[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
CHAMBLISS, SAXBY (a Representative from Georgia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agricultural Market Transition Act: provide supplemental payments
to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
Agriculture: production flexibility contract payment options, (see
H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H10353 [9OC]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H904 [5MR]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4324 [9JN]
Capitol Police Board: establish a pay scale and benefits package
equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
H.R. 2828), H6697 [29JY]
Clean Air Act: modify application of certain provisions relative to
inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within
nonattainment areas, (see H.R. 4157), H5403 [25JN]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
4717), H10010 [7OC]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Controlled Substances Act: civil liability for illegal
manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances, (see
H.R. 4204), H6698 [29JY]
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
exposure personal injury claims, (see H.R. 3905), H7617 [11SE]
------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.R.
4196), H5594 [15JY]
------ moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R. 1283),
H1777 [30MR]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions and reduce tax rates for qualified
community lenders, (see H.R. 1121), H1445 [24MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H2054 [1AP]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers
called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H10353 [9OC]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H4962 [22JN]
------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
3511), H5297 [24JN]
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),
H4962 [22JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H10353 [9OC]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
Elrod, Jack: tribute, (see H. Res. 437), H3312 [14MY]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see
H.R. 4383), H8528 [23SE]
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), H5594 [15JY]
------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
(see H.R. 3140), H1854 [31MR]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H. Con. Res. 299), H6187 [22JY]
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. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
[12MR]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H4712 [17JN]
Immigration: allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
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), H10353 [9OC], (see H. Res.
598), H10917 [14OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1112 [11MR]
Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial, (see H. Res. 144), H3247
[13MY]
------ mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560),
H3247 [13MY]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H2706 [30AP]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
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]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Postal Service: prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
452), H4165 [4JN]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H5957 [20JY]
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), H2120 [21AP]
------ State requirements for financial recovery from an individuals
estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health
plan, (see H.R. 4249), H5736 [16JY]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 3104), H447 [11FE]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5494 [14JY]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H5064 [23JN]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3972 [22MY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H2318 [23AP]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H8627 [24SE]
Tobacco products: provide crop insurance, extension services, and
administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H5738 [16JY]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H241 [3FE]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H8932 [25SE]
Letters
U.S. policy on Iraq: by, H11731 [17DE]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H8037<bullet> [18SE]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4130 [4JN]
------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
farms, H7928 [17SE], H8539 [24SE]
------ price supports for peanuts, H5021 [23JN]
------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
H6929 [3AU]
------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
H8079 [18SE], H8602 [24SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5021 [23JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H8539 [24SE]
Allen, Roscoe Jr.: Georgia Small Business Person of the Year award
recipient, H3758 [22MY]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11731 [17DE]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), E2101<bullet>
[12OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11841 [18DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3711<bullet> [21MY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), H6721 [29JY]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11731 [17DE]
Macon, GA: funding for construction of additional crossing over the
Ocmulgee River, H6721 [29JY]
National Agriculture Day: observance, H1304 [19MR]
Roads and highways: streamline environmental review process for
highway construction projects, E696<bullet> [29AP]
Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (H.R. 613), H723
[3MR]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), E696<bullet> [29AP]
Wesleyan College: tribute, E173<bullet> [12FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4237 [5JN], H8625 [24SE]
Tributes
Bell, Nora Kizer, E173<bullet> [12FE]
Powell, Bill, H4231 [5JN]