[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
EHLERS, VERNON J. (a Representative from Michigan)
Appointments
Steven Schiff funeral attendees, H1721 [30MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see H.R. 619), H4879 [19JN]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1550 [25MR]
Automobile National Heritage Area: authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
H3624 [20MY]
Birds: establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6186 [22JY]
Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI: designate, (see H.R.
3808), H3013 [7MY]
CERCLA: Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
Technology Development: establish, (see H.R. 3007), H1112
[11MR]
Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
Internet or interactive computer services, (see H.R. 1054),
H3488 [19MY], (see H.R. 3849), H3489 [19MY]
Crime: expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605
[29AP]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
H2054 [1AP]
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 Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H3247 [13MY]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
Education: allow a Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses,
(see H.R. 3282), H676 [26FE]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H448
[11FE]
FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H851
[4MR]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4056 [3JN],
(see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5859
[17JY]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8083 [18SE]
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), H5493 [14JY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1643 [26MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H8084
[18SE]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
residential facilities, (see H.R. 4155), H5403 [25JN]
------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H3488
[19MY]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H5297 [24JN]
------ respond to requests of skilled nursing facilities for private
accreditation in the same manner as for other providers of
services, (see H.R. 4075), H5405 [25JN]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8035 [17SE]
National Environmental Education Act: extend programs, (see H.R.
3441), H2319 [23AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H630 [25FE]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4835 [18JN]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5405 [25JN]
Sandia National Laboratories: designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.: establish, (see H.R. 3147), H447 [11FE]
Taxation: allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
trades, (see H.R. 3110), H2120 [21AP]
------ collection and payment of State taxes imposed on motor fuel
sold on Indian lands, (see H.R. 3966), H3971 [22MY]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1237 [17MR]
------ increase child tax credit for certain children and allow such
credit against the alternative minimum tax, (see H.R. 3583),
H5594 [15JY]
------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
(see H.R. 2613), H4880 [19JN]
------ 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), H7915 [16SE]
------ 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), H2120 [21AP]
------ treatment of benefits to retired coal miners, (see H.R.
2231), H2056 [1AP]
------ treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in
connection with delinquent real property taxes, (see H.R. 4069),
H4711 [17JN]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H755 [3MR]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H755 [3MR], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4211),
H6454 [24JY]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
[9SE]
``Unlocking Our Future--Toward a New National Science Policy'': use
as framework for future deliberations on science policy funding,
(see H. Res. 578), H10011 [7OC]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs
funding, (see H.R. 2670), H2706 [30AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
Sierra Leone: human rights violations, (see H. Res. 559), H9178
[28SE]
Remarks
Budget: balance, H11027 [16OC]
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: tribute, E1570<bullet>
[7AU]
Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter
irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H.
Res. 355), H453 [12FE], H454 [12FE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H11027 [16OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6537 [29JY]
Education: national policy to improve system, H703 [3MR]
FEC: expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1759 [30MR]
Fleischmann, Shirley: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching Michigan Professor of the Year award recipient,
E1965<bullet> [8OC]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, H10326
[9OC]
Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of
fisheries and other natural resources (H.R. 1481), H8468 [23SE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10326 [9OC]
NSF: funding, H6537 [29JY]
Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
transportation trust funds, H1899 [1AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H5940 [20JY]
Schiff, Steven: tribute (H. Res. 395), H1505 [25MR]
Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (H.R.
922), H1383 [24MR]
Sierra Leone: human rights violations (H. Res. 559), H10434 [10OC]
States: minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
projects, H1899 [1AP]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1899 [1AP]
``Unlocking Our Future--Toward a New National Science Policy'': use
as framework for future deliberations on science policy funding
(H. Res. 578), H10151 [8OC]
Voting: require proof of citizenship and Social Security number to
register and repeal mandate that States provide mail voter
registration, H5940 [20JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H9719 [6OC], H10349 [9OC], H11041 [16OC]