[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BORSKI, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H2318
[23AP]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see H.R. 619), H4879 [19JN]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Aviation: require installation of TCAS-II collision avoidance
system on large cargo aircraft, (see H.R. 2855), H386 [5FE]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
2094), H7178 [4AU]
Capitol Police: increase mandatory retirement age, (see H.R. 4415),
H8932 [25SE]
Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be
manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
(see H.R. 3831), H4165 [4JN]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements
for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H447 [11FE]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4550 [11JN]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
(see H.R. 23), H6880 [31JY]
Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made
without child labor, (see H.R. 1301), H64 [27JA]
Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing water resources development
programs, (see H.R. 3866), H3311 [14MY]
Crime: prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H4165 [4JN]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H6999
[3AU]
David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:
designate, (see H.R. 3999), H5594 [15JY]
Dept. of HHS: Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
[23AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H2120 [21AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H7495 [9SE]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H10353 [9OC]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H3311 [14MY]
Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H4567 [15JN]
Drugs: increase penalties for certain offenses and enhance law
enforcement efforts, (see H.R. 4617), H8626 [24SE]
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments,
(see H.R. 1404), H4550 [11JN]
Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:
designate, (see H.R. 3939), H5594 [15JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
[10JN]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H4550 [11JN]
Freeman Hankins Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate,
(see H.R. 4002), H5594 [15JY]
Great Irish Potato Famine: issue postage stamp to commemorate
anniversary of Irish emigration to escape famine, and to honor
the contributions of these immigrants and their descendants,
(see H. Con. Res. 232), H2120 [21AP]
Health: 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), H2237 [22AP]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
[21AP]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and
criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
H.R. 2953), H6880 [31JY]
Housing: provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H7178 [4AU]
Independence National Historical Park: authorize the Gateway
Visitor Center, (see H.R. 4109), H5063 [23JN]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
cancer diagnosis, (see H.R. 616), H4629 [16JN]
International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold voluntary proportional
assistance relative to the development and completion of the
Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H3014
[7MY]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5405
[25JN]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
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), H579 [24FE]
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]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1379 [23MR]
Max Weiner Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate, (see
H.R. 4003), H5594 [15JY]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H1021 [10MR]
Medicare: clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
3259), H4835 [18JN]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1854
[31MR], (see H.R. 3567), H2120 [21AP], (see H.R. 4339), H6698
[29JY]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H4879 [19JN]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H1445 [24MR]
------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
(see H.R. 4214), H6880 [31JY]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H8931 [25SE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H7584 [10SE]
------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H386 [5FE]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
Nigeria: promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890),
H7915 [16SE]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H7803 [15SE]
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]
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), H3972 [22MY]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H8035 [17SE]
Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal
information, (see H.R. 1813), H2236 [22AP]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that
protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Roxanne H. Jones Post Office, Philadelphia, PA: designate, (see
H.R. 4001), H5594 [15JY]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H909 [9MR]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly
consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social
Security and Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4084), H4834 [18JN]
------ warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and provide with
information that will help them protect themselves, (see H.R.
3134), H1337 [19MR]
Social Security: investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
into program, (see H. Res. 340), H631 [25FE]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
States: authorize Governors to limit receipt of out of State
municipal solid waste, (see H.R. 4475), H7412 [6AU]
Taxation: increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated
in each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1021 [10MR]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H7803 [15SE]
Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA: designate,
(see H.R. 4000), H5594 [15JY]
Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
H3311 [14MY]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H1643
[26MR]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
[6AU]
Valley Forge National Historical Park: designate lands as the
Valley Forge National Cemetery, (see H.R. 4365), H6879 [31JY]
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: ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
3624), H2331 [27AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Housing: ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs are
carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R. 3545),
H1549 [25MR]
Remarks
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11741 [17DE]
Clinton, President: censure, H11909 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10113<bullet> [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11909 [18DE]
Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization
(H.R. 4058), H5880 [20JY]
Disasters: establish an advisory commission to prepare for and
respond to serious drought emergencies (H.R. 3035), H4598 [16JN]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11741 [17DE]
National Guard: tribute to the 111th Security Police Squadron of
the Pennsylvania Air National Guard for efforts during Olympic
games in Atlanta, GA, E1613<bullet> [7AU]
Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
transportation trust funds, H1890 [1AP]
Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of St. Martin of Tours Parish,
E369<bullet> [12MR]
------ tribute to Philadelphia Protestant Home, E1781<bullet> [23SE]
Philadelphia Corp. for Aging: anniversary, E2202<bullet> [15OC]
Shelinsky, Kelly: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of
Community Award recipient, E489<bullet> [26MR]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8743<bullet> [25SE]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8743<bullet> [25SE]
Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA: designate
(H.R. 4000), H9453<bullet> [5OC]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1890 [1AP]
Wildfires: express condolences and support to victims and commend
efforts of firefighters in Florida (H. Con. Res. 298), H5881
[20JY]
Women's Business Development Center: tribute, E337<bullet> [10MR]
Tributes
Brady, Representative Robert A., H3628 [21MY]
Burd, James E., E1957<bullet> [8OC]
Lukiewski, Stella and Edward, E780<bullet> [6MY]
McCook, Margaret, E683<bullet> [28AP]
Shields, William J., E1028<bullet> [4JN]