[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H5999 [21JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, H3938 [22MY]
Steven Schiff funeral attendees, H1721 [30MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
H678 [26FE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900), H851
[4MR]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see H.R. 619), H1777 [30MR]
------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
H.R. 1202), H6697 [29JY]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
Birds: establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
birds, (see H.R. 4302), H6186 [22JY]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: extend authority to
establish a commemorative work, (see H.R. 4573), H8932 [25SE]
Census: collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1236 [17MR]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H4479 [10JN]
------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H7494 [9SE]
Commission on Civil Rights: reauthorize, (see H.R. 3117), H1159
[12MR]
Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
Technology Development: establish, (see H.R. 3007), H1550
[25MR]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
H.R. 3783), H3625 [20MY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H9179 [28SE]
------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
Res. 212), H4056 [3JN]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H7495 [9SE]
------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
3511), 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),
H4056 [3JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H2931 [6MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H4548 [11JN]
Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic
chemical use and release in their communities and disclose
toxins in children's consumer products, (see H.R. 1636), H11023
[15OC]
------ provide for innovative strategies for achieving superior
environmental performance, (see H.R. 3180), H445 [11FE]
Education: role in character development and teaching of moral
values, (see H. Con. Res. 127), H1550 [25MR]
------ support the participation of low-income parents in
postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
child care, (see H.R. 3296), H677 [26FE]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State
participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590), H9275 [1OC]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
employees, (see H.R. 2888), H2706 [30AP]
ERISA: regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
(see H.R. 4238), H5736 [16JY]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H63
[27JA]
------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H3014 [7MY]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H8627 [24SE]
Foreign trade: prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
products derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807), H678
[26FE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6186 [22JY]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument: revise boundaries,
(see H.R. 3981), H6697 [29JY]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Government: procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
Res. 313), H1379 [23MR]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers
and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
H.R. 3862), H4629 [16JN]
Health: expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
1111), H2055 [1AP]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
[21MY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
[21AP]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
[29AP]
------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H4055 [3JN]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H1237 [17MR]
------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2606 [29AP]
Immigration: allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
H6070 [21JY]
------ increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
H7413 [6AU]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H385 [5FE]
------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
(see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H4241 [5JN]
IRS: reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
Japan: access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H850 [4MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1337 [19MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1379 [23MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H4835
[18JN]
Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and
clinical nurse specialists, (see H.R. 1354), H10833 [13OC]
Medicare: eliminate time limitation on benefits for
immunosuppressive drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H1643 [26MR]
------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H3972 [22MY]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H7915 [16SE]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H11042 [16OC]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H10833 [13OC]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish, (see H.R.
1715), H3105 [12MY]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain
individuals, (see H.R. 543), H329 [4FE]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take certain actions in
response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
H.R. 3632), H2052 [1AP]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3625 [20MY]
Public welfare programs: extend transition period for legal aliens
receiving SSI, (see H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see H.R.
2625), H65 [27JA]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5594
[15JY]
Scott, Hunter: tribute, (see H. Res. 590), H10353 [9OC]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H1445 [24MR]
Social Security: payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H3247 [13MY]
------ prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners, (see H.R.
530), H2931 [6MY]
------ provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for
hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies,
(see H.R. 3247), H2744 [4MY]
Taxation: allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
trades, (see H.R. 3110), H1550 [25MR]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H3972 [22MY]
------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
H5494 [14JY]
------ expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing
by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service
organizations, (see H.R. 2523), H2423 [28AP]
------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
[28JA]
------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
H6281 [23JY]
------ permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other
companies, (see H.R. 4795), H10513 [10OC]
------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H7179 [4AU]
------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6511 [28JY]
------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
benefits, (see H.R. 372), H3105 [12MY]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H2237 [22AP]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3749), H3014 [7MY]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
Veterans: improve access to health care services for certain
Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Women: ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H8931 [25SE]
------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
3293), H676 [26FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Arlington National Cemetery: establish an advisory board to review
requests for waivers of eligibility requirements for burial,
(see H.R. 3252), H578 [24FE]
Families and domestic relations: tax relief to increase
affordability of child care, (see H.R. 3144), H240 [3FE]
Tariff: nuclear fuel assemblies, (see H.R. 3761), H2706 [30AP],
(see H.R. 3762), H2706 [30AP]
Taxation: allow deduction for health insurance costs for
individuals who are not eligible to participate in employer
subsidized health plans, (see H.R. 3475), H1236 [17MR]
------ allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals
not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage,
(see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H676
[26FE]
------ 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]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H5409 [14JY]
Poems
``Musicians,'' Arthur O'Shaughnessy, E1549<bullet> [5AU]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5097 [24JN]
Aid to Artisans (organization): tribute, E1709<bullet> [14SE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2292
[23AP]
Armed Forces: funding of abortions for military personnel and
dependents at overseas military medical facilities, H3569 [20MY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6087 [22JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11800 [18DE],
H11972 [19DE]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, H10145 [8OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3569 [20MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H5999 [21JY], H6004 [21JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5578 [15JY], H5695 [16JY], H5716 [16JY], H5720
[16JY], H5953 [20JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4104), consideration (H. Res.
498), H5568 [15JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, H9927
[7OC], H9928 [7OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7253 [5AU]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10145 [8OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6268 [23JY]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7867 [16SE]
Executive Office of the President: repeal Executive Order on equal
employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7253
[5AU]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H400 [11FE]
FDA: prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of
any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5097 [24JN]
FEC: require that the Commissioners vote to reappoint or replace
the general counsel and staff director every four years, H9927
[7OC], H9928 [7OC]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of
abortifacients, H5720 [16JY]
------ coverage of abortion procedures, H5953 [20JY]
------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
prescription drug coverage, H5695 [16JY]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8779
[25SE], H8790 [25SE]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, H7253
[5AU]
------ year 2000 computer problem emergency funding, H5578 [15JY]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
3534), H3226 [13MY], H3227 [13MY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6400 [24JY]
------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
(H.R. 4382), H7748 [15SE]
IMF: funding, H2292 [23AP]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), H3936 [22MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, H5356
[25JN]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), motion to instruct
conferees, H3936 [22MY], H3937 [22MY], H3938 [22MY]
John Marshall Law School: anniversary, E1778<bullet> [23SE]
Medicare: revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
4567), H10249 [9OC]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5999 [21JY], H6004
[21JY]
National Women's History Month: observance, H928<bullet> [10MR]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
H3275 [14MY]
Poland: independence anniversary, E707<bullet> [29AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H7325 [6AU]
Prince Nova (vessel): certificate of documentation (S. 1349),
H194<bullet> [3FE]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, E707<bullet>
[29AP]
Social Security: provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to
return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for
such beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4020 [3JN]
Space policy: space station program funding, H6268 [23JY]
Taxation: modify the low-income housing credit (H.R. 3290),
E237<bullet> [26FE]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
H8836 [25SE]
------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
H5716 [16JY]
Votes: position on missed, H7783<bullet> [15SE]
Women's History Month: observance, H892 [5MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1234 [17MR]
Tributes
Looney, Donna M., E486<bullet> [26MR]
Makem, Tommy, E1548<bullet> [5AU]