[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
improvement, H9202 [1OC]
------ S. 2073, Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention
Act, H9204 [1OC]
------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
Training and Educational Services Act, H8602 [24SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H3105 [12MY]
Budget: reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H11023 [15OC]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H7290 [5AU]
------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be
manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
(see H.R. 3831), H8932 [25SE]
CIA: provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3247 [13MY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
4717), H11696 [20OC]
Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
Capabilities: establish, (see H.R. 3764), H2705 [30AP]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Computers: develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
not disrupted, (see H.R. 3968), H3971 [22MY]
Copyright Act: revise to conform to the digital era and advance
educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1643 [26MR]
Crime: expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H4325 [9JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H7415 [6AU]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
Shelf, (see H.R. 3972), H7415 [6AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
H4240 [5JN]
Dept. of Transportation: assess available technologies for
establishing a system to access motor vehicle driving records,
(see H.R. 3555), H2707 [30AP]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1337
[19MR]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
employees, (see H.R. 2888), H1699 [27MR]
Executive Office of the President: implementation of Executive
Orders relative to Federal authority to impose regulations on
State and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
(see H.R. 4422), H7411 [6AU]
50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act: include District of
Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands, (see H.R. 3673), H2054 [1AP]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration, (see H.R. 3116), H99 [28JA]
------ prevent personal financial information from being obtained
under false pretenses, (see H.R. 4321), H6281 [23JY]
------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
H11695 [20OC]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
[17JN]
------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H3104
[12MY]
FRS: broaden the range of discount window loans which may be used
as collateral for Federal reserve notes, (see H.R. 4359), H6819
[30JY]
Gambling: require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
4340), H8932 [25SE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument: revise boundaries,
(see H.R. 3981), H5738 [16JY]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
defects, (see H.R. 1114), H386 [5FE]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9723 [6OC]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
[22MY]
Housing: expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H10513 [10OC]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under
health plans, (see H.R. 815), H7494 [9SE]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
(see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
residential facilities, (see H.R. 4155), H6187 [22JY]
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), H7915
[16SE]
Motion pictures: discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: implementation
of recommendations on college tuition costs, (see H.R. 3479),
H1236 [17MR]
National Environmental Education Act: extend programs, (see H.R.
3441), H1111 [11MR]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H3105 [12MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3581), H1776 [30MR], (see H.R. 3526), H3105 [12MY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
Rural areas: pilot program to facilitate the protection and
preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
Atlantic States, (see H.R. 3566), H3625 [20MY]
Taxation: constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H3625 [20MY]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3972
[22MY]
------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H4880 [19JN]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs
funding, (see H.R. 2670), H1445 [24MR]
Women: ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
3624), H2052 [1AP]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1643 [26MR]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1643 [26MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Child Nutrition Act: simplify program operations and improve
program management, (see H.R. 3873), H3311 [14MY]
Children and youth: provide children with increased access to food
and nutrition assistance during the summer, (see H.R. 3871),
H3311 [14MY]
------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
(see H.R. 4621), H8626 [24SE]
Coins: require design of obverse side of one dollar coin to depict
the Statue of Liberty, (see H.R. 4329), H6453 [24JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: allow greater discretion relative to the
placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program, (see H.R. 3301),
H691 [2MR]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State
participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8035 [17SE]
National School Lunch Act: extend the authority of the commodity
distribution program, (see H.R. 3872), H3311 [14MY]
Tariff: deltamethrin, (see H.R. 3589), H1776 [30MR]
------ diclofop-methyl, (see H.R. 3586), H1776 [30MR]
------ pigment red 177, (see H.R. 3585), H1776 [30MR]
------ piperonyl butoxide, (see H.R. 3587), H1776 [30MR]
------ resmethrin, (see H.R. 3592), H1776 [30MR]
------ thidiazuron, (see H.R. 3590), H1776 [30MR]
------ tralomethrin, (see H.R. 3588), H1776 [30MR]
------ triflusulfuron methyl, (see H.R. 3591), H1776 [30MR]
WIC: improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
3874), H3311 [14MY]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Erdman, Marisa, E844<bullet> [13MY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1792
[31MR]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11747<bullet> [17DE]
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4364 [10JN]
Budget: treatment of any future budget surpluses, H11655<bullet>
[20OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6493
[28JY]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10103<bullet>
[8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12011<bullet> [19DE]
Coins: study use of either the image of Sacajawea or the Statue of
Liberty on the new one dollar coin, H10325 [9OC]
Colleges and universities: reporting requirements for reductions in
athletic funding or scholarships, H2878 [6MY]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend (S.
2206), H7642<bullet> [14SE]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10203
[8OC]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, H10139<bullet> [8OC],
H10144 [8OC]
Courts: limit Federal authority to force State and local
governments to assess, levy, or collect taxes, E673<bullet>
[27AP]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R.
3), H7743 [15SE]
Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association: anniversary,
E1792<bullet> [24SE]
------ anniversary of Ladies Auxiliary, E1794<bullet> [24SE]
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals
without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846), H348
[5FE]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
Shelf (H.R. 3972), E2220<bullet> [16OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6006<bullet> [21JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: allow greater discretion relative to the
placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program (H.R. 3301),
H1685 [27MR]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), conference report, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10139<bullet> [8OC], H10144 [8OC]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
584), H10131 [8OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5818 [17JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
501), H5646 [16JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth (H.R. 678), H7441 [9SE], H7443 [9SE]
Education: national policy to improve system, H8046<bullet> [18SE]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8046<bullet> [18SE]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
------ requirements for candidates receiving Federal campaign
financing relative to participation in multicandidate forums,
H6797 [30JY]
Ericsson, Leif: mint coins in conjunction with Iceland in
commemoration of the millennium of the discovery of the New
World, H10325 [9OC]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H399 [11FE]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
E673<bullet> [27AP]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3138 [13MY], H3209 [13MY]
------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3209
[13MY]
------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
information (H.R. 4364), H10217<bullet> [8OC]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, H10325
[9OC]
------ award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3506), H6593 [29JY]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7642<bullet>
[14SE]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10203
[8OC]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2523 [29AP],
H2524<bullet> [29AP], H2878 [6MY]
Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
217), H718 [3MR]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
and increase community control over such programs, H5646 [16JY],
H5818 [17JY]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
H2953 [7MY]
------ authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694), conference report,
H9734 [7OC]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11747<bullet> [17DE]
Jackie Robinson Foundation: allow purchase of remaining stock of
Jackie Robinson commemorative coins, H10325 [9OC]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing
appropriations (H.R. 1818), H7743 [15SE]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
E867<bullet> [14MY]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial (H.R. 1560), H7445 [9SE], H7446 [9SE], H11681
[20OC]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial
(H.R. 3790), H7071 [4AU], H7072 [4AU]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7642<bullet> [14SE]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, H10203
[8OC]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10324 [9OC], H10325 [9OC]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
H4577 [16JN], H4578 [16JN]
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: funding, H2524
[29AP]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing
appropriations (S. 2073), H7743 [15SE]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H6006<bullet> [21JY]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (S. 927),
H408<bullet> [11FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H4784 [18JN], H6797 [30JY], H6940 [3AU], E1589<bullet>
[7AU]
----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
----- ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3581), H1736
[30MR]
Public lands: protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
trails (H.R. 4570), H9754 [7OC]
----- protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
(H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9747<bullet> [7OC]
Shepard, Matthew: condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10934<bullet> [15OC]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H11655<bullet>
[20OC]
Tariff: deltamethrin (H.R. 3589), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ diclofop-methyl (H.R. 3586), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ pigment red 177 (H.R. 3585), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ piperonyl butoxide (H.R. 3587), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ resmethrin (H.R. 3592), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ thidiazuron (H.R. 3590), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ tralomethrin (H.R. 3588), E515<bullet> [30MR]
------ triflusulfuron methyl (H.R. 3591), E515<bullet> [30MR]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
E673<bullet> [27AP], E675<bullet> [27AP]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
H8942<bullet> [26SE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4673<bullet>
[17JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H2013 [1AP], H2016
[1AP]
Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights
relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), H5434 [14JY]
Votes: position on missed, E1589<bullet> [7AU]
WIC: improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
H5871 [20JY]
------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
conference report, H10198 [8OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H9176 [28SE], H9532 [5OC], H9719 [6OC]
Tables
Dollars to the Classroom Act State allocations, H8047<bullet> [18SE]
Tributes
Erdman, Marisa, E844<bullet> [13MY]
Redding, Louis, E2217<bullet> [16OC]