[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HOUSING related term(s) Homeless
  Amendments
    Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations for military construction,
        family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        S7211 [25JN], S7216 [25JN], S7217 [25JN]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), S11603 [6OC],
        S12680 [20OC], S12726 [20OC], H11682 [20OC]
    Hawaii:  provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S.
        109), S12660 [16OC]
    LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY], H7620 [14SE]
    Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site:  establish (S.
        1408), H10412 [10OC]
  Analyses
    American Homeownership Act (H.R. 3899), H10709-H10711 [13OC]
    Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act (H.R. 4838), E2283 [21OC]
  Appointments
    Conferees:  H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
        S7218 [25JN], H6213 [23JY]
    ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
        Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
        [24SE]
  Articles and editorials
    Habitat for Humanity Tribute, E509 [30MR]
    Vote Building, S8344 [16JY]
    Win-Win on Housing, H10709 [13OC]
  Bills and resolutions
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for sale of certain facilities for
        residential use, (see H.R. 4227), H5593 [15JY]
    Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637, S.
        2178), S6405 [16JN], H2052 [1AP]
    Community development:  prohibit funding for any facility to be used
        primarily for distribution or use of tobacco products, (see H.R.
        4796), H10513 [10OC]
    Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relative to the
        mortgage lending process, (see S. 2223), S7172 [25JN]
    Crime:  occupancy standards for federally assisted housing relative
        to drug and alcohol abusers, (see H.R. 4543), H7583 [10SE]
    ------ provide an exemption for restrictions on the occupancy of
        group homes by persons convicted of certain crimes, (see H.R.
        4827), H10832 [13OC]
    ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
        participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
        H445 [11FE]
    Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations for military construction,
        family housing, and base realignment and closure, (see S. 2160),
        S6181 [11JN], (see H.R. 4059), H4628 [16JN]
    ----- making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        consideration, (see H. Res. 477), H4834 [18JN]
    Dept. of HUD:  ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs
        are carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R.
        3545), H1549 [25MR]
    ------ establish consensus committee for development, revision, and
        interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home
        construction, (see S. 2145), S5787 [9JN]
    ------ establish program to eliminate redlining in the insurance
        business, (see H.R. 4145), H5402 [25JN]
    ------ grants to States to supplement assistance for the
        preservation of affordable housing for low-income families, (see
        H.R. 4838), H10917 [14OC]
    ------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
        rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637, S.
        2178), S6405 [16JN], H2052 [1AP]
    ------ modernize requirements and establish consensus process for
        development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards
        for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634), H2052 [1AP]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  cost-of-living adjustment for
        compensation to veterans with service-connected disabilities and
        improvements in education, housing, and cemetery programs, (see
        H.R. 4110), H5063 [23JN]
    ------ cost-of-living adjustment for compensation to veterans with
        service-connected disabilities and improvements in education,
        housing, and cemetery programs (H.R. 4110), Senate amendment,
        (see H. Res. 592), H10513 [10OC]
    Drugs:  prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
        methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, (see
        H.R. 4551), H7617 [11SE]
    Fair Housing Act:  amend, (see H.R. 3206), H495 [12FE]
    Federal Home Loan Bank System:  transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
        Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, (see S. 1986),
        S3585 [24AP]
    FHA:  require certain properties to be inspected and determined to
        comply with minimum property standards, (see H.R. 3750), H2605
        [29AP]
    Financial institutions:  enhance homeownership by allowing community
        development financial institutions to borrow from the Home Loan
        Bank System, (see S. 2544), S11339 [2OC]
    ------ provide fairness in the home foreclosure process, (see S.
        2280), S7881 [9JY]
    Foreign Assistance Act:  repeal the housing guaranty program, (see
        H.R. 3352), H902 [5MR]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636, S. 2283),
        S7881 [9JY], H2052 [1AP], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
    Government:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H329 [4FE]
    ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
        H.R. 3435, S. 1877), S2719 [27MR], H1111 [11MR]
    LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
        [23JN], H3311 [14MY]
    Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site:  establish, (see
        H.R. 4004), H4240 [5JN]
    Mortgages:  establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing
        temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under
        the National Housing Act, (see H.R. 4745), H10075 [8OC]
    National Flood Insurance Program:  improve pre-disaster mitigation
        and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded
        properties, (see H.R. 4832), H10916 [14OC]
    National Housing Act:  amend relative to the calculation of
        downpayments for home buyers, (see S. 2188), S6564 [18JN]
    Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act:
        technical corrections, (see H.R. 4482), H7413 [6AU]
    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]
    Real estate:  expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
    ------ provide rental assistance in a manner that preserves
        residential property values, protects residents, and enhances
        safety, (see H.R. 4218), H5593 [15JY]
    Rural areas:  provide affordable housing and community development
        assistance, (see S. 2595), S11970 [8OC]
    Senior citizens:  use of project rental assistance contracts to
        finance housing conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R.
        3635), H2052 [1AP]
    States:  use of community development block grants for
        nonentitlement areas to offset charity tax credits, (see H.R.
        3241), H497 [12FE]
    Taxation:  allow interest deduction for contingent interest on a
        shared appreciation mortgage, (see H.R. 4637), H8931 [25SE]
    ------ allow registered vendors to administer claims for refund of
        kerosene sold for home heating use, (see S. 2633), S12558 [14OC]
    ------ allow vendor refunds of Federal excise taxes on kerosene used
        in unvented heaters for home heating purposes, (see H.R. 4687),
        H9345 [2OC]
    ------ depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
        3500), H1298 [18MR]
    ------ designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709 [28AP],
        (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
    ------ exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and
        the sale of farmland, (see S. 2388), S9425 [30JY]
    ------ modify rules for determining whether a corporation is a
        cooperative housing corporation, (see H.R. 4397), H7178 [4AU]
    ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H676
        [26FE]
    ------ permit early distributions from employee stock ownership
        plans for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer
        purchases, (see H.R. 4740), H10075 [8OC]
    ------ provide a nonrefundable credit to individuals for the payment
        of real estate taxes, (see S. 1911), S3119 [2AP]
    ------ provide income tax credits for the purchase of a new energy
        efficient affordable home and for energy efficiency improvements
        to existing homes, (see H.R. 4626), H8627 [24SE]
    ------ treatment of certain contiguous farmlands relative to sale of
        a principal residence, (see H.R. 4643), H8931 [25SE]
    ------ treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
        shareholders, (see S. 2125), S5434 [22MY], (see H.R. 4386),
        H6999 [3AU]
    ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
        (see H.R. 3774, S. 2366), S9137 [28JY], H2705 [30AP]
    ------ treatment of use of a principal residence by a member of the
        Armed Forces or Foreign Service while on official extended duty,
        (see H.R. 4561), H7690 [14SE]
    Urban areas:  provide grants to organizations to develop youth
        intervention models, (see S. 2327), S8482 [17JY]
    Veterans:  increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
        housing for disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3619), H2051 [1AP]
    ------ make permanent the eligibility of former members of the
        Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans, (see H.R. 4016, S.
        2181), S6487 [17JN], H4324 [9JN]
    Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
        (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
  Comparisons
    Current mortagage calculation versus S. 2188, amend National Housing
        Act relative to the calculation of downpayments for home buyers,
        S6566 [18JN]
  Conference reports
    Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
        Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
    Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family
        Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 4059),
        H6427-H6451 [24JY]
  Letters
    Dept. of HUD Elderly Housing Program funding:  Horace B. Deets,
        AARP, S2888 [1AP]
    Disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
        appropriations legislation:  John J. Hamre, Dept. Of Defense,
        S996 [25FE]
    Fannie Mae Trillion Dollar Commitment program:  Alex Penelas, Mayor
        of Miami, FL, E417 [18MR]
    ------ Emanuel Cleaver II, Mayor of Kansas City, MO, E416 [18MR]
    ------ Lee P. Brown, Mayor of Houston, TX, E417 [18MR]
    ------ Michael P. Peters, Mayor of Hartford, CT, E416 [18MR]
    ------ Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, MN, E388 [17MR]
    Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:  Alex
        Penelas, Mayor of Miami, FL, H720 [3MR]
    ------ Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Community Partnership for Homeless,
        Inc., H720 [3MR]
    ------ Andrew M. Cuomo, Sec. of HUD, H720 [3MR]
    ------ George C. Duggins, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H714
        [3MR]
    ------ Julie Sandorf, Corp. for Supportive Housing, H715 [3MR]
    ------ Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness &
        Poverty, H715 [3MR]
    ------ Nan Roman, National Alliance To End Homelessness, Inc., H714
        [3MR]
    ------ Paul S. Grogan, Local Initiatives Support Corp., H715 [3MR]
    ------ several organizations, H714 [3MR]
    Increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance:  Grover
        G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S8342
        [16JY]
    ------ Jack Kemp, S8344 [16JY]
    ------ National Taxpayers Union, S8343 [16JY]
    ------ several veterans organizations, S8346 [16JY]
    ------ Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, S8343 [16JY]
        Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, S8342 [16JY]
    Support broad-based agricultural and rural development in sub-
        Saharan Africa:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, E1816 [25SE]
  Lists
    Military construction additions to S. 2057, Dept. of Defense
        appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel
        strengths, and military construction, S7119 [25JN]
    Supporters of H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and
        Flexibility Act, H714 [3MR]
  Memorandums
    Increase in Top Level of FHA Limits on Mortgage Insurance:  Ronald
        D. Utt, Heritage Foundation, S8342 [16JY]
  Messages
    Dept. of HUD Report:  President Clinton, S1254 [3MR]
    National Institute of Building Sciences Report:  President Clinton,
        S4628 [11MY], H3032 [12MY]
    Veto of H.R. 2631, Disapproval of Line-Item Vetoes in Military
        Construction Appropriations Legislation:  President Clinton,
        S958 [25FE]
  Press releases
    America's Most Vulnerable List--1.8 Million Poor Seniors and
        Children Locked Out of Nation's Housing:  Dept. of HUD, H5814
        [17JY]
  Remarks in House
    Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp.:  tribute, E1214 [24JN]
    Brooklyn, NY:  anniversary of Cadman Towers housing complex, E1679
        [9SE]
    Charlotte, MI:  tribute to contributors to Habitat for Humanity
        (organization) House That Congress Built project, E2346 [18DE],
        E2347 [18DE], E2351 [19DE]
    Civil rights:  prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional
        or sexual orientation (H.R. 365), E2306 [21OC]
    Cleveland, OH:  anniversary to Third Federal Savings (financial
        institution), E1837 [28SE]
    Committee on the Budget (House):  appropriations allocation
        revisions to H. Res. 477, consideration of H.R. 4059, Dept. of
        Defense appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure, H6066 [21JY], H6173
        [22JY]
    Crime:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
        participation in shared housing arrangements (H.R. 3181), H410
        [11FE], H506 [24FE]
    Davis, Katie:  Institute for Community Living award recipient, E2254
        [20OC]
    Dayton, OH:  tribute to Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority, E452
        [24MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  disapproval of line-item vetoes in military
        construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto,
        H358-H362 [5FE], E245 [26FE]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        H4901-H4913 [22JN], E1203 [23JN], E1211 [24JN] making
        appropriations for military construction, family housing, and
        base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), conference report,
        H6593-H6597 [29JY], E1482 [30JY], E1488 [31JY], E1498 [31JY]
        making appropriations for military construction, family housing,
        and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), conference
        report--unanimous consent agreement, H6593 [29JY] making
        appropriations for military construction, family housing, and
        base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), consideration (H. Res.
        477), H4843-H4850 [19JN], H4854 [19JN], H5041 [23JN]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        consideration (H. Res. 477), H7889 [16SE]
    Dept. of HUD:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance
        programs and increase community control over such programs,
        H5642-H5649 [16JY], H5814-H5821 [17JY], E1344 [17JY]
    ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
        increase community control over such programs, H9613-H9618
        [6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9621 [6OC], H9623 [6OC]
    ------ deregulation of public housing and rental assistance programs
        and increase community control over such programs, E1401 [23JY]
    ------ expansion and improvement of Houston, TX, field office, E1497
        [31JY]
    ------ funding, H2674 [30AP], H2689 [30AP]
    ------ grants to States to supplement assistance for the
        preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R.
        4838), E2283 [21OC]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        H5645 [16JY], H5647 [16JY], H5752 [17JY]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        H9612 [6OC], H9621 [6OC]
    ------ independence of Inspector General's office, H10556 [11OC]
    ------ notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily
        housing projects, H9623 [6OC]
    ------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, H9621 [6OC]
    ------ regulations relative to lender paid mortgage broker fees,
        H6258 [23JY]
    ------ Rental Assistance Voucher Program funding, H5763 [17JY],
        H5764 [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5766 [17JY]
    ------ tribute to Campus of Learners Initiative, E764 [5MY]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  cost-of-living adjustment for
        compensation to veterans with service-connected disabilities and
        improvements in education, housing, and cemetery programs (H.R.
        4110), H6885-H6891 [3AU]
    ------ cost-of-living adjustment for compensation to veterans with
        service-connected disabilities and improvements in education,
        housing, and cemetery programs, H11656 [20OC] cost-of-living
        adjustment for compensation to veterans with service-connected
        disabilities and improvements in education, housing, and
        cemetery programs (H.R. 4110), E2166 [14OC] cost-of-living
        adjustment for compensation to veterans with service-connected
        disabilities and improvements in education, housing, and
        cemetery programs (H.R. 4110), Senate amendment (H. Res. 592),
        H10374-H10400 [10OC]
    ------ guarantee loans to provide multifamily transitional housing
        for homeless veterans (H.R. 3039), H1399 [24MR], H3392-H3395
        [19MY], H3461 [19MY], H3596 [20MY]
    ------ veterans extended care facilities construction funding
        through offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing Opportunities for
        Persons With AIDS Program, H6563-H6568 [29JY], E1491 [31JY]
    ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
        offsets in FHA funding, H6546-H6551 [29JY]
    ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
        offsets in FHA funding, H7714-H7716 [15SE]
    District of Columbia:  Boys Town (organization) funding, H7344 [6AU]
    ------ impact of financial and management distress relief,
        H1327-H1332 [19MR]
    El Paso, TX:  tribute to Lower Valley Housing Corp. Low-Income
        Housing Program, H4972 [23JN]
    Fair Housing Act:  anniversary, E585 [2AP]
    Fair Housing Initiatives Program:  funding, H5769 [17JY]
    Fannie Mae:  anniversary of Trillion Dollar Commitment program, E388
        [17MR], E416 [18MR]
    Federal aid programs:  low-income housing assistance programs
        funding, H1804 [31MR]
    ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
        of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5772 [17JY], H5773
        [17JY], E1343 [17JY]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 3636), E586 [2AP], E588
        [2AP]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), H9105-H9110 [28SE],
        H11682-H11685 [20OC], E1816 [25SE], E1909 [5OC]
    Government:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5874-H5879
        [20JY]
    Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
        217), H703-H722 [3MR], H883 [5MR], E353 [11MR]
    ------ housing programs for veterans (H.R. 1754), H883 [5MR]
    House of Representatives:  participate in and support activities to
        provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 147),
        H4824 [18JN]
    Houston, TX:  tribute to Habitat for Humanity (organization)
        project, H4611 [16JN], H4638 [17JN], E1175 [19JN]
    Lakewood, OH:  anniversary of George Fedor Manor, E814 [12MY]
    LIHEAP:  funding, H5850-H5857 [17JY], H10127 [8OC], H10128 [8OC],
        E1338 [17JY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860 [14MY], E967 [22MY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
        [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
        H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
        conference report, H9647 [6OC]
    Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site:  establish (S.
        1408), H10411-H10413 [10OC]
    Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program:  reauthorize and amend
        (S. 2206), conference report, E2149 [13OC]
    Macomb County, MI:  anniversary of Macomb County Rotating Emergency
        Shelter Team (MCREST), E2308 [12NO]
    Marden, Judith:  Institute for Community Living award recipient,
        E2258 [20OC]
    Montgomery, AL:  tribute to Habitat for Humanity (organization),
        E509 [30MR]
    Montgomery County, PA:  tribute to Meadowood Retirement Community,
        E1095 [10JN]
    Mortgages:  establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing
        temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under
        the National Housing Act (H.R. 4745), E1963 [8OC], E2042 [10OC]
    Nashville, TN:  tribute to Habitat for Humanity (organization)
        project, H4824 [18JN]
    National Flood Insurance Program:  improve pre-disaster mitigation
        and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded
        properties (H.R. 4832), H10881 [14OC]
    National Park Service:  construction of employee housing in Yosemite
        National Park, H3118 [13MY]
    Northern Front Range Continuum of Care (organization):  tribute,
        E652 [23AP]
    People's Self-Help Housing (organization):  tribute, E899 [19MY]
    Project for Pride in Living (organization):  Fannie Mae Foundation
        Sustained Excellence Award recipient, E948 [22MY]
    Providence, RI:  tribute to Public Housing Authority, E772 [6MY]
    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 (H.R. 4818), E2097 [12OC]
    Real estate:  expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10675 [13OC],
        H10691-H10711 [13OC], E887 [19MY], E2209 [15OC]
    Rural areas:  use of tax-exempt bonds to provide loans for rural
        housing, H5016 [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
    Sacramento, CA:  tribute to Capitol Area Development Authority,
        E1115 [11JN]
    Safety:  improve manufactured housing regulations, H10704-H10706
        [13OC]
    Santa Maria, CA:  tribute to GSS Family Thrift Store fundraising
        efforts for homeless shelters, E1378 [22JY]
    Senior citizens:  use of project rental assistance contracts to
        finance housing conversions for elderly persons (H.R. 3635),
        E582 [2AP]
    Senior Citizens Coordinating Council on Riverbay, Inc.:
        anniversary, E1224 [25JN]
    Taxation:  depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (H.R.
        3500), E414 [18MR]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds (H.R. 979), E652
        [23AP]
    ------ modify the low-income housing credit (H.R. 3290), E237 [26FE]
    ------ permit early distributions from employee stock ownership
        plans for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer
        purchases (H.R. 4740), E1965 [8OC]
    ------ rates, H2298 [23AP]
    Veterans:  increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
        housing for disabled veterans (H.R. 3619), E538 [1AP]
  Remarks in Senate
    Armed Forces:  improve pay, housing, retirement benefits, and health
        care, S9908 [3SE]
    Bankruptcy:  limit homestead property exemption, S10742 [23SE],
        S10743 [23SE], S10746 [23SE]
    Children's Development Commission:  establish (S. 2178), S6416-S6420
        [16JN]
    Community Development Financial Institutions Fund:  funding, S8443
        [17JY]
    Cooper, Cardell:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD, S12966
        [21OC]
    Cornerstone, Inc.:  construction of housing for the mentally ill in
        District of Columbia funding, S7559 [7JY]
    Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relative to the
        mortgage lending process (S. 2223), S7183 [25JN]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  extend certain rural housing assistance
        programs, S8096 [14JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  additional military construction and military
        family housing projects funding, S7118-S7120 [25JN], S7150
        [25JN], S7157-S7159 [25JN]
    ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
        appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S465 [9FE], S727
        [12FE], S958-S972 [25FE], S995-S997 [25FE] disapproval of line-
        item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation
        (H.R. 2631), veto--unanimous-consent agreement, S948 [25FE],
        S995 [25FE]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        S7216-S7218 [25JN] making appropriations for military
        construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure
        (H.R. 4059), conference report--unanimous-consent agreement,
        S9500 [30JY] making appropriations for military construction,
        family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        insert S. 2160 language in lieu, S7216 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        conference report, S9715-S9719 [1SE] making appropriations for
        military construction, family housing, and base realignment and
        closure (S. 2160), S9805 [1SE]
    Dept. of HUD:  allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform
        to Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
    ------ contractual arrangements with New York City Housing
        Authority, S11840 [8OC], S11841 [8OC]
    ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
        increase community control over such programs, S11833 [8OC],
        S11837 [8OC], S11840-S11843 [8OC], S11845 [8OC]
    ------ Economic Development Initiatives funding, S11837 [8OC]
    ------ Elderly Housing Program funding, S2886-S2890 [1AP], S2961
        [1AP], S3037 [2AP], S8368 [16JY]
    ------ establish consensus committee for development, revision, and
        interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home
        construction (S. 2145), S5787 [9JN], S5788 [9JN], S9548 [31JY]
    ------ establish consensus committee for development, revision, and
        interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home
        construction (S. 2145), S12639 [15OC]
    ------ expedited public review and comment periods for new
        regulations, S8433 [17JY], S8434 [17JY]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        S8340-S8352 [16JY], S8428-S8430 [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
    ------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
        rehabilitation of child care facilities (S. 2178), S6416-S6420
        [16JN]
    ------ Mark-to-Market Program implementation, S7560 [7JY]
    ------ Office of Lead Hazard funding, S8352 [16JY], S8353 [16JY]
    ------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, S11842 [8OC]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  cost-of-living adjustment for
        compensation to veterans with service-connected disabilities and
        improvements in education, housing, and cemetery programs (H.R.
        4110), S12918-S12936 [21OC]
    ------ Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program funding, S8331
        [16JY], S8332 [16JY]
    ------ require federally funded homeless shelters to provide
        information on availability of veterans benefits, S8332 [16JY],
        S8333 [16JY]
    Drugs:  prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
        methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, S8366
        [16JY]
    Ellsworth AFB, SD:  military housing project dispute resolution,
        S9400 [30JY]
    Employment:  provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and
        seasonal farmworkers, S4021 [1MY]
    ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
        farmworkers, S12785 [21OC]
    Federal aid programs:  prenotification of tenants in assisted
        housing of termination of federally-subsidized mortgage
        contracts, S7559-S7561 [7JY], S8372-S8374 [16JY]
    ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
        of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S11838 [8OC]
    Federal Home Loan Bank System:  transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
        Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (S. 1986), S3589
        [24AP]
    Financial institutions:  enhance homeownership by allowing community
        development financial institutions to borrow from the Home Loan
        Bank System (S. 2544), S11342 [2OC]
    ------ provide fairness in the home foreclosure process (S. 2280),
        S7882 [9JY]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S7882 [9JY], S7883
        [9JY], S8577 [20JY]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), S12680 [20OC], S12860 [21OC]
        support broad-based agricultural and rural development in sub-
        Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S12960 [21OC]
    Government:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, S6501-S6503 [17JN]
    ------ provide affordable housing and expand homeownership
        opportunities, S8438 [17JY], S8441 [17JY]
    ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing (S.
        1877), S2724 [27MR], S2725 [27MR]
    Hawaii:  provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S.
        109), S12660-S12668 [16OC]
    Kansas City, MO:  tribute to Ozanam (organization), S8444 [17JY]
    LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN], S9067-S9087
        [27JY], S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
        S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report--
        unanimous-consent agreement, S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
    Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site:  establish (S.
        1408), S12532 [14OC]
    Lucas, Harold:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD, S12966
        [21OC]
    National Housing Act:  amend relative to the calculation of
        downpayments for home buyers, S8443 [17JY], S8444 [17JY]
    ----- amend relative to the calculation of downpayments for home
        buyers (S. 2188), S6566 [18JN]
    New Jersey:  Housing for Persons With AIDS Program funding, S2609
        [26MR]
    Ozanam (organization):  tribute, S8685 [21JY]
    Providence, RI:  anniversary of Christmas in April Program, S859
        [23FE]
    Rural areas:  provide affordable housing and community development
        assistance (S. 2595), S11988 [8OC]
    St. Louis, MO:  anniversary of Covenant House, S10138 [9SE]
    ------ tribute to the Gatesworth adult living community, S11186
        [30SE]
    Taxation:  allow registered vendors to administer claims for refund
        of kerosene sold for home heating use (S. 2633), S12563 [14OC]
    ------ designate renewal communities (S. 1995), S3715-S3720 [28AP]
    ------ exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and
        the sale of farmland (S. 2388), S9447 [30JY]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252),
        S6501-S6503 [17JN]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S12577
        [14OC]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds (S. 1251),
        S6501-S6503 [17JN]
    ------ provide a nonrefundable credit to individuals for the payment
        of real estate taxes (S. 1911), S3126 [2AP]
    ------ treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
        shareholders (S. 2125), S5454 [22MY]
    ------ treatment of home mortgage interest and charitable donations,
        S2951-S2955 [1AP], S3033 [2AP], S3034 [2AP]
    ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (S.
        2366), S9138 [28JY]
    University of Louisville:  tribute to Sustainable Urban
        Neighborhoods Project, S12152 [9OC]
    Urban areas:  provide grants to organizations to develop youth
        intervention models (S. 2327), S8483 [17JY]
    Vermont State Housing Authority:  anniversary, S3178 [2AP]
    Veterans:  make permanent the eligibility of former members of the
        Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans (S. 2181), S6488
        [17JN]
    Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims (S.
        2558), S11584 [6OC]
  Reports filed
    Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
        Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
        Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
    Consideration of H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for
        Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and
        Closure:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 477) (H. Rept.
        105-585), H4834 [18JN]
    Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family
        Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure:  Committee of
        Conference (H.R. 4059) (H. Rept. 105-647), H6453 [24JY]
    ----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4059) (H. Rept. 105-
        578), H4628 [16JN]
    ----- Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2160) (S. Rept. 105-
        213), S6181 [11JN]
    Guarantee Dept. of Veterans Affairs Loans To Provide Multifamily
        Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans:  Committee on
        Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3039) (H. Rept. 105-447), H1235
        [17MR]
    Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:
        Committee on Banking and Financial Service (House) (H.R. 217)
        (H. Rept. 105-407), H62 [27JA], H754 [3MR]
    Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act:  Committee on Banking and
        Financial Services (House) (H.R. 219) (H. Rept. 105-687), H7493
        [9SE]
    LIHEAP Reauthorization and Amendments:  Committee on Labor and Human
        Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256), S8657 [21JY]
    Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Act:  Committee on
        Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1408) (S. Rept. 105-
        303), S9973 [8SE]
    Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act:  Committee on Indian Affairs
        (Senate) (S. 109) (S. Rept. 105-380), S11968 [8OC]
    Nomination of Cardell Cooper To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:  Committee
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of Harold Lucas To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:  Committee
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of Ira G. Peppercorn To Be Dept. of HUD Director of the
        Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring:
        Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate),
        S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of Saul N. Ramirez To Be Deputy Sec. of HUD:  Committee
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
    Nomination of William C. Apgar, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:
        Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate),
        S11970 [8OC]
    Support Broad-Based Agricultural and Rural Development in Sub-
        Saharan Africa:  Committee on International Relations (House)
        (H.R. 4283) (H. Rept. 105-681), H7410 [6AU]
    Veterans Benefits Improvement Act:  Committee on Veterans' Affairs
        (House) (H.R. 4110) (H. Rept. 105-627), H5592 [15JY]
  Summaries
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
        Appropriations (H.R. 4194):  Title V on Deregulation of Public
        Housing and Rental Assistance Programs and Increase Community
        Control Over Such Programs, H9614-H9616 [6OC]
    Veterans Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 4110), H10391-H10393 [10OC]
  Tables
    Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4059, Dept. of
        Defense appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure, S9716 [1SE]
    Comparison of S. 2358, Persian Gulf War Veterans Act and the House-
        Senate compromise of H.R. 4110, Veterans Benefits Improvement
        Act, H11657 [20OC]
    Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), H4903
        [22JN], H6595 [29JY]
    Dept. of Defense military construction appropriations (S. 2160),
        S7217 [25JN]
    Questionable additions to H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations
        for military construction, family housing, and base realignment
        and closure, S9717 [1SE]
  Testimonies
    Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction Line-Item
        Veto:  Several Military Officials, S971 [25FE]
  Texts of
    H. Con. Res. 208, access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, H5874 [20JY]
    H. Res. 477, consideration of H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense
        appropriations for military construction, family housing, and
        base realignment and closure, H4843 [19JN]
    H. Res. 592, Senate amendment to H.R. 4110, Veterans Benefits
        Improvement Act, H10374-H10389 [10OC]
    H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility
        Act, H703-H712 [3MR]
    H.R. 3039, Veterans Transitional Housing Opportunities Act, H3392
        [19MY]
    H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act, H10691-H10701 [13OC]
    H.R. 4110, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, H6885-H6889 [3AU]
    H.R. 4110, Veterans Programs Enhancement Act, S12919-S12932 [21OC]
    H.R. 4283, Africa--Seeds of Hope Act, H9105-H9107 [28SE],
        H11682-H11684 [20OC]
    S. 109, Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act, S12661-S12668 [16OC]
    S. 1408, Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Act, S11373
        [2OC], H10411 [10OC], H10412 [10OC]
    S. 1911, Working Middle Class Tax Relief Act, S3126 [2AP]
    S. 1986, Federal Home Loan Bank System Regulatory Restructuring Act,
        S3589-S3591 [24AP]
    S. 2125, tax treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
        shareholders, S5454 [22MY]
    S. 2178, Children's Development Commission Act, S6417-S6420 [16JN]
    S. 2181, make permanent the eligibility of former members of the
        Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans, S6488 [17JN]
    S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
        Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
    ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
    S. 2327, National Youth Crime Prevention Demonstration Act, S8484
        [17JY]
    S. 2366, tax treatment of Native American housing assistance
        programs, S9139 [28JY]
    S. 2595, Rural Recovery Act, S11988 [8OC]