[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
FRANK, BARNEY (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Addresses
Committee of Concerned Journalists--An Overview: by, E53<bullet>
[28JA]
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3667 [21MY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5065 [23JN]
Articles and editorials
Dinner To Honor Nazarene Pastor, Robert J. Barcllos, New Bedford
(MA) Standard-Times, E2209<bullet> [15OC]
Starr Elects To Topple 1996 Election, Mickey Edwards, Boston (MA)
Herald, H10106<bullet> [8OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, (see H. Con. Res.
292), H7495 [9SE]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
Arms sales: establish international code of conduct with all
Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
Aviation: liability requirements for air carrier baggage, (see H.R.
3337), H902 [5MR]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
2094), H7414 [6AU]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, (see H.
Con. Res. 227), H1159 [12MR]
CERCLA: reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H755 [3MR]
Children and youth: facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by
National Child Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H2119 [21AP]
------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
H2053 [1AP]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements
for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H447 [11FE]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H2423 [28AP]
Colleges and universities: adopt licensing codes of conduct against
merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
(see H.R. 3755), H2605 [29AP]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend, (see
H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
Correctional institutions: test incarcerated persons for serious
transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
with corrections personnel, (see H.R. 2070), H631 [25FE]
Courts: enlarge jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to class
action lawsuits, (see H.R. 3789), H3106 [12MY]
Credit unions: require insured credit unions to meet the credit
needs of the community served by the credit union, (see H.R.
3439), H11023 [15OC]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H65 [27JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H1777 [30MR]
Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber production limits, (see H.R.
2898), H1112 [11MR]
------ procurement of domestic goods and services, (see H. Con. Res.
266), H3625 [20MY]
------ provide that appropriations for national defense functions
for fiscal year 1999 may not exceed the amount authorized for
fiscal year 1998, (see H.R. 3685), H2054 [1AP]
Dept. of Education: establish demonstration projects to ensure
equal educational opportunities for individuals with learning
disabilities at institutions of higher education, (see H.R.
3596), H3247 [13MY]
Dept. of HHS: Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
[23AP]
Dept. of HUD: establish program to eliminate redlining in the
insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
Dept. of the Interior: study on establishing a national historic
trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
3240), H1021 [10MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H9346 [2OC]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1021
[10MR]
Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic
chemical use and release in their communities and disclose
toxins in children's consumer products, (see H.R. 1636), H1159
[12MR]
------ facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
reduction with developing countries with tropical forests, (see
H.R. 2870), H904 [5MR]
Education: increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see
H.R. 3269), H755 [3MR]
Elections: allow States to use a proportional voting system for
multiseat congressional districts, (see H.R. 3068), H1550 [25MR]
------ requirements for candidates receiving Federal campaign
financing relative to participation in multicandidate forums,
(see H.R. 2478), H3488 [19MY]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H5736 [16JY]
Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN: designate,
(see H.R. 2836), H579 [24FE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child
labor, (see H.R. 4450), H7495 [9SE]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
H447 [11FE]
------ improve child care and family support services, (see H.R.
2713), H3105 [12MY]
------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care, (see H.R. 3292), H1299 [18MR] increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H903 [5MR]
FCC: establish moratorium on increases in cable television rates
and require study on rates and competition, (see H.R. 2757),
H330 [4FE]
Federal aid programs: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H11696 [20OC]
Federal employees: eligibility of certain appointees for
competitive status for purposes of transfer or reassignment,
(see H.R. 1874), H64 [27JA]
------ equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R. 3956), H5065
[23JN]
------ extend authority under which comparability allowances may be
paid to Government physicians, (see H.R. 2541), H579 [24FE]
------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
(see H.R. 3251), H1643 [26MR]
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: restore the stenographic
preference for recording depositions, (see H.R. 4221), H5593
[15JY]
Firearms: require check for restraining orders before the transfer
of a handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement, (see H.R. 3070), H447 [11FE]
------ purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H3744 [21MY]
Foreign aid: prohibit certain defense services to countries
ineligible for international military education and training
assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H2424 [28AP]
Foreign trade: impose certain sanctions on countries that use child
labor, (see H.R. 2678), H2318 [23AP]
------ prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of products
derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H65 [27JA]
------ require the marking of frozen produce with the country of
origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale, (see
H.R. 2332), H5405 [25JN]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
2789), H579 [24FE]
FRS: reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
Committee, (see H. Con. Res. 329), H9179 [28SE]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive
medical fund for Holocaust survivors, (see H. Con. Res. 112),
H65 [27JA]
Global March Against Child Labor: support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
[21MY]
Government: enhance the payments protections for subcontractors and
suppliers on Federal construction projects, (see H.R. 3032),
H3972 [22MY]
------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
(see H.R. 3099), H579 [24FE]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
[22MY]
Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want
under certain conditions, (see H.R. 746), H10011 [7OC]
------ biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H904 [5MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and
criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
H.R. 2953), H6697 [29JY]
------ training of students relative to identification and referral
of victims of domestic violence, (see H.R. 884), H2119 [21AP]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
------ trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for
forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H448 [11FE]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
3033), H65 [27JA]
------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
2955), H3105 [12MY]
------ permit local educational agencies to waive reimbursement for
aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend public secondary
schools, (see H.R. 4416), H7410 [6AU]
------ prohibit discrimination in the issuance of nonimmigrant
visas, (see H.R. 3597), H1776 [30MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
------ funding, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H. Res. 399), H2120
[21AP]
Indonesia: democracy efforts, (see H. Con. Res. 281), H4056 [3JN]
------ prohibit transfer of military equipment and supplies,
helicopters, and ammunition relative to free elections and human
rights conditions, (see H.R. 3918), H3624 [20MY]
------ support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con. Res.
258), H2606 [29AP]
Insurance: establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an
aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain
health benefit plans, (see H.R. 1807), H1550 [25MR]
------ limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
3538), H1643 [26MR]
------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
(see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5405
[25JN]
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), H8528 [23SE]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H5492 [14JY]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 315),
H7585 [10SE]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals, (see H.R.
3915), H7803 [15SE]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1337 [19MR]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: add to the list of days on which the
flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H1237
[17MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H2056 [1AP]
------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H7415 [6AU]
Medicare: clarify non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit
laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4648), H9084
[26SE]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H579
[24FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE],
(see H.R. 3567), H5493 [14JY], (see H.R. 4339), H7000 [3AU]
------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
H.R. 3570), H2120 [21AP]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H6487 [27JY]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H10011 [7OC]
------ payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical
equipment, (see H.R. 2671), H1699 [27MR]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H4712 [17JN]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
(see H.R. 4214), H6187 [22JY]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H8931 [25SE]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4370), H6879 [31JY]
------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
H1299 [18MR]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H579 [24FE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8528 [23SE]
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), H7585
[10SE]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
Res. 304), H7691 [14SE]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music, (see H. Con.
Res. 27), H851 [4MR]
National Days of Dialogue: support in association with the national
celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., (see H.
Con. Res. 195), H330 [4FE]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies, (see H.R.
3934), H3743 [21MY]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H1854 [31MR]
NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
3001), H6820 [30JY]
Nuclear weapons: recognize the security interests of the U.S. in
furthering complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479),
H4835 [18JN]
Older Americans Act: amend to provide for Federal-State performance
partnerships, consolidate nutrition programs, and extend
authorizations of appropriations, (see H.R. 1671), H3312 [14MY]
------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that
protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic
rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
Washington, and Wyoming, (see H.R. 1425), H64 [27JA]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
(see H.R. 2154), H64 [27JA]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and
restoration of infrastructure, (see H.R. 950), H64 [27JA]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Religion: support tolerance toward Muslims, (see H. Con. Res. 322),
H8528 [23SE]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
H.R. 3267), H1112 [11MR]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school
facilities, (see H.R. 1104), H386 [5FE]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly
consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social
Security and Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4084), H4834 [18JN]
------ warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and provide with
information that will help them protect themselves, (see H.R.
3134), H678 [26FE]
Small business: provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H7415 [6AU]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American
Museum, (see H.R. 773), H1236 [17MR]
Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the
beneficiary's death, (see H.R. 68), H5859 [17JY]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H678 [26FE]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
------ treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or
family members after death of beneficiary, (see H.R. 2944),
H5957 [20JY]
States: provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
children and increase allotments to territories under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H7585
[10SE]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2424 [28AP]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H7584 [10SE]
------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
individuals, (see H.R. 18), H7915 [16SE]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H579 [24FE]
------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2319 [23AP]
------ 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]
------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
4489), H8528 [23SE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
H.R. 4611), H8527 [23SE]
------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H6187
[22JY]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, (see H.R. 3102),
H386 [5FE]
------ treatment of real property tax reduction vouchers received by
senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work, (see H.R. 3841),
H3105 [12MY]
------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
(see H.R. 4563), H10833 [13OC]
------ treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned
income tax credit, (see H.R. 3995), H6453 [24JY]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H4479 [10JN]
Television: eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
------ promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace,
(see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
Tijuana, Mexico: improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
[12FE]
U.N. Commission on Human Rights: resolution relative to human
rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
H497 [12FE]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5737 [16JY]
------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
H.R. 2224), H1159 [12MR]
------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2053 [1AP]
Virgin Islands: commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
Independence Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the
National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
Water pollution: establish a national clean water trust fund, (see
H.R. 806), H241 [3FE]
------ estuary conservation and management programs funding, (see
H.R. 2670), H1236 [17MR]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish, (see H.R.
4398), H7495 [9SE]
World War II: encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
557), H9178 [28SE]
------ provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized
by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the
Holocaust, (see H.R. 2591), H65 [27JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of State: establish a Board of Visa Appeals, (see H.R. 4539),
H7583 [10SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: payment of benefits for smoking-related
illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
service, (see H.R. 4070), H4711 [17JN]
Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site: acquire certain
lands for inclusion, (see H.R. 3436), H1111 [11MR]
IMF: quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
3287), H676 [26FE]
Public Safety and Community Policing Grants: reauthorize, (see H.R.
4743), H10075 [8OC]
Social Security: allow for distribution of the lump sum death
payment, in the absence of a widow or widower or surviving
children, to any other person as certified by the deceased
worker, (see H.R. 3739), H2423 [28AP]
Commentaries
BankBoston Corp.'s diversity program, E772<bullet> [6MY]
Descriptions
Rescue Efforts of Jodi C. Roderick, R. Stephen Morrison, and Marc M.
Meunier During Incident Involving Leslie L. and Helene E.
Faulkner, E830<bullet> [12MY]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Makuch, Leah, E722<bullet> [30AP]
Letters
Inquiry into Fleet Reserve Association insurance claim: Lynne Exe,
E245<bullet> [26FE]
Motions
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3694 [21MY], H3712 [21MY]
Proclamations
Frederick Douglass Day: New Bedford, MA, E1726<bullet> [15SE]
Proposals
Support existing Federal legal process for determining safety and
efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
purposes: Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7725 [15SE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5004 [23JN], H5005 [23JN],
H5006 [23JN]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1793
[31MR]
----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
(H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2289 [23AP]
BankBoston Corp.: inclusion of gay and lesbian workers in diversity
program, E772<bullet> [6MY]
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 462),
H4350 [10JN]
Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act: invalidate entire legislation if
any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4805
[18JN], H4806 [18JN]
Bono, Sonny: tribute (H. Res. 338), H16 [27JA]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, H3499
[20MY], H3694 [21MY], H3695 [21MY], H3713 [21MY]
------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 227), H1262
[18MR]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6108 [22JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11780 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10096 [8OC],
H10106<bullet> [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11780 [18DE]
------ urge full cooperation by former political appointees,
friends, and associates with congressional investigations (H.
Res. 433), H3648 [21MY], H3653 [21MY]
Columbia University: tribute to forum on responsible journalism,
E53<bullet> [28JA]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): use of additional funds for
investigations, H1410 [24MR], H1411 [24MR]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
3783), H9908 [7OC], H9910 [7OC]
Copyrights: duration of protection (H.R. 2589), H1458 [25MR], H1472
[25MR], H1477 [25MR], H1478 [25MR], H1480 [25MR]
------ prevent the misappropriation of collections of information
(H.R. 2652), H3401 [19MY], H3402 [19MY], H3403 [19MY]
------ reform music licensing practices and fees, H1472 [25MR],
H1477 [25MR], H1478 [25MR], H1480 [25MR]
Correctional institutions: use of Federal prison labor relative to
human rights violations and commercial competition for products,
H4888 [22JN], H4889 [22JN]
Courts: confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial
proceedings, H2270 [23AP], H2272 [23AP]
------ enforcement of child custody and visitation orders (H.R.
4164), H5438 [14JY]
------ limit Federal authority to force State and local governments
to assess, levy, or collect taxes, H2262 [23AP]
------ limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
release orders, H2273 [23AP], H2274 [23AP]
------ prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of
unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents
established in the Federal judicial circuits (H.R. 1544), H592
[25FE]
------ public availability of civil case settlements in which the
Government or its employees is a litigant, H2282 [23AP], H2283
[23AP]
------ require only Federal agencies which administer benefit
programs or enforce the tax code to adhere to precedents
established in Federal judicial circuits, H592 [25FE]
Crime: limit definition of racketeering to profit-seeking purposes
or criminal offenses, H2285 [23AP], H2286 [23AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend time period for rulemaking on milk
marketing orders system, H5004 [23JN], H5005 [23JN], H5006
[23JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3676 [21MY], H3694 [21MY], H3695 [21MY], H3713 [21MY]
----- authorizing appropriations for military activities and
prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration (H.
Res. 441), H3499 [20MY]
------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
H8566 [24SE]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), H5228 [24JN]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3303), H4888
[22JN], H4889 [22JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain
uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5704 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5704 [16JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7249 [5AU], H7257
[5AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5773 [17JY], H6267 [23JY],
H6573 [29JY]
Drugs: support existing Federal legal process for determining
safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
medicinal purposes (H.J. Res. 117), H7723 [15SE], H7724 [15SE]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), H4444 [10JN], H4445 [10JN]
Exe, Lynne: inquiry into Fleet Reserve Association insurance claim,
E244<bullet> [26FE]
Executive Office of the President: repeal Executive Order on equal
employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7249
[5AU], H7254 [5AU], H7257 [5AU]
Fall River, MA: tribute to McCarrick Elementary School on receipt
of International Reading Association Title I Recognition Award,
E761<bullet> [5MY]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
H3042 [12MY]
Federal courts: allow the face and voice of witnesses to be
disguised during broadcast coverage of trial proceedings, H2268
[23AP]
------ authority to bring a motion to reassign a case, H2263 [23AP]
------ improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252), H2244
[23AP], H2246 [23AP], H2262 [23AP], H2263 [23AP], H2268 [23AP],
H2270 [23AP], H2272 [23AP], H2273 [23AP], H2274 [23AP], H2279
[23AP], H2282 [23AP], H2283 [23AP], H2285 [23AP], H2286 [23AP]
improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252), consideration
(H. Res. 408), H2243 [23AP]
Federal employees: provide cost-of-living allowances to judges,
H2279 [23AP]
Financial institutions: allow operating subsidiaries to offer
certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
consumer protections, H3185 [13MY]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), H3185 [13MY]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4091 [4JN]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, H6573
[29JY], H7249 [5AU], H7254 [5AU]
Homosexuality: permit schools to educate about tolerance and
prejudice, H10815 [13OC]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H5476 [14JY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5875 [20JY],
H5877 [20JY], H5878 [20JY]
IMF: funding, H2289 [23AP]
Immigration: extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
2578), H1496 [25MR], H1497 [25MR], H1498 [25MR]
------ increase nonimmigrant visa refusal rate applicable under the
Visa Waiver Pilot Program, H1496 [25MR], H1497 [25MR], H1498
[25MR]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
H2960 [7MY], H2961 [7MY], H2965 [7MY]
Madrid Protocol: implementation of agreement on the international
registration of trademarks (H.R. 567), H2756 [5MY]
Meunier, Marc M.: Carnegie Commission Hero Fund medal recipient,
E830<bullet> [12MY]
NATO: limit U.S. funding relative to expansion or admission costs,
H3676 [21MY]
New Bedford, MA: observance of Frederick Douglass Day,
E1726<bullet> [15SE]
Newton Upper Falls, MA: tribute to partnership between Targeted
Marketing Solutions, Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service,
E1837<bullet> [28SE]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal, H5004 [23JN], H5005
[23JN], H5006 [23JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, H2149 [22AP], H3654 [21MY], H4695 [17JN]
Patent and Trademark Office: funding for salaries and expenses
(H.R. 3723), H3041 [12MY]
Patents: protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
parts (H.R. 1197), H10260 [9OC]
Point of order, H3503 [20MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H4805 [18JN], H4806 [18JN], H4812 [18JN]
------ investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to
transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to People's
Republic of China, H3648 [21MY]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4805
[18JN], H4806 [18JN]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4806
[18JN]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
(H.J. Res. 107), consideration (H. Res. 345), H280 [4FE], H281
[4FE]
Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (H.R.
4090), H7440 [9SE]
Shepard, Matthew: condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
of hate crimes, H10815 [13OC]
Space policy: space station program funding, H6267 [23JY]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
H2144 [22AP], H2146 [22AP], H2147 [22AP], H2148 [22AP], H2149
[22AP]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
implementation (H.R. 2281), H7092 [4AU], H7100 [4AU], H7101
[4AU]
------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10618 [12OC]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), H7092 [4AU], H7100 [4AU],
H7101 [4AU]
------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10618 [12OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1443 [24MR], H10831 [13OC]
Statements
BankBoston Corp.'s Diversity Program: Chad Gifford and Henrique
Meirelles, BankBoston Corp., E772<bullet> [6MY]
Tributes
Barrier, John E., E689<bullet> [28AP]
Chavier, Manuel, E2209<bullet> [15OC]