[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
HILLIARD, EARL F. (a Representative from Alabama)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
Agriculture: provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and
promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H8528 [23SE]
Armed Forces: anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294),
H4961 [22JN]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2318 [23AP]
Army: close School of the Americas, (see H.R. 611), H2706 [30AP]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3146), H240 [3FE]
Birds: establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6820 [30JY]
Budget: authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions, (see H.R. 1321), H6697 [29JY]
------ establish a budget reserve account for emergencies, (see H.R.
457), H6820 [30JY]
Business and industry: promote youth entrepreneurship education and
training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
Census: collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
------ provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the
decennial census, (see H.R. 2081), H2423 [28AP]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday, (see H.J. Res. 65), H2056
[1AP]
Children and youth: prevent teenage driving while under the
influence of drugs, (see H.R. 3799), H4479 [10JN]
------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
(see H.R. 4621), H9723 [6OC]
------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
3831), H5064 [23JN]
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see H.R. 3637),
H3312 [14MY]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H3625 [20MY]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend, (see
H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
Computers: provide that actions, including ones to recover damages,
resulting from a computer date failure shall be deemed to be
based solely in contract when certain conditions have been met,
(see H.R. 4240), H6070 [21JY]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H3744
[21MY]
Courts: applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
H10010 [7OC]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H5297 [24JN]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
Res. 212), H1237 [17MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6487 [27JY]
------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
[19MR]
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]
------ make grants for postsecondary information technology
education and employment assistance projects, (see H.R. 3896),
H3488 [19MY]
Dept. of HHS: carry out a national public awareness campaign on
colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
------ collection of information relative to the use of mentally
disabled children and individuals in biomedical and behavioral
research, (see H.R. 4135), H6698 [29JY]
------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
------ ensure individuals who undertake federally funded research
and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements, (see
H.R. 3758), H7415 [6AU]
------ 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), H11705 [21OC]
------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637), H3312
[14MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H3744 [21MY]
Dept. of the Interior: collection of royalties from oil companies
for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3013 [7MY]
------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240), H851
[4MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H9084
[26SE]
Dept. of Transportation: make nonmilitary Government aircraft
subject to safety regulations, (see H.R. 1483), H7414 [6AU]
Developing countries: recognize the importance of providing access
to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5405 [25JN]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
(see H.R. 3517), H2931 [6MY]
------ Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H2318 [23AP]
------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H2931 [6MY]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and citizens'
associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
------ promote environmental justice, public health, and pollution
reduction efforts, (see H.R. 4584), H11696 [20OC]
Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to
develop their capabilities, (see H.R. 4127), H9275 [1OC]
------ grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
4552), H9537 [5OC]
------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
3269), H755 [3MR]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State
participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H8932 [25SE]
EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, (see
H.R. 536), H6186 [22JY]
ExploraVision Awards Program: tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 279),
H9188 [29SE]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H5405
[25JN]
------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
FBI: appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel
actions, (see H.R. 3614), H3024 [11MY]
FDA: require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see
H.R. 3462), H3972 [22MY]
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]
------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates,
(see H.R. 4692), H9537 [5OC]
Federal contracts: require employers to provide health care
benefits, (see H.R. 4278), H5956 [20JY]
Federal employees: increase leave time relative to services as an
organ donor, (see H.R. 2943), H65 [27JA]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H4835 [18JN]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H6511 [28JY]
Forest Service: reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
accountability through improved financial accounting system,
(see H.R. 4149), H6511 [28JY]
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), H8932 [25SE]
FRS: include money laundering activities in the consideration of
certain applications, (see H.R. 3760), H2814 [5MY]
Gambling: require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see H.R.
4340), H7585 [10SE]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Global March Against Child Labor: support, (see H. Res. 444), H4056
[3JN]
Government: procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
Res. 313), H1777 [30MR]
Guyana: elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H851 [4MR]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers
and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
H.R. 3862), H6070 [21JY]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972
[22MY]
Health: develop and implement integrated cockroach management
programs in urban communities to reduce health risks to
residents, especially children, suffering from asthma and
asthma-related illnesses, (see H.R. 3897), H3488 [19MY]
------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121), H5064
[23JN]
------ establish penalties for prohibited uses and disclosures of
individually identifiable health information and allow
individuals to inspect and copy their own health information,
(see H.R. 3900), H6282 [23JY]
------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
H5064 [23JN]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9723 [6OC]
------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
[21MY]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H6070
[21JY]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for
preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
Homeless: protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H4835 [18JN]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2056 [1AP]
------ transition for new Members, (see H.R. 3053), H4880 [19JN]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
[17JY]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
3033), H65 [27JA]
------ admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers,
(see H.R. 2377), H631 [25FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
Insurance: allow children covered under private health insurance
under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H9537 [5OC]
------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
(see H.R. 4093), H4879 [19JN]
------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1550 [25MR]
John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL: designate, (see H.R.
1804), H2055 [1AP]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H1777
[30MR]
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: Federal land acquisitions
funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H10012
[7OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H904 [5MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880), H3972 [22MY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1337 [19MR]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H100 [28JA]
Medicare: coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
H10012 [7OC]
------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H1299 [18MR]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H2120
[21AP]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE],
(see H.R. 4339), H6698 [29JY]
------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
H.R. 3570), H1643 [26MR]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H3625 [20MY]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H5405 [25JN]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H6186 [22JY]
------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
H4165 [4JN]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H6282 [23JY]
------ provide for independent case managers for home health
services, (see H.R. 4591), H9275 [1OC]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4404), H7585 [10SE]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H631 [25FE]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
National Child Protection Act: allow for interstate background
checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
4659), H9273 [1OC]
National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
establish, (see H.R. 3411), H6511 [28JY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H7179 [4AU]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H8035 [17SE]
Native Americans: mint coins in commemoration of history and
culture, (see H.R. 4448), H9179 [28SE]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H8932 [25SE]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
H.R. 4235), H6820 [30JY]
Nuclear weapons: recognize the security interests of the U.S. in
furthering complete nuclear disarmament, (see H. Res. 479),
H7415 [6AU]
Office of Minority Health: establish authorities relative to
tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
H.R. 1505), H4055 [3JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3744 [21MY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H1643 [26MR]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H6070 [21JY]
Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative,
(see H.R. 1883), H6186 [22JY]
Public safety officers: eligibility of certain emergency management
and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H6070 [21JY]
Public welfare programs: disregard payment of earned income tax
credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
programs, (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5297
[24JN]
Schools: ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
4224), H6487 [27JY]
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), H5957 [20JY]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to
computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H2120 [21AP]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H65 [27JA]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5405 [25JN]
------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H2119 [21AP]
Space policy: encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
(see H. Con. Res. 267), H3625 [20MY]
States: expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
(see H.R. 3697), H5064 [23JN]
------ permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
H.R. 3837), H3972 [22MY]
------ 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), H6281
[23JY]
------ require equal education funding throughout the State, (see
H.R. 1234), H2055 [1AP]
Taxation: abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see H.R. 3709), H2236
[22AP]
------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
(see H.R. 2695), H4241 [5JN]
------ deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive
compensation, (see H.R. 687), H4055 [3JN]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H2237 [22AP]
------ provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel
vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones,
(see H.R. 3466), H2931 [6MY]
------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H8528 [23SE]
------ 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), H2744 [4MY]
------ simplify child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits by
repealing limits relative to alternative minimum tax, (see H.R.
4489), H9179 [28SE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
------ treatment of contributions of computer technology and
equipment to elementary or secondary schools, (see H.R. 4476),
H8932 [25SE]
------ treatment of expenses paid for attending conferences relative
to a dependent child's chronic medical condition, (see H.R.
4484), H7413 [6AU]
------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H7178
[4AU]
------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H1643 [26MR]
------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H631 [25FE]
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4211),
H5492 [14JY]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H5859 [17JY]
Washington Interdependence Council: establish a memorial to
Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 3499),
H3625 [20MY]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs
funding, (see H.R. 2670), H7415 [6AU]
WHO: encourage the U.S. becoming a signatory to the Guidelines for
Drug Donations, (see H. Con. Res. 225), H2319 [23AP]
Women: ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H9723 [6OC]
------ research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
H851 [4MR]
------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H1444
[24MR]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish, (see H.R.
4398), H8084 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
National Black Law Students Association: tribute, (see H. Con. Res.
231), H755 [3MR]
Remarks
African Americans: discrimination claims by farmers against the
Dept. of Agriculture, H544 [24FE], H545 [24FE], H546 [24FE],
H548 [24FE], H549 [24FE]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11901<bullet>
[18DE]
Earth Day: observance, E653<bullet> [23AP]
Herman, Sec. of Labor: independent council investigation relative
to criminal allegations, E864<bullet> [14MY]
Political ethics: evaluation of independent counsel statute,
E864<bullet> [14MY]
Racial relations: encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
U.S., H1214 [17MR], H1215 [17MR]
Rwanda: international response to genocide, H2792 [5MY], H2793
[5MY], H2794 [5MY], H2795 [5MY], H2796 [5MY]
Votes: position on missed, E1152<bullet> [17JN]
Statements
Rwandan Genocide: by, H2796<bullet> [5MY]
Tributes
Lewis, Representative John, H1214 [17MR]
Mixon, Herman, E1262<bullet> [26JN]
Sutton, Goodloe, E770<bullet> [6MY]