[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Bills and resolutions
Comptroller General: reform appointment process for the Comptroller
General and Deputy Comptroller General, (see H.R. 4296), H6185
[22JY]
Foreign countries: require GAO report on effectiveness of economic
sanctions and prohibit imposition of unilateral sanctions on
exports of food, agricultural products, medicines, or medical
supplies or equipment, (see H.R. 4704), H9536 [5OC]
Letters
Amtrak appropriations and management reform, H6713-H6715 [29JY]
Federal agency strategic plans and performance reports, H1125 [12MR]
GAO report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
programs along the Southwest border: Senator Feinstein, S10334
[15SE]
Prohibit Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
sanctions of the President's Task Force on National Health Care
Reform, H290-H292 [4FE]
Notices
Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to
amending procedural rules to cover GAO and Library of Congress
employees, S86-S88 [28JA], S720-S722 [12FE], S1253 [3MR], S4818
[13MY], H382-H384 [5FE], H568-H570 [24FE], H753 [3MR], H3740
[21MY]
Questions and answers
Reform appointment process for the Comptroller General and Deputy
Comptroller General, E1377 [22JY]
Remarks in House
Bankruptcy: conduct study of impact on bankruptcy rate of extension
of credit to dependent college students, H4408 [10JN], H4409
[10JN]
Children and youth: GAO report on use of child labor in
agriculture, E1785 [23SE], E1786 [23SE]
Coins: study use of either the image of Sacajawea or the Statue of
Liberty on the new one dollar coin, H10325 [9OC]
Comptroller General: reform appointment process for the Comptroller
General and Deputy Comptroller General (H.R. 4296), E1377 [22JY]
Dept. of Defense: assess the impact of the Micropurchase Program
and the advisability of increasing the purchase threshold, H3708
[21MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reallocation of certain veteran health
care resources relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY],
H6262 [23JY], H6263 [23JY]
District of Columbia: environmental study of Lorton Correctional
Complex property, H7345 [6AU]
Financial institutions: GAO study of economic impact from increased
competition, H3213 [13MY]
------ GAO study on limiting fees or costs incurred by customers
acquiring financial products, H3218 [13MY]
Forest Service: funding, H1559 [26MR]
Government: departmental audits, H5048 [23JN]
Terrorism: U.S. policy, E1843 [28SE]
Remarks in Senate
Comptroller General: selection, S8458 [17JY]
Customs Service: report on drug interdiction and enforcement
programs along the Southwest border, S10332-S10335 [15SE]
Dept. of Commerce: consolidation and placement of Patent and
Trademark Office's expiring leases, S2562 [25MR], S2563 [25MR]
Dept. of Defense: F/A-18E/F aircraft program review, S7004 [24JN]
Federal employees: staffing levels, S8458 [17JY]
FRS: promote accountability and the public interest in operations,
S10755 [23SE]
Health: report on private health insurance and Health Care
Financing Administration, S9064 [27JY]
Insurance: release of report on private and employer-based health
insurance, S6633 [18JN]
------ release of report ``Private Health Insurance--Impact of
Premium Increases on the Number of Covered Individuals Is
Uncertain'', S9606 [31JY]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en
bloc, S12962 [21OC]
Reports
Executive Office of the President--Procedures For Acquiring Access
to and Safeguarding Intelligence Information, H10108-H10111
[8OC]
Health Insurance Standards--New Federal Law Creates Challenges for
Consumers, Insurers, Regulators, S1662 [9MR]
Reports filed
Nomination of David M. Walker To Be Comptroller General: Committee
on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S12163 [9OC]
Statements
GAO Report on Use of Child Labor in Agriculture: Alexis M. Herman,
Sec. of Labor, E1785 [23SE]
------ L. Diane Mull, Association of Farmworker Opportunity
Programs, E1786 [23SE]
Summaries
Condition of BIA Schools Report, S2912 [1AP]
Private and Employer-Based Health Insurance Report, S6634 [18JN]
Testimonies
Military Readiness--Observations on Personnel Readiness in Later
Deploying Army Divisions, H2788-H2791 [5MY]
Tributes
Peach, J. Dexter, S328 [3FE]