[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BISHOP, SANFORD D., JR. (a Representative from Georgia)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3670 [21MY]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4101 [4JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529
[10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H3247
[13MY]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1021 [10MR]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
------ anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294), H4961
[22JN]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see H.R. 3637),
H7290 [5AU]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H6697 [29JY]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
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. 1151), H904 [5MR]
Crime: prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H7415 [6AU]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H4165
[4JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H101 [28JA]
------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
[19MR]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
Dept. of HUD: establish program to eliminate redlining in the
insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637), H7290
[5AU]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H4961 [22JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allocation of substantial tobacco
industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
Res. 249), H2237 [22AP]
------ conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that
will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State, (see
H.R. 4362), H9179 [28SE]
------ determination of service connection for certain illnesses
caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents
during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3279), H676 [26FE]
------ establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Atlanta,
GA, metropolitan area, (see H.R. 4391), H7177 [4AU]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H5494 [14JY]
------ 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), H5494 [14JY]
------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H4055 [3JN]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4220),
H6820 [30JY]
------ provide a cost-of-living adjustment in compensation rates
paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and make
various improvements in education, housing, and cemetery
programs, (see H.R. 4110), H5405 [25JN]
Drugs: promote drug-free workplace programs, (see H.R. 3853), H3246
[13MY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3971 [22MY]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
Firearms: 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), H4165 [4JN]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4712 [17JN]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H6186 [22JY]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7585 [10SE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5494 [14JY]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
Guyana: elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H446 [11FE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 3605), H2424 [28AP]
------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
program, (see H.R. 2202), H2236 [22AP]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
[21AP]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for
preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5594
[15JY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
[29AP]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
3033), H65 [27JA]
------ allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
Income: establish protections for recipients of Federal payments
made by electronic funds transfer, (see H.R. 4311), H7415 [6AU]
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]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H5492 [14JY]
Law enforcement officers: ensure that States provide due process in
cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or
transfer, (see H.R. 4681), H9344 [2OC]
------ establish a bill of rights, (see H.R. 350), H497 [12FE]
------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
handguns, (see H.R. 218), H9345 [2OC]
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]
Line Item Veto Act: direct savings toward reducing the public debt
when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
H496 [12FE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H579 [24FE]
Margie Pitts Hames Post Office, Decatur, GA: designate, (see H.R.
4205), H5492 [14JY]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H4835
[18JN]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
Medicare: allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
sites, (see H.R. 4160), H5738 [16JY]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H65
[27JA], (see H.R. 3137), H447 [11FE]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
H9083 [26SE]
------ reform, (see H.R. 1165), H64 [27JA]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H7584 [10SE]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H2237 [22AP]
------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H7584 [10SE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H9537 [5OC]
Mental health: establish a Mental Illness Working Group to
recognize the seriousness of problems associated with mental
illness, (see H. Res. 596), H11023 [15OC]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration of veterans'
memorials, (see H.R. 2346), H10011 [7OC]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H5593 [15JY]
National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee: establish,
(see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H6999 [3AU]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3972 [22MY]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3625 [20MY]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
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), H7494 [9SE]
------ eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions
from noncovered employment, (see H.R. 3077), H7584 [10SE]
------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals, (see
H.R. 3912), H7415 [6AU]
------ ensure integrity of trust funds, (see H.R. 857), H100 [28JA]
States: provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
children and increase allotments to territories under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
[23JY]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ encourage production and use of electric vehicles, (see H.R.
3877), H3489 [19MY]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H5493 [14JY]
------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
H.R. 1382), H4550 [11JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H6070 [21JY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H241 [3FE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H6453 [24JY]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
1891), H3972 [22MY]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H4880 [19JN]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H9188 [29SE]
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4211),
H7290 [5AU]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H2236 [22AP]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7178 [4AU]
------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H2056 [1AP], (see
H.R. 3661), H3014 [7MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station, Thomasville, GA: designate,
(see H.R. 4661), H9274 [1OC]
Memorandums
U.S.-Japan Insurance Agreement: American Family Life Assurance Co.,
E1448<bullet> [27JY]
Motions
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1077 [11MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: 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), H3771<bullet> [22MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H520<bullet> [24FE]
------ price supports for peanuts, H5020 [23JN]
------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7707<bullet> [15SE],
H9330 [2OC]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5020 [23JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9330
[2OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct
conferees, H7707<bullet> [15SE]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11740 [17DE]
Black History Month: observance, H425<bullet> [11FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6501
[28JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11918 [18DE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11918 [18DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: Conservation Reserve Program contract
adjustment relative to timber prices in Southeastern States,
H9330 [2OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3676 [21MY]
------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H361<bullet> [5FE]
------ making appropriations for military construction, family
housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
H4910<bullet> [22JN]
------ School of the Americas funding, H8011<bullet> [17SE]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4380),
H7387<bullet> [6AU]
------ prohibit possession of tobacco products by minors,
H7387<bullet> [6AU]
Drugs: promote drug-free workplace programs (H.R. 3853), H4977
[23JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H8001 [17SE], H8011<bullet> [17SE]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1082 [11MR]
----- authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
Africa (H.R. 1432), consideration (H. Res. 383), H1032 [11MR]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H1011 [10MR], H1012 [10MR], H1013 [10MR], H4102 [4JN],
H4103 [4JN], H4105 [4JN], H4106 [4JN], H4107 [4JN]
------ prohibit discrimination against certain beliefs and
traditions, H4102 [4JN], H4103 [4JN], H4105 [4JN], H4106 [4JN],
H4107 [4JN]
Guyana: elections, E42<bullet> [28JA]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
H2951 [7MY]
------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), conference report,
H9733 [7OC]
Joint Task Force for Full Accounting in Southeast Asia: hardship
duty pay for members, H3676 [21MY]
Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646), H9197
[1OC]
Point of order, H8001 [17SE]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
H3771<bullet> [22MY]
Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (H.R. 613),
H723<bullet> [3MR]
Tobacco products: strengthen State efforts to limit access to
minors (H.R. 2034), E953<bullet> [22MY]
U.S.-Japan Insurance Agreement: violations, E973<bullet> [22MY],
E1448<bullet> [27JY]
Votes: position on missed, H9494<bullet> [5OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H327 [4FE]
Tributes
Dellums, Representative, E118<bullet> [5FE]