[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
COOKSEY, JOHN (a Representative from Louisiana)
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]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2931 [6MY]
Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the
centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright
Brothers, (see H.R. 2305), H851 [4MR]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H3972 [22MY]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H1159 [12MR]
------ international cooperation in cases involving the illegal
abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see H. Con. Res.
224), H631 [25FE]
China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization,
(see H. Con. Res. 219), H1337 [19MR]
------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1236 [17MR]
Crime: prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
------ require reporting by Internet service providers of suspected
child abuse, (see H.R. 2173), H100 [28JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
guaranteed farm operating loans, (see H.R. 2145), H2055 [1AP]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H2237 [22AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and
leases, (see H.R. 3603), H2056 [1AP]
------ cost-of-living adjustment for compensation to veterans with
service-connected disabilities and improvements in education,
housing, and cemetery programs, (see H.R. 4110), H5594 [15JY]
------ 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), H4712 [17JN]
Drugs: conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
FAA: reevaluate medical equipment and make a decision relative to
automatic external defibrillators on aircraft, (see H.R. 2843),
H241 [3FE]
FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H851
[4MR]
Federal employees: allow use of medical savings accounts under
health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H3972 [22MY]
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]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9084 [26SE]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H6511 [28JY]
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, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5957 [20JY]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to
protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H1445 [24MR]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
groups of health care professionals with HMO's, (see H.R. 4277),
H7690 [14SE]
------ biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H904 [5MR]
------ 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), H6070 [21JY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
Insurance: assure patient choice and access to services for
enrollees in group health plans and health insurance coverage,
(see H.R. 3547), H1549 [25MR]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
IRS: improve access and increase equity for taxpayers, (see H.R.
2598), H1550 [25MR]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H755 [3MR]
Lewis and Clark expedition: 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), H6820 [30JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1643 [26MR]
------ award Congressional Gold Medal, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see
H.R. 3156), H2319 [23AP]
Medicare: reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4404), H8035 [17SE], (see H.R. 4370), H8627 [24SE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
3629), H4241 [5JN]
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]
National security: national missile defense system, (see H.R.
4402), H8035 [17SE]
Power resources: management of royalties from Federal and Outer
Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see H.R. 3334), H1643
[26MR]
Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing
public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Sandia National Laboratories: designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5594 [15JY]
Taxation: 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]
------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2056 [1AP]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil
depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
lowest rate, (see H.R. 3151), H678 [26FE]
------ increase personal income tax exemption, (see H.R. 3149), H678
[26FE]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H3247 [13MY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
------ treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax,
(see H.R. 3227), H496 [12FE]
------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
H2056 [1AP]
------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
(see H.R. 3667), H3972 [22MY]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H4479 [10JN]
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]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine validity of certain land
claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H1445 [24MR]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
------ enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
abroad, (see H.R. 3213), H495 [12FE]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Fillette, Gary, E832<bullet> [12MY]
Proclamations
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Mike Foster, Governor of
Louisiana, E2023<bullet> [10OC]
Remarks
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation
System funding, H6559 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6559 [29JY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E2023<bullet> [10OC]
Political campaigns: investigate campaign fundraising practices
relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
People's Republic of China, H3494 [20MY]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2127
[22AP]
Votes: position on missed, E528<bullet> [31MR]
Tributes
Blakeman, Henry W., Jr., E1774<bullet> [23SE]