[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
HALL, TONY P. (a Representative from Ohio)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4962 [22JN], H4996 [23JN],
H5065 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3674 [21MY]
Articles and editorials
Bridge a Memorial to Tony Stein, Derek All, Dayton (OH) News,
E1704<bullet> [11SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H447 [11FE]
Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
designate, (see H.R. 4602), H8083 [18SE]
Children and youth: improve and extend child nutrition programs,
(see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H4835 [18JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H5494 [14JY]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
H3970 [22MY]
------ payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to
veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods
between terms, (see H.R. 4537), H7583 [10SE]
------ use portion of any national tobacco settlement to establish
trust fund for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine
dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4188), H5494
[14JY]
Developing countries: recognize the importance of providing access
to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5405 [25JN]
Federal aid programs: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on
additional children relative to the temporary assistance to
needy families program, (see H.R. 4066), H4880 [19JN]
Federal employees: modify the conditions that must be met before
certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
President, (see H.R. 3251), 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), H2052 [1AP],
(see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Health: expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
1111), H10353 [9OC]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5594
[15JY]
------ require approval of any payments from the reserve fund
designated for certain committee expenses, (see H. Res. 387),
H1236 [17MR]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H10077 [8OC]
Indonesia: 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: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1337 [19MR]
Kosovo: NATO military intervention relative to human rights
violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
Res. 561), H9274 [1OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
350), H447 [11FE]
------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
handguns, (see H.R. 218), H2318 [23AP]
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), H9722 [6OC]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H329 [4FE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: add to the list of days on which the
flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H851 [4MR]
Medicare: limit penalty for late enrollment, (see H.R. 676), H64
[27JA]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H8084 [18SE]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Paraga, Dobroslav: support efforts to bring about increased respect
for democratic and human rights in Croatia, (see H. Res. 375),
H1112 [11MR]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H7915 [16SE]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3366 [18MY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H3312 [14MY]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H1021 [10MR]
Social Security: investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
into program, (see H. Res. 340), H631 [25FE]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
(see H.R. 3247), H577 [24FE]
Taxation: allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
trades, (see H.R. 3110), H4325 [9JN]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H2236 [22AP]
------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2424 [28AP]
------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H1021 [10MR]
------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
3942), H5738 [16JY]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H11042 [16OC]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7803 [15SE]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3015 [7MY]
Veterans: determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H5594 [15JY]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5593 [15JY]
------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2120 [21AP]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H5298 [24JN]
Volunteer workers: exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H447 [11FE]
------ extend appropriations for programs under the National and
Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act,
(see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Air Force: reinvigorate science and technology functions, (see H.R.
3894), H3487 [19MY]
Aviation: tribute to individuals who contributed to the development
of supersonic flight technology, (see H. Con. Res. 319), H7290
[5AU]
Community Services Block Grant Program: establish demonstration
projects to determine the effects of asset-based welfare
policies, (see H.R. 4254), H5736 [16JY]
Dept. of Transportation: conduct a study on improving the safety of
persons present at roadside emergencies, (see H.R. 4171), H5403
[25JN]
Education: establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial
fellowship programs, (see H.R. 4665), H9274 [1OC]
Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
Letters
Removal of Postal Service as U.S. representative to the Universal
Postal Union: Coalition in Support of International Trade and
Competition, H5315<bullet> [25JN]
----- Representative Gilman, Committee on International Relations
(House), H5315<bullet> [25JN]
----- Susan G. Esserman, Executive Office of the President,
H5314<bullet> [25JN]
Tribute to Representative Tony Hall's effort to combat hunger:
Unity Against Hunger and Poverty (coalition), E2101 [12OC]
Lists
International Fund for Agricultural Development Desertification
Working Group recommendations, E1946<bullet> [8OC]
International Fund for Agricultural Development Microfinance Working
Group recommendations, E1946<bullet> [8OC]
International Fund for Agricultural Development Popular Coalition To
Eradicate Hunger and Poverty Working Group recommendations,
E1946<bullet> [8OC]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to
discharge Committee on the Judiciary (House) from consideration
of veto, H6200 [23JY]
Africa: bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania,
E1638<bullet> [7AU]
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
Res. 446), H3762 [22MY], H3765 [22MY], H3770 [22MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H519 [24FE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4997 [23JN]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4101), consideration (H. Res.
482), H4982 [23JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 567), H9316 [2OC]
AID: international disaster assistance programs funding, H7938
[17SE]
Air Force: reinvigorate science and technology functions (H.R.
3894), E900<bullet>-E903<bullet> [19MY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1788
[31MR], H1796 [31MR]
----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
(H.R. 3579), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 416),
H2673 [30AP]
Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the
centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright
Brothers, H7036<bullet> [4AU]
------ establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the
centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright
Brothers (S. 1397), H10860 [14OC]
Bandelier National Monument: modify boundary (S. 1132),
consideration (H. Res. 604), H11554 [20OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
H6507<bullet> [28JY]
China, People's Republic of: transfer of strategic nuclear missile
technology, H4743 [18JN]
Clinton, President: censure, H11803 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10106<bullet> [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11803 [18DE]
------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
Square during visit to the People's Republic of China (H. Con.
Res. 285), consideration (H. Res. 454), H4113 [4JN]
Committee on Education and the Workforce (House): provide special
authority relative to investigation of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters (H. Res. 507), H6755 [30JY], H6765
[30JY], H6766 [30JY]
Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
With the People's Republic of China (House, Select): establish
(H. Res. 463), consideration (H. Res. 476), H4743 [18JN]
----- transfer funds previously allocated for investigations, H4743
[18JN]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend (S.
2206), H7641<bullet> [14SE]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
H10206<bullet> [8OC]
Congress: waive enrollment requirements for certain legislation
(H.J. Res. 131), consideration (H. Res. 580), H10120 [8OC]
Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460),
consideration (H. Res. 368), H637 [26FE]
------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
3494), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4486 [11JN]
Dayton, OH: tribute to Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority,
E452<bullet> [24MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: emergency food assistance program funding for
food banks, H4997 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3681<bullet> [21MY]
------ making appropriations for military construction, family
housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
consideration (H. Res. 477), H4844 [19JN]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 385), H1582 [26MR]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res. 485), H5314<bullet> [25JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res. 501),
H5643 [16JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 574), H9600 [6OC]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4380),
consideration (H. Res. 517), H7331 [6AU], H7334 [6AU]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries (H.R. 4300), consideration (H. Res. 537), H7818 [16SE]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests (H.R. 2870), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1305 [19MR]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), H7036<bullet> [4AU]
Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness and
efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
(H.R. 3130), consideration (H. Res. 378), H865 [5MR]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
consideration (H. Res. 408), H2243 [23AP]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), consideration (H. Res. 542), H7938
[17SE], H7939 [17SE], H7944 [17SE]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1056<bullet> [11MR]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), H9110<bullet> [28SE]
Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in
lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'', H5304 [25JN], H5306
[25JN]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7641<bullet>
[14SE]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
H10206<bullet> [8OC]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res.
411), H2511 [29AP], H2515 [29AP]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
consider certain legislation (H. Res. 414), H2671 [30AP]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
and increase community control over such programs, H5643 [16JY]
Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 2863),
consideration (H. Res. 521), H7500 [10SE]
IMF: funding, H2673 [30AP], H7938 [17SE]
Immigration: extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
2578), consideration (H. Res. 391), H1484 [25MR]
International Fund for Agricultural Development: anniversary,
E1946<bullet> [8OC]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), consideration of Senate
amendments (H. Res. 457), H4283 [9JN]
Iraq: U.S. policy, H2673 [30AP]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 490), H5304 [25JN], H5306 [25JN]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: famine relief efforts,
E520<bullet> [30MR]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R.
4112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H8540
[24SE], H8546 [24SE]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7641<bullet> [14SE]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
H10206<bullet> [8OC]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive
efforts, H2936 [7MY]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
consideration (H. Res. 430), H3264 [14MY], H3271 [14MY]
Peace Corps Day: observance, E261<bullet> [3MR]
Postal Service: removal as U.S. representative to the Universal
Postal Union, H5314<bullet> [25JN]
Poverty: level of food banks supplies, E248<bullet> [26FE],
E390<bullet> [17MR], E394<bullet> [17MR]
Public lands: protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
trails (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9742 [7OC],
H9746 [7OC]
Public welfare programs: establish individual development accounts
for low-income families, H7641<bullet> [14SE]
------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, H3762 [22MY],
H3765 [22MY], H3770 [22MY]
Roads and highways: designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main
Street'' (S. 2133), consideration (H. Res. 604), H11554 [20OC]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
3267), consideration (H. Res. 500), H5541 [15JY], H5546 [15JY]
Sudan: allocation of foreign aid, H3978 [3JN]
------ allocation of foreign aid relative to famine, E1438<bullet>
[24JY]
Taxation: treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses
and farmers (H.R. 2450), E248<bullet> [26FE]
Votes: position on missed, H362<bullet> [5FE]
World War II: tribute to members of ``Ivory Soap'' project,
E2006<bullet> [9OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Foreign aid: tribute to Sudan trip, H4028 [3JN]
Reports
Empty Shelves--1998 Survey of U.S. Food Banks: by,
E248<bullet>-E250<bullet> [26FE]
Statements
Removal of Postal Service as U.S. Representative to the Universal
Postal Union: Dept. of State, H5314<bullet> [25JN]
Texts of
H.R. 3894, Air Force Science and Technology Reinvigoration Act,
E903<bullet> [19MY]
Tributes
Acevedo, Ingrid, E1695<bullet> [10SE]
Berry, John, Sr., E1038<bullet> [5JN]
Clements-Mann, Mary Lou, E1695<bullet> [10SE]
Fazio, Representative, H8540 [24SE], H8546 [24SE]
Gerety, Pierce, E1695<bullet> [10SE]
Glenn, Senator, E1976<bullet> [9OC], E2207<bullet> [15OC]
Hamilton, Representative, H9172<bullet> [28SE]
Laws, James G., E1287<bullet> [14JY]
Mann, Jonathan, E1695<bullet> [10SE]
Perk, Ralph J., E1173<bullet> [19JN]
Roberts, Tracey A., E452<bullet> [24MR]
Solomon, Representative, H9600 [6OC]
Stein, Tony, E1704<bullet> [11SE]
Stokes, Representative, E1446<bullet> [27JY]
Wright, Monique, E452<bullet> [24MR]