[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
CALLAHAN, SONNY (a Representative from Alabama)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6702 [29JY],
H6823 [30JY], H7218 [5AU], H7219 [5AU]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, H6600
[29JY]
Articles and editorials
Don't Attack Hyde for Indiscretions of Decades Ago, He's Paid His
Dues, James Pinkerton, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E2004<bullet>
[9OC]
J. Reese Phifer, 82, Founder of Aluminum Screen Empire, New York
(NY) Times, E2345<bullet> [18DE]
One Man's Sweetest Legacy, Mobile (AL) Register, E2344<bullet>
[18DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide
under the Montreal Protocol, (see H.R. 2609), H579 [24FE]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H904 [5MR]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
H.R. 2537), H101 [28JA]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H2318 [23AP]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H101 [28JA]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of
individuals based solely on birth in the U.S., (see H.J. Res.
26), H2120 [21AP]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
H.R. 3783), H5405 [25JN]
Courts: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
1283), H1299 [18MR]
Crime: prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
H.R. 3185), H4055 [3JN]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 76), H100 [28JA]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H1699 [27MR]
Dept. of the Interior: study effects of double-crested cormorants
on commercial and recreational fish species and prepare
population management strategy, (see H.R. 4754), H10076 [8OC]
Dept. of Transportation: require study and report on certain
practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H5405
[25JN]
Ecuador: human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
353), H385 [5FE]
Education: establish a program to help children and youth learn
English, (see H.R. 3680), H3312 [14MY]
Fish and fishing: disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
(see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H4835 [18JN]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H. Con. Res. 299), H5737 [16JY], (see H.R. 4232), H5738 [16JY]
------ promote economic opportunities for families, (see H.R. 1040),
H678 [26FE]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1445
[24MR]
------ develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
defects, (see H.R. 1114), H497 [12FE]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
[21AP]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
[12MR]
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]
John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL: designate, (see H.R.
1804), H2055 [1AP]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3744
[21MY]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
3137), H447 [11FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
Members of Congress: follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
[10SE]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit the return of veterans memorial
objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
(see H.R. 3645), H2052 [1AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
Privacy: repeal law creating a national identification card by
establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H6820 [30JY]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H100 [28JA]
------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
H.R. 922), H100 [28JA]
Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry
cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H904 [5MR]
Taxation: abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
[22AP]
------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2319 [23AP]
------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 3104), H63 [27JA]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H2236 [22AP]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national
retail sales tax, (see H.R. 2001), H241 [3FE]
------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
[7AU]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3014 [7MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations, (see H.R. 4569), H7802 [15SE]
Tariff: KL540, (see H.R. 3414), H1020 [10MR]
------ methyl thioglycolate, (see H.R. 3415), H1020 [10MR]
Letters
School of the Americas funding: William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense,
H8008 [17SE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5199 [24JN]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), H10581 [12OC],
H10584 [12OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), H10864 [14OC]
------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H10581 [12OC]
Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7991 [17SE], H7999 [17SE]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11842 [18DE]
Colombia: provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
enforcement efforts (H. Res. 398), H1719<bullet> [30MR]
Customs Service: enforcement of U.S.-Canada softwood lumber
agreement, H5199 [24JN], H5690 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: School of the Americas funding, H8007 [17SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees,
including any appointed independent counsel, and establish a
review board to monitor compliance, H7240 [5AU]
------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
review board to monitor compliance, H7240 [5AU]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
H1600<bullet> [26MR]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5690 [16JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
485), H5312 [25JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7162 [4AU], H7163
[4AU], H7164 [4AU], H7218 [5AU], H7219 [5AU], H7223 [5AU], H7225
[5AU], H7226 [5AU], H7240 [5AU]
Development Fund for Africa: funding, H1069 [11MR], H1070 [11MR]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries, H8001 [17SE]
Fish and fishing: fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7219 [5AU],
H7223 [5AU], H7225 [5AU], H7226 [5AU]
Foreign countries: prohibit funding for foreign security forces
based on Dept. of State assessment of human rights violations,
E1768<bullet> [18SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7946 [17SE], H7951 [17SE], H7956
[17SE], H7957 [17SE], H7978 [17SE], H7980 [17SE], H7982 [17SE],
H7983 [17SE], H7991 [17SE], H7999 [17SE], H8001 [17SE], H8005
[17SE], H8007 [17SE], E1768<bullet> [18SE]
Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, H10923 [15OC]
------ authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan
Africa (H.R. 1432), H1069 [11MR], H1070 [11MR]
IMF: funding, H7978 [17SE], H7980 [17SE], H7982 [17SE], H7983
[17SE]
Nagorno-Karabagh: U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7991 [17SE], H7999 [17SE]
National Commission on Terrorism: establish, H7978 [17SE]
NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service funding, H7218 [5AU]
------ reduce National Marine Fisheries Service funding for Coast
Guard enforcement of fishing regulations relative to drug
interdiction activities, H7218 [5AU]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: enforcement of U.S.-Japan
insurance agreement, H7162 [4AU], H7163 [4AU], H7164 [4AU]
------ funding, H7162 [4AU], H7163 [4AU], H7164 [4AU]
Point of order, H7985 [17SE]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8751<bullet> [25SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H9343 [2OC]
Reports filed
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4569)
(H. Rept. 105-719), H7802 [15SE]
Tables
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7946-H7950 [17SE]
Tributes
Hyde, Representative, E2004<bullet> [9OC]
Long, D.H. (Buck), E918<bullet> [20MY]
McAleer, Joseph A., Sr., E2344<bullet> [18DE]
Phifer, J. Reese, E2345<bullet> [18DE]
Vogel, William, E116<bullet> [5FE]