[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
GREENWOOD, JAMES C. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10142 [8OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5634 [15JY]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 2073, National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children appropriations, H9507 [5OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H4325
[9JN]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see H.R. 619), H7414 [6AU]
------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
H.R. 1202), H11705 [21OC]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Business and industry: improve competitiveness of U.S. business and
promote foreign commerce, (see H.R. 4353), H7585 [10SE]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H3625 [20MY]
------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Colleges and universities: encourage adoption of a code of
principles to change the culture of alcohol consumption on
college campuses, (see H. Res. 321), H3106 [12MY]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize, (see H.R.
4271), H5859 [17JY]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
H.R. 3783), H2705 [30AP]
Congressional Research Service: make certain information available
to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H1445 [24MR]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H678 [26FE]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H3744 [21MY]
------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H3488
[19MY]
David P. Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA:
designate, (see H.R. 3999), H5594 [15JY]
Dept. of HHS: revise and extend certain women's health research and
prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
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),
H4056 [3JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H3312 [14MY]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit from imposing regulations
relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H2120 [21AP]
Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia, PA:
designate, (see H.R. 3939), H5594 [15JY]
Education: dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H7178 [4AU]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State
participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8627 [24SE]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H63
[27JA]
------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see
H.R. 4383), H6999 [3AU]
Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be
valid in all States, (see H.R. 339), H2931 [6MY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
Freeman Hankins Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate,
(see H.R. 4002), H5594 [15JY]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5405 [25JN]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument: revise boundaries,
(see H.R. 3981), H4712 [17JN]
H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Aspinwall, PA: designate, (see H.R. 2775), H1112 [11MR]
Head Start Act: amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1550
[25MR]
------ establish a national registry of information on traumatic
brain and spinal cord injuries, (see H.R. 4800), H10513 [10OC]
------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121), H6454
[24JY]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
(see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
[22MY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
[19MY]
------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H7617 [11SE]
Independence National Historical Park: authorize the Gateway
Visitor Center, (see H.R. 4109), H5594 [15JY]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
Res. 258), H4242 [5JN]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H385 [5FE]
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]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting
carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 339), H2931 [6MY]
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), H1550 [25MR]
Max Weiner Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate, (see
H.R. 4003), H5594 [15JY]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
[20JY]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2814
[5MY]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
National Environmental Education Act: extend programs, (see H.R.
3441), H1111 [11MR]
National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at
veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H241 [3FE]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H8084 [18SE]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H6697 [29JY]
NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
3001), H2931 [6MY]
NRC: authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 2183), H579 [24FE], (see H.R. 3526), H2120 [21AP]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4629 [16JN]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H498 [12FE]
Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor, (see
H.R. 2263), H241 [3FE]
Roxanne H. Jones Post Office, Philadelphia, PA: designate, (see
H.R. 4001), H5594 [15JY]
Rural areas: pilot program to facilitate the protection and
preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
Atlantic States, (see H.R. 3566), H3312 [14MY]
Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H851 [4MR]
Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H7414 [6AU]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H7585 [10SE]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
------ exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the
computation of capital gains relative to the earned income
credit, (see H.R. 1800), H2055 [1AP]
------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H498
[12FE]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1237 [17MR]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H1236 [17MR]
------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H1700 [27MR]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
4579), H8528 [23SE]
------ 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), H7691 [14SE]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H7415 [6AU]
------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H3625 [20MY]
------ treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm
rental income, (see H.R. 1261), H851 [4MR]
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), H4629 [16JN]
Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA: designate,
(see H.R. 4000), H5594 [15JY]
Valley Forge National Historical Park: designate lands as the
Valley Forge National Cemetery, (see H.R. 4365), H6879 [31JY]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H7584 [10SE]
------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H1777
[30MR]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Volunteer workers: exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H447 [11FE]
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient
financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
WIC: improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
3874), H5064 [23JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that
are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health
Service, (see H.R. 4744), H10075 [8OC]
Birds: establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6186 [22JY]
Federal aid programs: correct law relative to termination of
benefits for convicted persons, (see H.R. 3096), H62 [27JA]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H5492 [14JY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H1854 [31MR]
Postal Service: application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
any other employer, (see H.R. 3725), H2317 [23AP]
Taxation: election of deduction in lieu of a basis increase for
debt secured by property with an original issue discount and
held by a cash method taxpayer, (see H.R. 3656), H2053 [1AP]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to
discharge Committee on the Judiciary (House) from consideration
of veto, H6196 [23JY], H6197 [23JY]
Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act: invalidate entire legislation if
any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4804
[18JN]
Birds: establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
birds, H6038 [21JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11833 [18DE]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
3783), H9908 [7OC]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, H10143 [8OC], H10144
[8OC], H10146 [8OC]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R.
3), H7745<bullet> [15SE]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H5531
[15JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3712<bullet> [21MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6038 [21JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10143 [8OC], H10144 [8OC], H10146
[8OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6242 [23JY]
EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
H6242 [23JY]
Federal aid programs: correct law relative to termination of
benefits for convicted persons (H.R. 3096), H1402 [24MR], H1403
[24MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding (H. Res. 399),
H4601 [16JN]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing
appropriations (H.R. 1818), H7745<bullet> [15SE]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing
appropriations (S. 2073), H7745<bullet> [15SE]
Political campaigns: clarify that certain communications from
citizen groups are exempt from express advocacy requirements,
H6801 [30JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4804
[18JN], H4805 [18JN], H6801 [30JY], H6807 [30JY], H6940 [3AU]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4805 [18JN]
Postal Service: application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
any other employer (H.R. 3725), E651<bullet> [23AP]
Public lands: protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
trails (H.R. 4570), H9753 [7OC]
Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute, E762<bullet>
[5MY]
Votes: position on missed, E1558<bullet> [5AU]
Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
Security number to register to vote, H6807 [30JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1850 [31MR]
Special order: granted, H2112 [21AP], H10916 [14OC]
Tributes
Eisenhart, Henry E., H1451 [25MR]