[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
CHENOWETH, HELEN (a Representative from Idaho)
Addresses
American Heritage Rivers Program--A Threat to Private Property
Rights: Carol LaGrasse, Property Rights Foundation of America,
E2001<bullet>-E2004<bullet> [9OC]
Amendments
Forests: establish a program of recovery and protection and to
inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
their resources (H.R. 2515), H1550 [25MR], H1551 [25MR]
Appointments
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: production flexibility contract payment options, (see
H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7428 [7AU]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2706 [30AP]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4835 [18JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
Bounty hunters: establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
industry, (see H.R. 3168), H1337 [19MR]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on
birth in the U.S., (see H.R. 7), H1112 [11MR]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H578 [24FE], (see H.R.
3265), H679 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
Dept. of Education: abolish, (see H.R. 1812), H631 [25FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H2931 [6MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H3014
[7MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H7428 [7AU]
------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
research priorities relative to certain service-related health
consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5405 [25JN]
------ provide a cost-of-living adjustment in compensation rates
paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and make
various improvements in education, housing, and cemetery
programs, (see H.R. 4110), H5297 [24JN]
Drugs: conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2931 [6MY]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
Endangered species: protection of the California spotted owl and
its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
Endangered Species Act: transfer enforcement functions of the
National Marine Fisheries Service to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, (see H.R. 4335), H6453 [24JY]
Evans, Dale: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H241
[3FE]
FCC: repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H4628 [16JN]
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), H10011 [7OC]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9346 [2OC]
Forest Service: Recreational Fee Demonstration Program termination,
(see H.R. 4447), H8035 [17SE]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
H5403 [25JN]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
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. 4196), H5957 [20JY],
(see H.R. 4232), H6070 [21JY]
Idaho Admission Act: amend relative to sale or lease of school
land, (see H.R. 4166), H5403 [25JN]
IMF: U.S. withdrawal, (see H.R. 3090), H62 [27JA]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
------ prohibit use of Dept. of Defense appropriations for offensive
operations to force compliance with U.N. Security Council
resolutions, (see H.R. 3208), H755 [3MR]
Lake Powell: water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1112 [11MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H3972 [22MY]
Medicare: reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4370), H7415 [6AU]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H3104 [12MY]
National forests: suspend development of a roadless area policy
pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H677 [26FE]
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: prevent lapses in
permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
Native American Veterans' Memorial: establish, (see H.R. 4064),
H4628 [16JN]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of
standards, (see H.R. 2661), H4479 [10JN]
Privacy: repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
citizens in order to create national medical history database,
(see H.R. 4281), H7415 [6AU]
Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
State and local officials that results from the threat that
potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
H.R. 3288), H676 [26FE]
Rogers, Roy: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H241
[3FE]
Social Security: provide prisoner information obtained by States to
Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of
benefits, (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H3014 [7MY]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3744
[21MY]
------ 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]
------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
[7AU]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H7428 [7AU]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H9275
[1OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Federal Register: specify consistent and informative format for
notices of Federal agency rulemaking proposals, (see H.R. 4162),
H5403 [25JN]
Public lands: use of alternative arrangements for windstorm-damaged
national forests and grasslands in Texas, (see H.R. 4345), H6697
[29JY]
Letters
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act: Dwight M.
Bower, Idaho Dept. of Transportation, H1911 [1AP]
Lists
Organizations and individuals administering the American Heritage
Rivers Initiative, E2352<bullet> [19DE]
Papers
Good Politics, Bad Policy--Clinton's American Heritage Rivers
Initiative: Alex Annett, Heritage Foundation,
E2182<bullet>-E2185<bullet> [15OC]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to
discharge Committee on the Judiciary (House) from consideration
of veto, H6195 [23JY]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: implementation, E2182<bullet>
[15OC]
------ terminate further development and implementation,
E2352<bullet> [19DE]
------ terminate further development and implementation (H.R. 1842),
E2001<bullet> [9OC]
Armed Forces: funding of abortions for military personnel and
dependents at overseas military medical facilities, H3570 [20MY]
------ prohibit funding for assignment of duty at the U.N. Rapidly
Deployable Missions Headquarters, H3579 [20MY]
Budget: balance, H10522 [11OC]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11938 [18DE]
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation
of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
practices, H3031 [12MY]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, H10144 [8OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3570 [20MY], H3579 [20MY]
Dept. of the Interior: convey title for Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field
Station to the University of Idaho (S. 2505), H10338 [9OC]
------ Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project funding,
H6155 [22JY]
------ transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the
Burley Irrigation District (S. 538), H10602<bullet> [12OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6146 [22JY], H6147 [22JY], H6155 [22JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4193), consideration (H. Res.
504), H5974 [21JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Health Administration medical
care funding through offsets in FHA funding, H6550 [29JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10144 [8OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5769 [17JY], H6550 [29JY]
Education: allocation of funds, H10519 [11OC]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), H4451 [10JN], H4452 [10JN]
Federal Register: specify consistent and informative format for
notices of Federal agency rulemaking proposals (H.R. 4162),
E1501<bullet> [31JY]
Forest Service: road construction funding, H1676 [27MR], H1677
[27MR]
Forests: establish a program of recovery and protection and to
inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
their resources (H.R. 2515), H1676 [27MR], H1677 [27MR]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4096 [4JN]
Gallatin National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 3381), H8470 [23SE],
H8472 [23SE]
Idaho Admission Act: amend relative to sale or lease of school land
(H.R. 4166), H7761 [15SE]
IRS: restructure and reform, H1025 [11MR]
Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (H. Res. 144), H8474
[23SE], H8475 [23SE], H8477 [23SE]
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion
of acquisition of private mineral interests (H.R. 1659), H8473
[23SE], H8474 [23SE]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5974 [21JY]
National parks and recreation areas: Recreational Fee Demonstration
Programs extension, H6146 [22JY], H6147 [22JY]
National security: national missile defense system, H7435 [9SE]
Political campaigns: application of term ``express advocacy''
relative to communications providing voting records or positions
taken by candidates for public office, H5456 [14JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H5456
[14JY], H7308 [6AU]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing allotments, H3019-H3021
[11MY]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (H.R. 2604),
H4003 [3JN]
Rogue River National Forest: convey administrative site and use
proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and
support buildings (H.R. 3796), H4596<bullet> [16JN]
Routt National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 1021), H3033 [12MY],
H3034 [12MY]
Stanislaus National Forest, CA: establish a demonstration project
relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
management activities (H.R. 2886), H3032 [12MY]
Taxation: rates, H10523 [11OC]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4663 [17JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1911<bullet> [1AP]
Votes: correction, E348<bullet> [11MR], E949<bullet> [22MY],
E1524<bullet> [3AU]
------ position on missed, H1409<bullet> [24MR]
Wenatchee National Forest: transfer certain lands of the Lake
Chelan National Recreation Area (H.R. 3520), H4259 [9JN]
------ transfer certain lands of the Lake Chelan National Recreation
Area (S. 1683), H7438 [9SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1443 [24MR]
Political ethics: disclosure of personal information about
individuals associated with investigations of President Clinton,
H7929 [17SE]
Special order: granted, H1334 [19MR], H4546 [11JN], H5062 [23JN],
H10511 [10OC]
Tributes
Anderson, Jim, H3019-H3021 [11MY]
LaGrasse, Carol, E2001<bullet> [9OC]
Wilde, Kenneth G., H2933 [7MY]