[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
  Agreements
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), unanimous consent, S9389
        [30JY]
  Amendments
    Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
        2206), S9067 [27JY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620 [14SE]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5496 [14JY], H5497 [14JY],
        H5595 [15JY], H5634 [15JY], H5635 [15JY], H5739 [16JY], H5763
        [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5772 [17JY], H5774 [17JY], H5824 [17JY],
        H5860 [17JY], H6071 [21JY], H6187 [22JY], H6219 [23JY], H6244
        [23JY], H6264 [23JY], H6283 [23JY], H6454 [24JY], H6536 [29JY],
        H6542 [29JY], H6543 [29JY], H6546 [29JY], H6551 [29JY], H6563
        [29JY], H6564 [29JY], H6568 [29JY], H6571 [29JY], H6578 [29JY],
        H6584 [29JY], H6589 [29JY]
    ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
        501), H5650 [16JY]
    ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), S7351 [6JY], S7352 [6JY],
        S7360 [6JY], S7361 [6JY], S7362 [6JY], S7538 [7JY], S7585 [7JY],
        S7605 [7JY], S7683 [8JY], S7899 [9JY], S8331 [16JY], S8332
        [16JY], S8333 [16JY], S8334 [16JY], S8337 [16JY], S8339 [16JY],
        S8340 [16JY], S8352 [16JY], S8353 [16JY], S8361 [16JY], S8366
        [16JY], S8367 [16JY], S8405 [16JY], S8406 [16JY], S8407 [16JY],
        S8408 [16JY], S8411 [16JY], S8431 [17JY]
  Analyses
    American Homeownership Act (H.R. 3899), H10709-H10711 [13OC]
    Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act (H.R. 4838), E2283 [21OC]
  Appointments
    Conferees:  H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and
        sundry independent agencies appropriations, S9389 [30JY]
    ------ S. 2168, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
        independent agencies appropriations, S8374 [16JY]
    ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
        Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
        [24SE]
  Articles and editorials
    Robert C. Weaver, S1256 [3MR]
    Robert C. Weaver, 89, First Black Cabinet Member, Dies, S1256 [3MR]
    Vote Building, S8344 [16JY]
    Win-Win on Housing, H10709 [13OC]
  Bills and resolutions
    Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637, S.
        2178), S6405 [16JN], H2052 [1AP]
    Community Services Block Grant Program:  establish demonstration
        projects to determine the effects of asset-based welfare
        policies, (see H.R. 4254), H5736 [16JY]
    ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 4271), H5859 [17JY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
        [23JN], H3311 [14MY]
    Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relative to the
        mortgage lending process, (see S. 2223), S7172 [25JN]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations, (see S. 2168), S6295 [12JN], (see H.R.
        4194), H5491 [14JY]
    ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration, (see H. Res.
        501), H5592 [15JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
        conference report, (see H. Res. 574), H9536 [5OC]
    Federal Home Loan Bank System:  transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
        Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, (see S. 1986),
        S3585 [24AP]
    FHA:  require certain properties to be inspected and determined to
        comply with minimum property standards, (see H.R. 3750), H2605
        [29AP]
    Financial institutions:  insure mortgages for the acquisition,
        construction, or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see
        H.R. 3637, S. 2178), S6405 [16JN], H2052 [1AP]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H329 [4FE]
    ------ ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs are
        carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R. 3545),
        H1549 [25MR]
    ------ establish consensus committee for maintenance and revision of
        safety standards for manufactured home construction, (see S.
        2145), S5787 [9JN]
    ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
    ------ modernize requirements and establish consensus process for
        development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards
        for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634), H2052 [1AP]
    ------ occupancy standards for federally assisted housing relative
        to drug and alcohol abusers, (see H.R. 4543), H7583 [10SE]
    ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
        methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, (see
        H.R. 4551), H7617 [11SE]
    ------ provide affordable housing and community development
        assistance to certain rural areas, (see S. 2595), S11970 [8OC]
    ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
        participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
        H445 [11FE]
    ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
        H.R. 3435, S. 1877), S2719 [27MR], H1111 [11MR]
    ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
        conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
    Insurance:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
        insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H5402 [25JN]
    Puerto Rico:  provide for adequate insurance of mortgages on
        property, (see H.R. 3757), H2605 [29AP]
    Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
        S. 1700), S1255 [3MR]
    States:  grants to supplement assistance for the preservation of
        affordable housing for low-income families, (see H.R. 4838),
        H10917 [14OC]
  Conference reports
    Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
        Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
        Appropriations (H.R. 4194), H9359-H9437 [5OC]
  Letters
    Elderly Housing Program funding:  Horace B. Deets, AARP, S2888 [1AP]
    Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:  Alex
        Penelas, Mayor of Miami, FL, H720 [3MR]
    ------ Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Community Partnership for Homeless,
        Inc., H720 [3MR]
    ------ Andrew M. Cuomo, Sec. of HUD, H720 [3MR]
    ------ George C. Duggins, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H714
        [3MR]
    ------ Julie Sandorf, Corp. for Supportive Housing, H715 [3MR]
    ------ Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness &
        Poverty, H715 [3MR]
    ------ Nan Roman, National Alliance To End Homelessness, Inc., H714
        [3MR]
    ------ Paul S. Grogan, Local Initiatives Support Corp., H715 [3MR]
    ------ several organizations, H714 [3MR]
    Increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance:  Grover
        G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S8342
        [16JY]
    ------ Jack Kemp, S8344 [16JY]
    ------ National Taxpayers Union, S8343 [16JY]
    ------ several veterans organizations, S8346 [16JY]
    ------ Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, S8343 [16JY]
        Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, S8342 [16JY]
  Lists
    Supporters of H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and
        Flexibility Act, H714 [3MR]
  Memorandums
    Increase in Top Level of FHA Limits on Mortgage Insurance:  Ronald
        D. Utt, Heritage Foundation, S8342 [16JY]
  Messages
    Dept. of HUD Report:  President Clinton, S1254 [3MR], H731 [3MR]
  Motions
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6277 [23JY], H6590 [29JY]
    ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), S8365 [16JY], S8427 [17JY],
        S8430 [17JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H7714 [15SE]
  Press releases
    America's Most Vulnerable List--1.8 Million Poor Seniors and
        Children Locked Out of Nation's Housing, H5814 [17JY]
  Remarks in House
    Boston, MA:  economic development initiative grant for bicycle
        paths, E2000 [9OC]
    Campus of Learners Initiative:  tribute, E764 [5MY]
    Community Development Block Grant Program:  funding, H6277 [23JY]
    Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R.
        3880), E860 [14MY], E967 [22MY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
        [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
        H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
        conference report, H9647 [6OC]
    ------ reauthorize (H.R. 4271), E1338 [17JY]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  veterans extended care facilities
        construction funding through offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing
        Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program, H6563-H6568 [29JY],
        E1491 [31JY]
    ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
        offsets in FHA funding, H6546-H6551 [29JY]
    ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
        offsets in FHA funding, H7714-H7716 [15SE]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5743-H5826 [17JY], H5865
        [20JY], H6219-H6225 [23JY], H6242-H6277 [23JY], H6535-H6592
        [29JY], E1343 [17JY], E1344 [17JY], E1350 [20JY], E1401 [23JY],
        E1437 [24JY], E1450 [27JY], E1466 [30JY], E1469 [30JY], E1483
        [30JY], E1489 [31JY], E1491 [31JY], E1494 [31JY], E1495 [31JY],
        E1496 [31JY], E1497 [31JY], E1505 [31JY]
    ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
        501), H5642-H5651 [16JY]
    ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to recommit, H6590
        [29JY], H6591 [29JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H9595 [6OC], E2221 [16OC],
        E2241 [20OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference
        report, H9611-H9625 [6OC], E2000 [9OC] making appropriations
        (H.R. 4194), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574),
        H9597-H9611 [6OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to
        instruct conferees, H7714-H7716 [15SE]
    Fair Housing Initiatives Program:  funding, H5769 [17JY]
    Financial institutions:  regulations relative to lender paid
        mortgage broker fees, H6258 [23JY]
    Funding, H2674 [30AP], H2689 [30AP]
    Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
        217), H703-H722 [3MR], H883 [5MR], E353 [11MR]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5874-H5879
        [20JY]
    ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
        increase community control over such programs, H5642-H5649
        [16JY], H5814-H5821 [17JY], E1344 [17JY]
    ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
        increase community control over such programs, H9613-H9618
        [6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9621 [6OC], H9623 [6OC]
    ------ deregulation of public housing and rental assistance programs
        and increase community control over such programs, E1401 [23JY]
    ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10675 [13OC],
        H10691-H10711 [13OC], E887 [19MY], E2209 [15OC]
    ------ improve manufactured housing safety regulations,
        H10704-H10706 [13OC]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        H5645 [16JY], H5647 [16JY], H5752 [17JY]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        H9612 [6OC], H9621 [6OC]
    ------ low-income housing assistance programs funding, H1804 [31MR]
    ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
        of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5772 [17JY], H5773
        [17JY], E1343 [17JY]
    ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
        participation in shared housing arrangements (H.R. 3181), H410
        [11FE], H506 [24FE]
    ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
        conversions for elderly persons (H.R. 3635), E582 [2AP]
    Houston, TX:  expansion and improvement of field office, E1497
        [31JY]
    Inspector General's office:  independence, H10556 [11OC]
    Lakewood, OH:  anniversary of George Fedor Manor, E814 [12MY]
    Providence, RI:  tribute to Public Housing Authority, E772 [6MY]
    Public housing:  notify local government about proposed assisted
        multifamily housing projects, H9623 [6OC]
    Public Housing Drug Elimination Program:  funding, H9621 [6OC]
    Rental Assistance Voucher Program:  funding, H5763 [17JY], H5764
        [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5766 [17JY]
    States:  grants to supplement assistance for the preservation of
        affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 4838), E2283
        [21OC]
  Remarks in Senate
    Children's Development Commission:  establish (S. 2178), S6416-S6420
        [16JN]
    Community Development Financial Institutions Fund:  funding, S8443
        [17JY]
    Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
        2206), S7009 [24JN], S9067-S9087 [27JY], S9421 [30JY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
        S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC] reauthorize and amend
        (S. 2206), conference report--unanimous-consent agreement,
        S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
    Cooper, Cardell:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD, S12966
        [21OC]
    Cornerstone, Inc.:  construction of housing for the mentally ill in
        District of Columbia funding, S7559 [7JY]
    Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relative to the
        mortgage lending process (S. 2223), S7183 [25JN]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), insert S. 2168 language in
        lieu, S9389 [30JY]
    ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), S7344-S7348 [6JY],
        S7351-S7354 [6JY], S7538-S7564 [7JY], S7573 [7JY], S8330-S8374
        [16JY], S8425-S8447 [17JY], S8515 [17JY], S8548 [20JY]
    ----- making appropriations (S. 2168), unanimous-consent agreement,
        S7341 [6JY], S7548 [7JY], S8374 [16JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11358
        [2OC], S11833-S11847 [8OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194),
        conference report--unanimous-consent agreement, S11642 [6OC]
    Disasters:  assistance to Alabama, S3909 [30AP], S3910 [30AP]
    Economic Development Initiatives:  funding, S11837 [8OC]
    Elderly Housing Program:  funding, S2886-S2890 [1AP], S2961 [1AP],
        S3037 [2AP], S8368 [16JY]
    Federal Home Loan Bank System:  transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
        Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (S. 1986), S3589
        [24AP]
    Financial institutions:  insure mortgages for the acquisition,
        construction, or rehabilitation of child care facilities (S.
        2178), S6416-S6420 [16JN]
    Government regulations:  expedited public review and comment periods
        for new regulations, S8433 [17JY], S8434 [17JY]
    ------ provide extra points or preferences to grant applications
        from empowerment zones or enterprise communities, S8443 [17JY]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, S6501-S6503 [17JN]
    ------ allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform to
        Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
    ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
        increase community control over such programs, S11833 [8OC],
        S11837 [8OC], S11840-S11843 [8OC], S11845 [8OC]
    ------ establish consensus committee for maintenance and revision of
        safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 2145),
        S5787 [9JN], S5788 [9JN], S9548 [31JY]
    ------ establish consensus committee for maintenance and revision of
        safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 2145),
        S12639 [15OC]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        S8340-S8352 [16JY], S8428-S8430 [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
    ------ Mark-to-Market Program implementation, S7560 [7JY]
    ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
        of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S7559-S7561 [7JY],
        S8372-S8374 [16JY]
    ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
        of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S11838 [8OC]
    ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
        methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, S8366
        [16JY]
    ------ provide affordable housing and community development
        assistance to certain rural areas (S. 2595), S11988 [8OC]
    ------ provide affordable housing and expand homeownership
        opportunities, S8438 [17JY], S8441 [17JY]
    ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing (S.
        1877), S2724 [27MR], S2725 [27MR]
    Indiana University:  Midwest Proton Radiation Institute funding,
        S7559 [7JY]
    Lorain, OH:  conversion of St. Joseph's Hospital for non-hospital
        uses, S8435 [17JY]
    Lucas, Harold:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD, S12966
        [21OC]
    New Jersey:  Housing for Persons With AIDS Program funding, S2609
        [26MR]
    New York, NY:  contractual arrangements with New York City Housing
        Authority, S11840 [8OC], S11841 [8OC]
    Office of Lead Hazard:  funding, S8352 [16JY], S8353 [16JY]
    Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
        bloc, S12962 [21OC]
    Public Housing Drug Elimination Program:  funding, S11842 [8OC]
    Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate (S.
        1700), S1255-S1257 [3MR], S9530 [31JY]
    University of Cincinnati:  Medical Science Building rehabilitation
        funding under the Community Development Block Grant Program,
        S8434 [17JY], S8435 [17JY]
  Reports filed
    Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
        Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
        Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
    Community Services Block Grant Program Reauthorization:  Committee
        on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4271) (H. Rept.
        105-686), H7428 [7AU]
    Community Services Block Grant Program Reauthorization and
        Amendments:  Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S.
        2206) (S. Rept. 105-256), S8657 [21JY]
    Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans
        Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations:
         Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 574) (H. Rept. 105-777),
        H9536 [5OC]
    Consideration of H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and
        Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations:  Committee on Rules
        (House) (H. Res. 501) (H. Rept. 105-628), H5592 [15JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
        Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4194)
        (H. Rept. 105-610), H5491 [14JY]
    ----- Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2168) (S. Rept. 105-
        216), S6295 [12JN]
    ------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 4194) (H. Rept. 105-769), H9536
        [5OC]
    Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:
        Committee on Banking and Financial Service (House) (H.R. 217)
        (H. Rept. 105-407), H62 [27JA], H754 [3MR]
    Nomination of Cardell Cooper To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:  Committee
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of Harold Lucas To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:  Committee
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of Ira G. Peppercorn To Be Dept. of HUD Director of the
        Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring:
        Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate),
        S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of Saul N. Ramirez To Be Deputy Sec. of HUD:  Committee
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of William C. Apgar, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:
        Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate),
        S11970 [8OC]
    Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC:  Committee on
        Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1700), S8778 [22JY]
  Rulings of the Chair
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5773 [17JY], H6542 [29JY],
        H6570 [29JY]
  Summaries
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
        Appropriations (H.R. 4194):  Title V on Deregulation of Public
        Housing and Rental Assistance Programs and Increase Community
        Control Over Such Programs, H9614-H9616 [6OC]
  Tables
    Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4194, Depts. of
        Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
        appropriations, S11839 [8OC]
    Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2168, Depts. of
        Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
        appropriations, S8372 [16JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
        appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5745-H5749 [17JY]
  Texts of
    H. Con. Res. 208, access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, H5874 [20JY]
    H. Res. 501, consideration of H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs
        and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5642
        [16JY]
    H. Res. 574, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4194, Depts.
        of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
        appropriations, H9597 [6OC]
    H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility
        Act, H703-H712 [3MR]
    H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act, H10691-H10701 [13OC]
    S. 1700, Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC, S1256
        [3MR], S9530 [31JY]
    S. 1986, Federal Home Loan Bank System Regulatory Restructuring Act,
        S3589-S3591 [24AP]
    S. 2168, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent
        agencies appropriations, S8579-S8594 [20JY]
    S. 2178, Children's Development Commission Act, S6417-S6420 [16JN]
    S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
        Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
    ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
    S. 2595, Rural Recovery Act, S11988 [8OC]