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




BEREUTER, DOUG (a Representative from Nebraska)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4880 [19JN], H5016 [23JN]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H3561 [20MY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5496 [14JY], H5739 [16JY],
        H6568 [29JY]
    Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1073 [11MR]
  Appointments
    Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
        With the People's Republic of China (House, Select), H4901
        [22JN]
    Committee To Escort President of Romania Emil Constantinescu Into
        the House Chamber, H5499 [15JY]
    Committee To Escort Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung Into
        the House Chamber, H4333 [10JN]
    Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
    United Kingdom-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H10986 [15OC]
  Articles and editorials
    Bankruptcy Bill Deserves Support--Measure Aims To Bolster Notion of
        Personal Responsibility for Finances, Beatrice (NE) Sun,
        E1516<bullet> [3AU]
    Big Government Era Lives on in Clinton's Child Care Proposal, Omaha
        (NE) World-Herald, E96<bullet> [4FE]
    Broad Inquiry the Better Course, Omaha (NE) World Herald,
        H10115<bullet> [8OC]
    Clinton's Switch on Fast-Track a Puzzling Political Maneuver, Omaha
        (NE) World-Herald, E1484<bullet> [30JY]
    Defense System Is Needed in U.S., Norfolk (VA) Daily News,
        E1942<bullet> [8OC]
    Expanding Medicare Means Bigger Problems in Long Term, Lincoln (NE)
        Journal Star, E507<bullet> [27MR]
    Highway Bill Helps Everyone, David R. Kraemer, Omaha (NE) World-
        Herald, E738<bullet> [1MY]
    Johnny Chung's Shocking Tale Puts Focus Back on Donations, Omaha
        (NE) World-Herald, E937<bullet> [22MY]
    Latvia's Progress, Washington (DC) Post, E2097<bullet> [12OC]
    On the Impeachment Vote, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, H11955<bullet>
        [18DE]
    Others Fed Gunman's Fantasies, Omaha (NE) World-Herald,
        E1639<bullet> [7AU]
    Probe of Fund-Raising Scandal Snuffed on Narrowest Grounds, Omaha
        (NE) World-Herald, E21<bullet> [27JA]
    Republicans are not Culprits Here -- Only One Man Is To Blame for
        Turmoil Facing the Nation, Norfolk (VA) Daily News,
        H11955<bullet> [18DE]
    Sacagawea's Likeness Good Choice for Coin, Harold W. Anderson, Omaha
        (NE) World-Herald, E412<bullet> [18MR]
    Time To End Marriage Tax Penalty, South Sioux City (NE) Star,
        E1287<bullet> [14JY]
    Veto Promise Not Warranted, Norfolk (NE) Daily News, E825<bullet>
        [12MY]
    VMI Makes the Right Moves, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E939<bullet>
        [22MY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, (see H.
        Res. 523), H9346 [2OC]
    Agricultural Market Transition Act:  provide supplemental payments
        to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
        flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
    Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
        H.R. 4265), H7179 [4AU]
    Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
        viscera, (see H.R. 619), H6282 [23JY]
    ------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
        H.R. 1202), H6282 [23JY]
    Arlington National Cemetery:  disclosure of identity of any
        individual for whom a waiver of eligibility requirements for
        interment is granted, (see H.R. 3089), H241 [3FE]
    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), H1112 [11MR]
    ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
        Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
        CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H1337 [19MR]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
        H4324 [9JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
    Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
        Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H6454 [24JY]
    Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
        and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, (see H. Con.
        Res. 320), H9346 [2OC]
    Budget:  establish a budget reserve account for emergencies, (see
        H.R. 457), H2606 [29AP]
    ------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
        rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        H.R. 2733), H2931 [6MY]
    China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
        (see H. Con. Res. 334), H10011 [7OC]
    CIA:  provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
        concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3247 [13MY]
    Colleges and universities:  protect speech and association rights of
        students, (see H.R. 980), H1550 [25MR]
    Commission on Privacy of Government Records:  establish, (see H.R.
        1330), H329 [4FE]
    Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
        Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H4880 [19JN]
    Contracts:  prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
        the basis of labor policies, (see H.R. 1378), H4325 [9JN]
    Credit:  repeal pending changes in the interest rates applicable to
        Federal family education loans, (see H.R. 3291), H676 [26FE]
    Crime:  prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
        injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
        4446), H7585 [10SE]
    ------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
        child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H329 [4FE]
    Dante B. Fascell North-South Center:  designate, (see H.R. 4757),
        H10352 [9OC]
    Death and dying:  recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
        Res. 212), H756 [3MR]
    Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
        without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
        [27JA]
    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),
        H7178 [4AU]
    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 Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
        relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
        compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H2423 [28AP]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see H.R. 2870), H1112 [11MR]
    Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
        employees, (see H.R. 2888), H2318 [23AP]
    European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
        (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1159 [12MR]
    Executive departments:  promote financial management, (see H. Res.
        447), H4056 [3JN]
    Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
        implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
    Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
        H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
    Foreign policy:  support economic and political independence for the
        South Caucasus and Central Asia regions, (see H.R. 2867), H498
        [12FE]
    Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
        selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
        H2053 [1AP]
    ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
        embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9084
        [26SE]
    George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
        designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6487 [27JY]
    George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
        (see H.R. 3981), H5405 [25JN]
    Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
        deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
        H.R. 3534), H2931 [6MY]
    Health:  prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see H.R. 4376),
        H6879 [31JY]
    House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
        local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2606
        [29AP]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
        [12MR]
    ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
    ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
        conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
    Hun Sen:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
        genocide in Cambodia, (see H. Res. 533), H9346 [2OC]
    Immigration:  reform naturalization process and clarify procedures
        for investigating criminal background of applicants relative to
        certain benefits, (see H.R. 2837), H1021 [10MR]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H447 [11FE]
    Korea, Republic of:  anniversary of relations with the U.S., (see H.
        Res. 459), H5957 [20JY]
    Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
        (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
    Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
        money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
        (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
    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), H6820 [30JY]
    Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
        3156), H329 [4FE]
    Medicare:  eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
        calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
        organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7495 [9SE]
    ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
        4567), H8528 [23SE]
    Mongolia:  normal trade relations status, (see H.R. 4807), H10667
        [12OC]
    National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
        4402), H7289 [5AU]
    Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
        relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
        (see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
    Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
        response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
        the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10668 [12OC]
    Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations, (see H.
        Res. 505), H5956 [20JY]
    Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
        relations, (see H. Res. 404), H1854 [31MR]
    Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
        H8528 [23SE]
    Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3489 [19MY]
    Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
        establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4241 [5JN]
    President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
        Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
        sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
    Privacy:  prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual
        records available through interactive computer services, (see
        H.R. 1330), H329 [4FE]
    Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
        in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5594 [15JY]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
    ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
        H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
    Social Security:  payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
        acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H4835 [18JN]
    ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
        benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
        (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
    Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
        3659), H2606 [29AP]
    ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
        charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H9345 [2OC]
    ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
        principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
        H3972 [22MY]
    ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
        [23AP]
    ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
        to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
        H9275 [1OC]
    ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks, (see H.R. 4553),
        H10353 [9OC]
    ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
        (see H.R. 1401), H7494 [9SE]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
        H4055 [3JN]
    ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
        4399), H7495 [9SE]
    ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
        services, (see H.R. 3648), H3488 [19MY]
    ------ 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), H1379 [23MR]
    ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H9346 [2OC]
    Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
        cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
    Timber:  treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable,
        (see H.R. 1526), H1699 [27MR]
    Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4211),
        H6698 [29JY]
    U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2318
        [23AP]
    U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
        rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
        H851 [4MR]
    U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
        H.J. Res. 100), H1021 [10MR]
    U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H3625 [20MY]
    Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H8932 [25SE]
    ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
        eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
    ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
        service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H4550
        [11JN]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Afghanistan:  establish cease fire and begin transition toward a
        broad-based multiethnic government that observes international
        norms of behavior, (see H. Con. Res. 218), H497 [12FE]
    Cambodia:  call for free and impartial elections, (see H. Res. 361),
        H497 [12FE]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  balance wind and water erosion criteria and
        wildlife suitability criteria used in the Conservation Reserve
        Program, (see H.R. 4319), H6281 [23JY]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H2052 [1AP],
        (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
    International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review
        Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 4719), H10011 [7OC]
    Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
        to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
        H1444 [24MR]
    Southeast Asia:  establish an assistance and food security
        initiative for Indonesia and other countries affected by the
        Asian financial crisis, (see H.R. 4336), H6487 [27JY]
    Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary, (see H. Res. 350), H329 [4FE]
  Pledge of Allegiance 
    House of Representatives, H2239 [23AP]
  Remarks
    Afghanistan:  establish cease fire and begin transition toward a
        broad-based multiethnic government that observes international
        norms of behavior (H. Con. Res. 218), H2354 [28AP]
    Africa:  promote independent radio broadcasting (H. Res. 415), H7655
        [14SE], H7656 [14SE]
    Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
        programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4132<bullet> [4JN]
    ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, H4132<bullet> [4JN]
    ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
        H6929 [3AU]
    ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
        commodity prices and weather, E1902<bullet> [5OC]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4990<bullet> [23JN], H5016
        [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report,
        E1902<bullet> [5OC]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5448
        [14JY], H5450 [14JY]
    Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
        and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression (H. Con. Res.
        320), H10273 [9OC]
    Bankruptcy:  adjust debts of family farmers with regular annual
        income, H10237<bullet> [9OC]
    ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), E1516<bullet> [3AU]
    ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report, H10237<bullet>
        [9OC]
    Botswana:  democracy efforts (H. Res. 373), H1193 [17MR], H1196
        [17MR]
    Cambodia:  call for free and impartial elections (H. Res. 361),
        H1194 [17MR], H1195 [17MR], H1196 [17MR]
    Children and youth:  international cooperation in cases involving
        the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent (H.
        Con. Res. 224), H7658 [14SE], H7659 [14SE]
    China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
        democracy (H. Con. Res. 301), H5887 [20JY]
    ------ participation in the World Health Organization (H. Con. Res.
        334), H10264 [9OC]
    ------ tribute to efforts relative to Asian financial crisis and for
        encouraging peace and stability in the region (H. Con. Res.
        270), H4281 [9JN]
    Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
        whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10115<bullet>
        [8OC]
    ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11838 [18DE], H11955<bullet>
        [18DE]
    Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
        and security (H.R. 695), E1032<bullet> [4JN]
    Corp. for National and Community Service:  funding, H6275 [23JY]
    Cuba:  extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
        individuals (H. Con. Res. 254), H7653 [14SE], H7654 [14SE]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H3561 [20MY]
    ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
        appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H360 [5FE]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), H4909
        [22JN] making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        conference report, E1488<bullet> [31JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5235 [24JN], H5236 [24JN]
    ------ School of the Americas funding, H7959<bullet> [17SE],
        E1085<bullet> [10JN]
    Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
        consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
        E825<bullet> [12MY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies
        (H.R. 1757), veto, H11699 [21OC]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation
        System funding, H6563<bullet> [29JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6275<bullet> [23JY],
        H6563<bullet> [29JY], H6568 [29JY], H6570 [29JY], H6574
        [29JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
        conference report (H. Res. 574), H9600 [6OC]
    Dick Cheney Federal Building, Casper, WY:  designate (H.R. 3453),
        H5446 [14JY]
    Disasters:  establish an advisory commission to prepare for and
        respond to serious drought emergencies (H.R. 3035), H4598 [16JN]
    District of Columbia:  Boys Town (organization) funding,
        H7344<bullet> [6AU]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7344<bullet> [6AU]
    Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
        similar amounts of cocaine base (H.R. 3898), H7718<bullet>
        [15SE]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests (H.R. 2870), H1308 [19MR], H1309 [19MR], H5510 [15JY]
    Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
        employees (H.R. 2888), H4489<bullet> [11JN]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
        H4931<bullet> [22JN]
    Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs
        (H.R. 4017), H9100 [28SE]
    Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
        4017), H9100 [28SE]
    EPA:  impact of regulatory requirements on small communities
        relative to disinfection and treatment of groundwater, H6568
        [29JY]
    ------ prohibit implementation or enforcement of drinking water
        treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
        studies are completed, H6568 [29JY], H6574 [29JY]
    ------ study health effects of copper in drinking water, H6568
        [29JY], H6570 [29JY]
    European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
        agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7054 [4AU]
    Financial institutions:  allow operating subsidiaries to offer
        certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
        consumer protections, H3190 [13MY]
    ------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
        10), H3190 [13MY], H3206 [13MY], H3211 [13MY], H3212 [13MY],
        H3213 [13MY]
    ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
        holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3206
        [13MY], H3211 [13MY], H3212 [13MY], H3213 [13MY]
    ------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
        safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
        information (H.R. 4364), H10216<bullet> [8OC]
    Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
        relative to abortion, E825<bullet> [12MY]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7959<bullet> [17SE]
    Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1039 [11MR], H1073 [11MR],
        H1074 [11MR], H1075 [11MR]
    ----- authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
        Africa (S. 778), E1483<bullet> [30JY]
    ------ prohibit participation in investigation of Chinese launch
        failure of U.S.-built satellite, H3561 [20MY]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 3636), E588<bullet> [2AP]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), H9107 [28SE], H11684 [20OC]
    Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
        procedures for future trade agreements, H6929 [3AU],
        E1483<bullet> [30JY]
    ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
        for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8781 [25SE]
    ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
        (H.R. 4856), H11581<bullet> [20OC]
    ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
        embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9505 [5OC]
    George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
        designate (H.R. 3821), H6907 [3AU]
    Ginnie Mae:  guaranty fee increase, E1858<bullet> [1OC]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
        E1858<bullet> [1OC]
    Hong Kong:  report on status after reversion to the People's
        Republic of China, H699 [3MR], E263<bullet> [3MR], E987<bullet>
        [3JN], E1544<bullet> [4AU]
    House of Representatives:  legislative program, H3295 [14MY]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5876 [20JY]
    ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10704 [13OC]
    Hun Sen:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
        genocide in Cambodia (H. Res. 533), H10452 [10OC]
    India:  nuclear weapons testing, H3118 [13MY]
    Indonesia:  democracy efforts, E1030<bullet> [4JN]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
        H2962 [7MY]
    Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
        to resolution of the Asian financial crisis (H. Res. 392), H2240
        [23AP], H5884 [20JY], H5886 [20JY]
    Korea, Republic of:  anniversary of relations with the U.S. (H. Res.
        459), H7453<bullet> [9SE]
    Laos:  religious persecution of Christian minorities, H918 [10MR]
    Latvia:  democracy efforts, E2097<bullet> [12OC]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  bicentennial (H. Res. 144), H8476
        [23SE]
    ------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (H.R. 1560),
        H7445 [9SE]
    Medicare:  reform, E507<bullet> [27MR]
    ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
        4567), H10257<bullet> [9OC]
    Mexico:  assistance to combat wildfires (H. Res. 469), H6910 [3AU],
        H6911 [3AU]
    Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance:  research grants
        funding, H4990<bullet> [23JN]
    Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
        humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (H. Con. Res.
        304), H7649 [14SE], H7650 [14SE], H7652 [14SE]
    Missouri River:  Mitigation Project funding, H4931<bullet> [22JN]
    Mongolia:  normal trade relations status, H11581<bullet> [20OC]
    Morocco:  eligibility to participate in sub-Saharan Africa trade and
        investment programs, H1073 [11MR], H1074 [11MR], H1075 [11MR]
    Mozambique:  tribute for efforts relative to democracy, peace, and
        economic reform and encourage close relations with the U.S. (H.
        Res. 610), H11689 [20OC]
    National security:  national objectives priority assignments, H11688
        [20OC]
    Navy:  transfer of vessels to certain foreign countries, H5235
        [24JN], H5236 [24JN]
    Nebraska:  Joint Army-Air National Guard Medical Training Facility
        funding, E1488<bullet> [31JY]
    ------ National Guard Joint Army-Air Medical Training Facility
        funding, H4909 [22JN]
    Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations (H. Res.
        505), H8492 [23SE]
    Petroleum:  use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
        transportation trust funds, H1901 [1AP]
    Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
        relations (H. Res. 404), H4274 [9JN]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
        2183), H5471 [14JY]
    ------ investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to
        transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to People's
        Republic of China, E937<bullet> [22MY]
    ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
        citizens, H5471 [14JY] prohibit contributions from individuals
        that are not U.S. citizens (H.R. 34), H1747<bullet> [30MR]
    Postal Service:  elimination of post office box rental fees for
        rural customers, H2037 [1AP]
    Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
        areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
        trails (H.R. 4570), H9760 [7OC]
    Rural areas:  use of tax-exempt bonds to provide loans for rural
        housing, H5016 [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
    Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
        which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
        is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8746<bullet> [25SE], H8940<bullet>
        [26SE]
    Southeast Asia:  establish an assistance and food security
        initiative for Indonesia and other countries affected by the
        Asian financial crisis (H.R. 4336), H6423 [24JY]
    Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary (H. Res. 350), H2351 [28AP],
        H2352 [28AP]
    Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
        small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
        4579), H8746<bullet> [25SE], H8940<bullet> [26SE]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4673<bullet>
        [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1901 [1AP],
        E738<bullet> [1MY]
    U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
        rights in the People's Republic of China (H. Res. 364), H1190
        [17MR]
    USIA:  make available the television program ``Window on America''
        to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives and the Indiana University
        Slavics Collection (H.R. 4083), H7657 [14SE]
    Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
        emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6772 [30JY]
    Virginia Military Institute:  integration of female students,
        E939<bullet> [22MY]
  Remarks in House relative to
    Leave of absence:  granted, H1774 [30MR], H7912 [16SE]
    Special order:  granted, H689 [2MR], H2049 [1AP], H6451 [24JY],
        H6877 [31JY]
  Reports
    Task Force on the Hong Kong Transition, E987<bullet>-E989<bullet>
        [3JN], E1544<bullet>-E1546<bullet> [4AU]
  Summaries
    Task Force on the Hong Kong Transition:  several Representatives,
        E263<bullet> [3MR]
  Tributes
    Solomon, Representative, H9600 [6OC]