[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
HINOJOSA, RUBE�1N (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1299 [18MR]
------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H241 [3FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H678 [26FE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or
sexual orientation, (see H.R. 1858), H1021 [10MR]
------ provide an exemption of overtime compensation for certain
firefighters and rescue squad members, (see H.R. 94), H1112
[11MR]
Health: revise and extend programs relative to the health of
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, (see H.R. 1895),
H1159 [12MR]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
3033), H65 [27JA]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H241 [3FE]
Taxation: increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated
in each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H579 [24FE]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H386 [5FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H64 [27JA]
Remarks
Education: increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and
other under-represented student populations (H.R. 2495), H655
[26FE]
Votes: position on missed, H927<bullet> [10MR], E398<bullet> [17MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H674 [26FE]
Articles and editorials
House G.O.P. Shifts on Campaign Bills Vote Set for Next Week, but
Not on the Main Bipartisan Proposal, Steven A. Holmes, New York
(NY) Times, H1762<bullet> [30MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agricultural Market Transition Act: retroactive lifting of caps on
loan rates for marketing assistance loans, (see H.R. 4615),
H8528 [23SE]
Agriculture: Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
(see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H3105 [12MY]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
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]
Children and youth: improve and extend child nutrition programs,
(see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
(see H.R. 4621), H8626 [24SE]
Crime: increase research of link between violence against animals
and violence against humans, (see H. Con. Res. 286), H7415 [6AU]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for the International
Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
de On�6ate, Don Juan: issue postage stamp in commemoration of first
permanent settlement of western U.S. by the Spanish explorer,
(see H. Con. Res. 240), H2056 [1AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H5494 [14JY]
Dept. of Education: make grants for postsecondary information
technology education and employment assistance projects, (see
H.R. 3896), H3488 [19MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H2120 [21AP]
Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job
opportunities, convert military programs to social programs,
produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and
redistribute wealth and power, (see H.R. 1050), H7617 [11SE]
Education: reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
[14MY]
Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures
relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international
transactions, (see H.R. 3726), H3247 [13MY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
[10JN]
----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H2424
[28AP]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H5494
[14JY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2814 [5MY]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5297
[24JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Guam: commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
Health: 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), H4479 [10JN]
------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
program, (see H.R. 2202), H2236 [22AP]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
House of Representatives: transition for new Members, (see H.R.
3053), H3247 [13MY]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
(see H.R. 2955), H7584 [10SE]
Kneeling Nun Mountain National Monument: establish, (see H. Con.
Res. 303), H5956 [20JY]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H2120 [21AP]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H5859
[17JY]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
H9083 [26SE]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4370), H7179 [4AU], (see H.R. 4404), H8932 [25SE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H11696 [20OC]
------ require hospitals to establish and implement security
procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction
and baby switching, (see H.R. 4680), H9344 [2OC]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8528 [23SE]
Mexico: assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
[11JN]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H3014 [7MY]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
H.R. 4235), H8035 [17SE]
Office of Minority Health: establish authorities relative to
tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6820 [30JY]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3625 [20MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: designate, (see
H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4078), H4834
[18JN]
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: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H8932 [25SE]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H5859 [17JY]
------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
(see H.R. 2695), H1550 [25MR]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H7290
[5AU]
------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
(see H.R. 2613), H4325 [9JN]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H2056 [1AP]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H5405 [25JN]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H10353 [9OC]
Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
H5405 [25JN]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3105 [12MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7703 [15SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct conferees,
H7703 [15SE]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): tribute,
E1567<bullet> [7AU]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11736 [17DE]
Beeville, TX: tribute to Bee Development Authority, E1288<bullet>
[14JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11862 [18DE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11862 [18DE]
Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination and preferential
treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
H2908 [6MY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): deliberative review and release
of independent counsel report on investigation of President
Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7601 [11SE]
Dept. of Defense: assign personnel to assist the INS and the
Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
functions, H3701 [21MY]
------ assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in
the performance of their border protection functions, H7839
[16SE]
------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H3701 [21MY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), E1344<bullet> [17JY]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries (H.R. 4300), H7839 [16SE]
Education: establish a program to help children and youth learn
English (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7526 [10SE]
------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
under-represented student populations, H2522 [29AP]
FEC: expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1762<bullet>
[30MR]
Guerra, R. David: South Texas Symphony Association Cultural Leader
of the Year award recipient, E2328<bullet> [12NO]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2522 [29AP], H2908
[6MY]
------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H9153 [28SE]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
and increase community control over such programs, E1344<bullet>
[17JY]
Taxation: tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, H2943<bullet> [7MY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), motion to instruct conferees, H2943<bullet> [7MY]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R.
629), motion to appoint conferees, H3070 [12MY]
Votes: position on missed, H5368<bullet> [25JN], H5980<bullet>
[21JY], H6412<bullet> [24JY], H6872 [31JY], H10014<bullet>
[8OC], E738<bullet> [1MY], E1925<bullet> [6OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H6509 [28JY]
Tributes
Gonzalez, Representative, H10348<bullet> [9OC]
Langford, Robert F., H6418 [24JY]
Torres, Representative, H9651 [6OC]