[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
HUTCHINSON, ASA (a Representative from Arkansas)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6295 [23JY],
H7226 [5AU]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H3335 [14MY], H7328 [6AU]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
Conferee: S. 2073, Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency
Prevention Act, H9204 [1OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Antitrust policy: treatment of video programming for multichannel
distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H1642 [26MR]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
------ international cooperation in cases involving the illegal
abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see H. Con. Res.
224), H631 [25FE]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements
for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H3247 [13MY]
Colleges and universities: protect speech and association rights of
students, (see H.R. 980), H64 [27JA]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H8084 [18SE]
------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
3783), H4165 [4JN]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H7803 [15SE]
Correctional institutions: funding for substance abuse prevention
and treatment programs in prisons, (see H.R. 4039), H4548 [11JN]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H4056 [3JN]
Cuba: extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H4550 [11JN]
Death and dying: clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
H.R. 4006), H4629 [16JN]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2319 [23AP]
Dept. of HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H3247 [13MY]
Dept. of Justice: clarify method for filling vacancies subject to
Senate confirmation, (see H.R. 3420), H1020 [10MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the
marked graves of certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H7290
[5AU]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
[7MY]
------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs,
(see H.R. 3712), H5297 [24JN]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
------ rescheduling of flunitrazepam into schedule I of the
Controlled Substances Act, (see H.R. 3093), H1337 [19MR]
------ sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in the
presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
------ use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, (see H. Res. 372),
H678 [26FE], (see H.J. Res. 117), H2706 [30AP]
Education: 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), H3247 [13MY]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing
supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H497 [12FE]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H3972 [22MY]
Financial institutions: insist that certain institutions uphold the
trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
H1112 [11MR]
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), H4241 [5JN]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H8084 [18SE]
Foreign trade: limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
3633), H2052 [1AP]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H. Con. Res. 299), H5737 [16JY]
Government regulations: require reasonable notice to businesses of
changes made to regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see
H.R. 4049), H4549 [11JN]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2814
[5MY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
[19MY]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H3312 [14MY]
IRS: improve access and increase equity for taxpayers, (see H.R.
2598), H1550 [25MR]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6999 [3AU]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: establish,
(see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
3137), H678 [26FE]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H6487 [27JY]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain
individuals, (see H.R. 543), H3743 [21MY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Panama: commend efforts to obtain the release of New Tribes Mission
(organization) workers held hostage, (see H. Con. Res. 277),
H3972 [22MY]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H4325 [9JN]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5494 [14JY]
Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H1699 [27MR]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6070 [21JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H1445 [24MR]
------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
(see H.R. 3247), H2744 [4MY]
States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to
parental consent, (see H.R. 2941), H9345 [2OC]
Taxation: allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage,
(see H.R. 4167), H5594 [15JY]
------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 3104), H631 [25FE]
------ 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), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4165
[4JN]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H3312 [14MY]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H4479 [10JN]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H241 [3FE]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
[14MY]
------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
H.R. 2593), H447 [11FE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
1891), H4241 [5JN]
------ treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational
assistance, (see H.R. 127), H1337 [19MR]
------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
(see H.R. 3667), H8932 [25SE]
------ treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans
and flexible spending arrangements, (see H.R. 3552), H2319
[23AP]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3749), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 3888), H3625 [20MY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7495 [9SE]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine validity of certain land
claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H7428 [7AU]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bounty hunters: establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
industry, (see H.R. 3168), H385 [5FE]
FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric
project in Arkansas, (see H.R. 4081), H4834 [18JN]
Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR: designate,
(see H.R. 4338), H6487 [27JY]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Clinton, President: House of Representatives' appointment and
authorization of managers for impeachment trial, (see H. Res.
614), H12047 [19DE]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Meyer, Craig, E1119<bullet> [11JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: price supports for peanuts, H5021 [23JN]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5021 [23JN]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11733 [17DE]
Bounty hunters: establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
industry (H.R. 3168), H702 [3MR], H1024 [11MR], E105<bullet>
[5FE]
China, People's Republic of: revoking of visas of three journalists
from Radio Free Asia during Presidential visit, H4973 [23JN]
Clinton, President: censure, H11808 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach, H9087 [28SE] Committee on the
Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether grounds exist to impeach
(H. Res. 581), H10019 [8OC]
------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
justice, and improper sexual conduct, H9087 [28SE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11778 [18DE], H11797 [18DE],
H11805 [18DE], H11808 [18DE], H11822 [18DE], H11832 [18DE],
H11864 [18DE], H11910 [18DE]
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), H7604 [11SE]
Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H639 [26FE]
------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
3494), H10566 [12OC], H10571 [12OC]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H5525
[15JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees,
including any appointed independent counsel, and establish a
review board to monitor compliance, H7240 [5AU], H7241 [5AU],
H7242 [5AU]
------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
review board to monitor compliance, H7228 [5AU], H7229 [5AU],
H7240 [5AU], H7241 [5AU], H7242 [5AU], H7244 [5AU], H7247 [5AU]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7228 [5AU], H7229
[5AU], H7240 [5AU], H7241 [5AU], H7242 [5AU], H7244 [5AU], H7247
[5AU], H7259 [5AU]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H. Res. 423), H3037
[12MY]
------ national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of
illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267), H2763 [5MY]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries (H.R. 4300), H7827<bullet> [16SE]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), H4452 [10JN], H4453 [10JN]
----- constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures (H.J.
Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3725 [21MY]
Executive Office of the President: repeal Executive Order on equal
employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7259
[5AU]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
H2250 [23AP]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11733 [17DE]
Laos: human rights violations, H111 [3FE]
------ U.S. policy, H111 [3FE]
Little League Baseball, Inc.: extend benefits and privileges
available to nongovernmental international organizations (S.
Con. Res. 37), H2373 [28AP]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10327 [9OC]
Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (S. 53), H9945
[7OC]
National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Week: observance, H3262
[14MY]
Panama: anniversary of kidnapping of U.S. citizens, H70 [28JA]
Parliamentary inquiry, H4824 [18JN], H7226 [5AU]
Patriotic societies and observances: revise, codify, and enact
without substantive change certain general and permanent laws
(S. 2524), H10575 [12OC], H10577 [12OC]
Point of order, H7230 [5AU]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H2302
[23AP], H3359 [18MY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H301
[4FE], H3778 [22MY], H4684 [17JN], H4785 [18JN], H4818 [18JN],
H4819 [18JN], H4824 [18JN], H5962 [21JY], H6938 [3AU], H7302
[6AU], H7303 [6AU], H7304 [6AU], H7316 [6AU], H7321 [6AU], H7326
[6AU], H7327 [6AU] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3725 [21MY] ethics reform
and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res.
458), H4776 [18JN] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
3581), H1734 [30MR]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H7321 [6AU]
------ require radio and television broadcasters to provide reduced
rate air time for political advertising, H7304 [6AU]
------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H3611 [20MY],
H3612 [20MY], H4703 [17JN]
Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (H.R.
4090), H7439 [9SE], H7440 [9SE]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement (H.J. Res. 109), E149<bullet> [11FE]
Votes: position on missed, H5369<bullet> [25JN], E1272<bullet>
[26JN], E1798<bullet> [24SE], E1843<bullet> [28SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Clinton, President: House of Representatives' appointment and
authorization of managers for impeachment trial (H. Res. 614),
H12042 [19DE], H12043 [19DE]
Leave of absence: granted, H5397 [25JN], H11022 [15OC]
Special order: granted, H327 [4FE], H1774 [30MR], H2314 [23AP],
H2704 [30AP], H3482 [19MY], H4164 [4JN], H4477 [10JN]
Summaries
Taxpayer Repayment Act (H.J. Res. 109), E149<bullet> [11FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 614, House of Representatives' appointment and authorization
of managers for impeachment trial of President Clinton, H12043
[19DE]
Tributes
Owen, Rich, H3262 [14MY]
Walton, Helen, E2286<bullet> [21OC]