[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BOSWELL, LEONARD L. (a Representative from Iowa)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and
promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H1549 [25MR]
------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide
certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H2055 [1AP]
------ require use of child safety restraint systems, (see H.R.
754), H3488 [19MY]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
H5491 [14JY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H5405 [25JN]
Children and youth: facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by
National Child Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H3744 [21MY]
------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
(see H.R. 4621), H10077 [8OC]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H2056 [1AP]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for the International
Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6487 [27JY]
------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
[19MR]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H4835 [18JN]
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),
H2052 [1AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H5494 [14JY]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H6453 [24JY]
------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H7803
[15SE]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H1021 [10MR]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
[10JN]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H7803 [15SE]
Financial institutions: insist that certain institutions uphold the
trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
H1112 [11MR]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4629 [16JN]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2707 [30AP]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
(see H.R. 2509), H4629 [16JN]
------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654), H4056
[3JN]
------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
[28SE]
Global March Against Child Labor: support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
[21MY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H5297
[24JN]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
[29AP]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H5405 [25JN]
IMF: quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
4150), H5402 [25JN]
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), H2120 [21AP]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
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), H2423 [28AP]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1777 [30MR]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H8528 [23SE]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H904 [5MR]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1237 [17MR]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H4879 [19JN]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9275 [1OC]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
Mississippi River: management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
4322), H6281 [23JY]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H2055 [1AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H7414 [6AU]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H7585 [10SE]
------ reform the safety practices of the railroad industry, (see
H.R. 2455), H4550 [11JN]
Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
(see H.R. 3134), H678 [26FE]
Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H1236 [17MR]
Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds, (see H.R. 857),
H10077 [8OC]
------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
program, (see H. Res. 340), H1168 [16MR]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
States: requirements relative to access to election ballots for
certain parties, (see H.R. 2477), H4629 [16JN]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 2456), H4241 [5JN]
------ collection and payment of State taxes imposed on motor fuel
sold on Indian lands, (see H.R. 3966), H4241 [5JN]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H1335 [19MR]
------ exempt auxiliary power units from excise tax imposed on heavy
trucks, (see H.R. 3275), H630 [25FE]
------ 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),
H5493 [14JY]
------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H756 [3MR]
------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
acquisition of computer hardware and software, (see H.R. 4184),
H8084 [18SE]
------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H8084 [18SE]
------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H5859 [17JY]
------ 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), H909 [9MR]
------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H10011 [7OC]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
[17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H6186 [22JY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H5859 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: reform the conservation reserve program relative to
treatment of nonprofit organizations renting land from a State
or political subdivision, (see H.R. 3451), H1158 [12MR]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H1776 [30MR]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine abuse, (see H.R. 4315), H6281
[23JY]
Education: grants to local educational agencies for additional
teachers and facilities to accommodate disruptive students, (see
H.R. 4833), H10916 [14OC]
Firearms: treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
(see H.R. 3140), H240 [3FE]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements, (see H.R. 4607), H8527
[23SE]
Merchant marine industry: protect seamen against economic reprisal,
(see H.R. 3955), H3970 [22MY]
National Commission on Reforming and Simplifying the Federal Tax
Code: establish, (see H.R. 4038), H4548 [11JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1115 [12MR], H1855 [1AP]
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), H3766 [22MY]
------ reform the conservation reserve program relative to treatment
of nonprofit organizations renting land from a State or
political subdivision (H.R. 3451), H1115 [12MR]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2291
[23AP]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (H.R. 3584),
H1856 [1AP]
Dept. of Transportation: access-to-jobs and reverse commute
programs funding, H1999 [1AP]
Federal highway program: replace affirmative action policies with
emerging business enterprise programs, H2006 [1AP]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8785 [25SE]
------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9504 [5OC]
IMF: funding, H2291 [23AP]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1905 [1AP], H1999
[1AP], H2006 [1AP]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H479
[12FE]
Tributes
Johnson, Representative Sam, H479 [12FE]