111), H2162
[22AP]
Letters
Constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the
passage of legislation increasing taxes: Bobby Hogue, American
Legislative Exchange Council, H2095 [21AP], H2162 [22AP]
----- Charlotte W. Herbert, Associated Builders and Contractors,
H2095 [21AP]
----- Paul Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, H2095
[21AP]
----- R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2096 [21AP]
Food stamp eligibility for legal aliens: Tom Johnson, National
Conference of State Legislatures, H4125 [4JN]
Lists
Organizations supporting H.J. Res. 111, constitutional amendment to
require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation
increasing taxes, H2162 [22AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4125 [4JN]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
Res. 446), H3766 [22MY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11839 [18DE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5953 [20JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: veterans extended care facilities
construction funding through offsets in NASA's space station
program, H6564 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6564 [29JY], H6565 [29JY]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7879 [16SE]
EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
H6565 [29JY]
FCC: investigation of planned relocation of headquarters to
privately owned complex, H10814 [13OC]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion
procedures, H5953 [20JY]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to
unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
H4125 [4JN]
Government: require random drug testing of newly appointed
employees, H7879 [16SE]
House Rules: require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff,
H391 [11FE]
Medicare: revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
4567), E2076<bullet> [11OC]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
H4125 [4JN]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
H2064 [21AP], H2094 [21AP], H2097 [21AP], H2098 [21AP], H2099
[21AP], H2100 [21AP], H2128 [22AP], H2139 [22AP], H2142 [22AP],
H2143 [22AP], H2144 [22AP], H2149 [22AP], H2152 [22AP], H2161
[22AP]
----- constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on
the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
consideration (H. Res. 407), H2134 [22AP]
------ rates, H2152 [22AP]
Texas: observance of Geography Awareness Week, E2132<bullet> [13OC]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R.
629), motion to appoint conferees, H3070 [12MY], H3073 [12MY]
------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
H6525 [29JY], H6528 [29JY], H6533 [29JY] grant congressional
consent (H.R. 629), consideration of conference report (H. Res.
511), H6520 [29JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H900 [5MR]
Tributes
Barton, Alison R., H6075 [22JY]
Merwin, G.W. (Bud), E316<bullet> [5MR]
Young, Representative Don, H4295 [9JN]