[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BERRY, MARION (a Representative from Arkansas)
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H7290 [5AU]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H5405 [25JN]
Dept. of HHS: carry out a national public awareness campaign on
colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
------ ensure individuals who undertake federally funded research
and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements, (see
H.R. 3758), H2605 [29AP]
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]
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 prostate cancer
research, (see H.R. 2545), H330 [4FE]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H4240 [5JN]
Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable
energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H2318 [23AP]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing
supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H1299 [18MR]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H631 [25FE]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
H.R. 3534), H2424 [28AP]
Health: expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
1111), H64 [27JA]
------ 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), H2056 [1AP]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
3605), consideration, (see H. Res. 486), H5064 [23JN]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2424
[28AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3106
[12MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H2120 [21AP]
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]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public
safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
H.R. 1173), H3312 [14MY]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
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 Central High School National Historic Site: establish,
(see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1643 [26MR]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H5493 [14JY]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H8528 [23SE]
------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3744 [21MY]
------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
(see H.R. 4214), H5492 [14JY]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H8931 [25SE], (see H.R. 4646), H9083 [26SE]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4370), H6879 [31JY]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H1337 [19MR]
National security: national missile defense system, (see H.R.
4402), H7289 [5AU]
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), H10352 [9OC]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H5405 [25JN]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H909 [9MR]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H3312 [14MY]
Social Security: extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements
relative to trust funds, (see H.R. 2586), H241 [3FE]
------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
530), H1643 [26MR]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H3014 [7MY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H678 [26FE]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H10077 [8OC]
Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
3243), H4479 [10JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children and youth: international cooperation in cases involving
the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
H. Con. Res. 224), H631 [25FE]
Financial institutions: insist that certain institutions uphold the
trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
H902 [5MR]
Medicare: exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
for suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284),
H676 [26FE]
------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
3139), H240 [3FE]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H3742 [21MY]
Motions
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6413 [24JY], H6415 [24JY]
Proposals
Respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial
crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H10334 [9OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
been designated as Federal disaster areas, H9331 [2OC]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), E1760<bullet> [18SE]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9331
[2OC]
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated and emergency
supplemental appropriations, H11649<bullet> [20OC]
Black History Month: observance, H415 [11FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
Res. 284), H4219<bullet> [5JN]
------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H8616 [24SE]
Children and youth: international cooperation in cases involving
the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent (H.
Con. Res. 224), H537 [24FE]
------ international cooperation in cases involving the illegal
abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, H11649<bullet>
[20OC] international cooperation in cases involving the illegal
abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent (H. Con. Res.
224), H7659 [14SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6099 [22JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11912 [18DE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10564 [12OC]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), conference report, H11649<bullet> [20OC]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers (S. 2235),
H10333 [9OC]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7054 [4AU]
Financial institutions: insist that certain institutions uphold the
trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
receiving assistance from such institutions (H.R. 3353), H856
[5MR], H882 [5MR]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
H8797<bullet> [25SE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6372 [24JY]
----- protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
4250), motion to recommit, H6412 [24JY], H6413 [24JY], H6415
[24JY]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, H10334 [9OC], H10401 [10OC]
Jonesboro, AR: shooting of students and teacher outside Westside
Middle School, H1515 [25MR]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R.
4112), conference report, H8555 [24SE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10327 [9OC]
McGinnis, Winston (Mac): AMVETS AMVET of the Year Award recipient,
E2254<bullet> [20OC]
Medicare: exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
for suppliers of durable medical equipment, H614 [25FE]
------ limit payments for drugs or biological products (H.R. 3139),
H302 [4FE]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646),
E1866<bullet> [1OC], E2059<bullet> [11OC]
National Community Pharmacists Association: anniversary,
E2252<bullet> [20OC]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4344), E1888<bullet> [2OC]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H1241 [18MR]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish (H.R.
3925), H4231 [5JN]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4219<bullet>
[5JN]
------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
(H.R. 4578), H8019 [17SE], H8539 [24SE], H8616 [24SE], H8722
[25SE] establish Protect Social Security Account into which
budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is
enacted (H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8726 [25SE]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8539 [24SE], H8616 [24SE], H8722 [25SE]
----- provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
consideration (H. Res. 552), H8726 [25SE]
Votes: position on missed, H1767 [30MR], H7506<bullet> [10SE],
E572<bullet> [2AP], E1178<bullet> [19JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1698 [27MR], H7582 [10SE]
Special order: granted, H327 [4FE], H558 [24FE], H626 [25FE], H900
[5MR], H1546 [25MR], H3968 [22MY], H4237 [5JN], H8032 [17SE],
H9186 [29SE], H11691 [20OC]
Resignations
Committee on Small Business (House), H1767 [30MR]
Tributes
Arnold, Frank, E1675<bullet> [9SE]
Berry, Mark, E2078<bullet> [11OC]
Bumpers, Senator, H11688 [20OC]
Caplinger, Gene, E906<bullet> [20MY]
Carter, Ralph, E906<bullet> [20MY]
Duderstadt, Hubert (Duder), E691<bullet> [28AP]
Fazio, Representative, H8555 [24SE]
Kennedy, Cortez, E680<bullet> [28AP]
Miller, John, E2015<bullet> [10OC]
Mills, Bobby G., E906<bullet> [20MY]
Owens, Dirk, E368<bullet> [12MR]
Peacock, Pat, E2016<bullet> [10OC]
Place, James C., E265<bullet> [3MR]
Reed, Robert (Wort), E1677<bullet> [9SE]
Reed, Wilfred (Red), E672<bullet> [23AP]
Shepherd, Roger, E845<bullet> [13MY]
Simes, L.T., II, E1367<bullet> [21JY]
Smith, Maurice, Jr., E2361<bullet> [19DE]
Smith, Rayburn, E906<bullet> [20MY]
Wallace, Wilbur, E1627<bullet> [7AU]
Watkins, Steve, E2068<bullet> [11OC]
Wimberly, George, E2011<bullet> [10OC]
Wolfe, Roulette and Jessie, E683<bullet> [28AP]
Wyssbrod, Richard, E1369<bullet> [21JY]