[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
CRAPO, MICHAEL D. (a Representative from Idaho)
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: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2931 [6MY]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4324 [9JN]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H4479 [10JN]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H904 [5MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H4479 [10JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H4325 [9JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use portion of any national tobacco
settlement to establish trust fund for smoking-related illnesses
caused by nicotine dependence developed during service, (see
H.R. 4188), H5494 [14JY]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H1337 [19MR]
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]
Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
------ 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), H5494 [14JY]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H6880 [31JY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H4835 [18JN]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H.R. 4196), H7494 [9SE]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2814
[5MY]
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), H3105 [12MY]
Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building, Provo, UT: designate, (see
H.R. 3120), H386 [5FE]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H9722 [6OC]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H6487 [27JY]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H1299 [18MR]
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), H1445 [24MR]
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]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H3744 [21MY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H6070 [21JY]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H3014 [7MY]
Taxation: capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5957 [20JY]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3972
[22MY]
------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
4399), H7290 [5AU]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
[14MY]
------ reduce tax rate for single filers, eliminate marriage penalty
and change date for filing of Federal income tax returns, (see
H.R. 2718), H904 [5MR]
------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H496
[12FE]
------ 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), H1379 [23MR]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H631
[25FE], (see H.R. 2483), H5593 [15JY]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
1891), H329 [4FE]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
Telephones: promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
networks, (see H.R. 3844), H3105 [12MY]
------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3972 [22MY]
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]
Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to
State water rights adjudications, (see H.R. 3557), H1549 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
FTC: regulation of dietary ingredient and supplement
advertisements, (see H.R. 4581), H7914 [16SE]
Idaho Admission Act: amend relative to sale or lease of school
land, (see H.R. 4166), H5403 [25JN]
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: establish
Natural Resources Institute, (see H.R. 4593), H8035 [17SE]
Tariff: semiconductor plating lines, (see H.R. 3374), H903 [5MR]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Burtenshaw, Amanda, E615<bullet> [22AP]
Remarks
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals
without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846),
H352<bullet> [5FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish International Centers for Environmental
Safety, E1941<bullet> [8OC]
------ Nuclear Energy Research Initiative funding, H4939 [22JN],
E1200<bullet> [23JN]
Dept. of the Interior: convey title for Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field
Station to the University of Idaho (S. 2505), E2142<bullet>
[13OC]
------ transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the
Burley Irrigation District (S. 538), H10603<bullet> [12OC]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
H4939 [22JN], E1200<bullet> [23JN]
FTC: regulation of dietary ingredient and supplement advertisements
(H.R. 4581), E1732<bullet> [16SE]
Idaho Admission Act: amend relative to sale or lease of school land
(H.R. 4166), H7760 [15SE]
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: establish
Natural Resources Institute (H.R. 4593), E1744<bullet> [17SE]
Street, Picabo: tribute for participation in Olympic games,
E131<bullet> [11FE]
Votes: position on missed, E1750<bullet> [17SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H5062 [23JN]
Tributes
Sullivan, J. Kirk, H5043 [23JN]