[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
HOSTETTLER, JOHN N. (a Representative from Indiana)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: production flexibility contract payment options, (see
H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
Armed Forces: restrict awarding of Purple Heart to members, (see
H.R. 1407), H5593 [15JY]
Bankruptcy: reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
2500), H579 [24FE]
Bilingual Education Act: repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H10353 [9OC]
Budget: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H1168 [16MR]
------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
H.R. 3229), H1168 [16MR]
China, People's Republic of: transfer of strategic nuclear missile
technology, (see H. Res. 438), H3312 [14MY]
China, Republic of: affirm U.S. commitment to security and
democracy, (see H. Con. Res. 301), H5859 [17JY]
Clean Air Act: proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
(see H.R. 3690), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 4136), H5494 [14JY]
------ provide 2-year period prior to statutory reclassification of
areas that fail to attain clean air standards, (see H.R. 4136),
H5494 [14JY]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
H10011 [7OC]
Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office, East Chicago, IN: designate,
(see H.R. 4616), H8528 [23SE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H755 [3MR]
Crime: identity fraud, (see H.R. 3601), H1776 [30MR], (see H.R.
4151), H5402 [25JN]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
H2054 [1AP]
Death and dying: clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
H.R. 4006), H7415 [6AU]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H4479 [10JN]
Education: ensure that the Government adheres to its commitment to
State and local governments to share the expense of educating
disabled children, (see H.R. 3930), H4550 [11JN]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H755 [3MR]
Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable
energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H2706 [30AP]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H904 [5MR]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H386
[5FE]
Federal employees: allow use of medical savings accounts under
health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H3014 [7MY]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity
with other civil service employees and public sector
firefighters, (see H.R. 1166), H904 [5MR]
Firearms: prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H4962 [22JN]
------ repeal prohibitions relative to semiautomatic firearms and
large capacity ammunition feeding devices, (see H.R. 1147),
H6186 [22JY]
Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of
foods and dietary supplements, (see H.R. 2868), H4629 [16JN]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4712 [17JN]
Forest Service: reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
accountability through improved financial accounting system,
(see H.R. 4149), H5594 [15JY]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
H5403 [25JN]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4835 [18JN]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2319
[23AP]
Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories
from clinical laboratory requirements, (see H.R. 2250), H3247
[13MY]
Iran: impose sanctions on efforts to acquire advance missile
technology and expedite the development of a missile defense
system for both U.S. and Israeli Armed Forces, (see H. Con. Res.
342), H10833 [13OC]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
------ material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
relative to weapons inspections, (see H. Con. Res. 340), H10833
[13OC]
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), H9723 [6OC]
John T. Myers Federal Building, Terre Haute, IN: designate, (see
H.R. 4668), H9274 [1OC]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: U.S. commitment to arrange
foreign assistance and construction of nuclear reactors relative
to threat to international peace and security, (see H. Con. Res.
341), H10833 [13OC]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting
carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 218), H7414 [6AU]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8932 [25SE]
Medicare: allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement
programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, (see H.
Con. Res. 321), H7290 [5AU]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2814 [5MY]
------ election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment
for abortion services, (see H.R. 4228), H5738 [16JY]
Members of Congress: follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7915
[16SE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish, (see H.R.
1715), H2236 [22AP]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H3743 [21MY]
Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social
Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform
national identifying number, (see H.R. 3261), H6697 [29JY]
------ repeal law creating a national identification card by
establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H5594 [15JY], (see H.R.
4217), H6698 [29JY]
------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
citizens in order to create national medical history database,
(see H.R. 4281), H6698 [29JY]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H2055 [1AP]
------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
H.R. 922), H4835 [18JN]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7178 [4AU]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H386 [5FE]
Social Security: increase earnings limit, (see H.R. 349), H1021
[10MR], (see H.R. 326), H7428 [7AU]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H1021 [10MR]
------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
530), H3624 [20MY]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2424 [28AP]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5957 [20JY]
------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
[14MY]
------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
H5064 [23JN]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H5859 [17JY]
------ increase child tax credit for certain children and allow such
credit against the alternative minimum tax, (see H.R. 3583),
H3106 [12MY]
------ increase maximum contribution to education savings accounts,
(see H.R. 4147), H5957 [20JY]
------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H851 [4MR]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H6999
[3AU]
------ 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), H7583 [10SE]
------ 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), H909 [9MR]
------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H631 [25FE]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H6487 [27JY]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H5859 [17JY]
Television: implementation of ratings system for programming, (see
H.R. 1760), H7290 [5AU]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine validity of certain land
claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H2318 [23AP]
Weapons: ensure that any national missile defense program protects
Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
State and local officials that results from the threat that
potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
H.R. 3288), H676 [26FE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5095 [24JN], H5096 [24JN]
Armed Forces: funding of abortions for military personnel and
dependents at overseas military medical facilities, H3573 [20MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
Res. 284), H4202 [5JN]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12016<bullet>
[19DE]
Crime: identity fraud (H.R. 4151), H9996 [7OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3573 [20MY]
------ funding, H4202 [5JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7171 [4AU]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), H4449 [10JN]
FDA: prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of
any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5095 [24JN],
H5096 [24JN]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4085 [4JN], H4101<bullet> [4JN]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty, H2934 [7MY]
U.N.: payment of U.S. arrearages, H7171 [4AU]