[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
COMBEST, LARRY (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
Reform Act, H535 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
(see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
4265), H5858 [17JY]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4324 [9JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Budget: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H1112 [11MR]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): undertake an inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton, (see H. Res.
304), H7495 [9SE]
Commodity Exchange Act: limit CFTC authority to alter the
regulation of certain hybrid instruments and swap agreements,
(see H.R. 4507), H7414 [6AU]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
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 Transportation: prohibit from imposing regulations
relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H631 [25FE]
Drugs: conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H4479 [10JN]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H1644 [26MR]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
[11FE]
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), H5738 [16JY]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
Forest Service: reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
accountability through improved financial accounting system,
(see H.R. 4149), H5402 [25JN]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
small businesses, (see H.R. 3310), H1299 [18MR]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
defects, (see H.R. 1114), H386 [5FE]
------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
providers, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 1415), H631 [25FE]
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), H5859
[17JY]
Medicare: adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H4712 [17JN]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H5405 [25JN]
National Center for Bioengineering Research: establish, (see H.R.
4170), H10012 [7OC]
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: prevent lapses in
permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take certain actions in
response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
Postal Service: prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
452), H4165 [4JN]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
Social Security: payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H2119 [21AP]
------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
(see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2932
[6MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H6697
[29JY]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
(see H.R. 902), H10833 [13OC]
------ 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]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H2119 [21AP]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
Texas: authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
(see H.R. 3687), H7290 [5AU]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
U.N.: U.S. withdrawal, (see H.R. 1146), H64 [27JA]
Veterans: improve access to health care services for certain
Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Volunteer workers: eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H579 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
(see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4125 [4JN], H4128
[4JN]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H518 [24FE]
------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
H6927 [3AU]
------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
been designated as Federal disaster areas, H9332 [2OC]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9332
[2OC]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the
operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9127<bullet>
[28SE], H10797 [13OC]
Drought: disaster assistance to Texas, H6927 [3AU]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to
unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
H4125 [4JN], H4128 [4JN]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
H4128 [4JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H9176 [28SE]
Tributes
Roberts, James, E73<bullet> [3FE]