[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
LaFALCE, JOHN J. (a Representative from New York)
Addresses
Role of Labor in the Global Economy: John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO,
E150<bullet> [11FE]
Amendments
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3182 [13MY]
Immigration: extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
2578), H1445 [24MR]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3074 [12MY]
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
Articles and editorials
Write a Closing Chapter, E1396<bullet> [23JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Aviation: enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
(see H.R. 3160), H329 [4FE]
------ enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
(see H.R. 4577), H8528 [23SE]
Bankruptcy: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative
to termination and netting of financial contracts, (see H.R.
4239), H5736 [16JY], (see H.R. 4393), H7177 [4AU]
Budget: authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions, (see H.R. 1321), H6070 [21JY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H3625 [20MY]
------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H2319 [23AP]
Children and youth: improve and extend child nutrition programs,
(see H.R. 3666), H2053 [1AP]
Clinton, President: address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
Res. 287), H6698 [29JY]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
(see H.R. 23), H1777 [30MR]
Colleges and universities: encourage adoption of a code of
principles to change the culture of alcohol consumption on
college campuses, (see H. Res. 321), H3106 [12MY]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional
empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H6282 [23JY]
Computers: develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
not disrupted, (see H.R. 3968), H3971 [22MY]
------ encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to
the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
------ ensure U.S. preparation to meet the year 2000 problem, (see
H.R. 4756), H10352 [9OC]
Consumers: protection from unreasonable credit card fees or
interest rates, (see H.R. 1975), H5405 [25JN]
Crime: require opening of campus security crime logs at
institutions of higher education, (see H.R. 715), H631 [25FE]
Cuban Democracy Act: repeal, (see H.R. 284), H497 [12FE]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: repeal, (see H.R.
284), H497 [12FE]
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 Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H8528 [23SE]
Dept. of the Interior: study on establishing a national historic
trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
3240), H631 [25FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
H4240 [5JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down events and establish
a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H7000 [3AU]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
(see H.R. 3517), H2931 [6MY]
Drunken driving: national minimum sentence for a person who
operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol,
(see H.R. 982), H100 [28JA]
------ national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles
by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H100 [28JA]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity,
strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H11023 [15OC]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H5494 [14JY]
------ establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963), H678
[26FE]
------ grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
4552), H9537 [5OC]
------ improve teacher quality, (see H.R. 2228), H64 [27JA], (see
H.R. 2698), H851 [4MR]
Elections: limit campaign expenditures, (see H.J. Res. 47), H5494
[14JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H5405
[25JN]
------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
Federal Aviation Research and Evaluation Board: establish, (see
H.R. 3312), H754 [3MR]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity
with other civil service employees and public sector
firefighters, (see H.R. 1166), H4325 [9JN]
Financial institutions: prevent personal financial information from
being obtained under false pretenses, (see H.R. 4321), H6281
[23JY]
------ study of derivatives regulation, (see H.R. 4062), H5494
[14JY]
Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students
expelled for bringing a gun to school, (see H.R. 4146), H6880
[31JY]
------ require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a
handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9537 [5OC]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H5064 [23JN]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H6999 [3AU]
FRS: broaden the range of discount window loans which may be used
as collateral for Federal reserve notes, (see H.R. 4359), H6819
[30JY]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Global March Against Child Labor: support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
[21MY]
Guam: commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
Health: awareness and use of federally-supported research findings
on the social and economic costs of sleep deprivation and sleep
disorders, (see H. Con. Res. 250), H1549 [25MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Housing: provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H579 [24FE]
IMF: quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
3114), H63 [27JA]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H385 [5FE]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H7179 [4AU]
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), H8528 [23SE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H909 [9MR]
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 3167), H2318 [23AP]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H5492 [14JY]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1699 [27MR]
------ extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS
revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors
and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R. 1215), H64 [27JA]
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), H579 [24FE]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H2055 [1AP]
Medicare: clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
3259), H5064 [23JN]
------ demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients
enrolled in certain clinical trials, (see H.R. 1628), H241 [3FE]
------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H4961 [22JN]
------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H1112
[11MR]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H11696 [20OC]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H4325 [9JN]
------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
(see H.R. 4214), H5492 [14JY]
------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
plans, (see H.R. 3128), H99 [28JA]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
National Days of Dialogue: support in association with the national
celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., (see H.
Con. Res. 195), H330 [4FE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
New York: disposition of Governors Island, (see H.R. 3884), H3312
[14MY]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H4325 [9JN]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H5492 [14JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
H.R. 1320), H2119 [21AP]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3625 [20MY]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H5738 [16JY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the
surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
totally disabled in the line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H447
[11FE]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H1699 [27MR]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H909 [9MR]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4078), H4834
[18JN]
Schools: ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
4224), H6187 [22JY]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H100 [28JA]
------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
H.R. 922), H100 [28JA]
Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
(see H.R. 3134), H100 [28JA]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H904 [5MR]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.: establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
Tariff: wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H7179 [4AU]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H3247 [13MY]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H7915 [16SE]
------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
H.R. 1382), H4880 [19JN]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H4241
[5JN]
------ promote the granting of incentive stock options to nonhighly
compensated employees, (see H.R. 2788), H2237 [22AP]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H4325 [9JN]
------ treatment of contributions of computer technology and
equipment to elementary or secondary schools, (see H.R. 4476),
H7585 [10SE]
Telecommunications: require accurate billing by carriers relative
to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
(see H.R. 4018), H4712 [17JN]
Television: eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy:
designate, (see H.R. 2931), H3014 [7MY]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
[17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3024 [11MY]
Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health
effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7584
[10SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Consumers: prevent credit card issuers from implementing
unreasonable practices or penalties against card holders who pay
balances in full, (see H.R. 4410), H7289 [5AU]
Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy protection, (see
H.R. 4388), H7177 [4AU]
------ monitor compliance with commitments made in connection with a
merger or acquisition, (see H.R. 4420), H7410 [6AU]
Homeowners Protection Act: consumer protections relative to private
mortgage insurance, (see H.R. 4435), H7411 [6AU]
Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car
leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease
offerings, (see H.R. 4788), H10513 [10OC]
New York Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish as an
affiliated unit of the National Park System, (see H.R. 4430),
H7411 [6AU]
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
Agriculture: provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
been designated as Federal disaster areas, H9332 [2OC]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9332
[2OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2289
[23AP]
Asia: role of the U.S. and the IMF in financial crisis relief,
E18<bullet>-E20<bullet> [27JA]
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), motion to instruct conferees,
H9143 [28SE]
Clinton, President: censure, H11860 [18DE], H12028<bullet> [19DE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11860 [18DE], H12027<bullet>
[19DE]
------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
conduct, E1396<bullet> [23JY]
Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement
in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty,
E1396<bullet> [23JY]
Computers: ensure U.S. preparation to meet the year 2000 problem
(H.R. 4756), H10720 [13OC]
Consumers: prevent credit card issuers from implementing
unreasonable practices or penalties against card holders who pay
balances in full (H.R. 4410), E1550<bullet> [5AU]
------ prevent credit card issuers from implementing unreasonable
practices or penalties against card holders who pay balances in
full, H9143 [28SE]
Credit: furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
purposes (S. 2561), H10219 [8OC]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, H1827 [31MR]
----- clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit
unions (H.R. 1151), H1872 [1AP], H1878 [1AP], H1883<bullet>
[1AP], H7043 [4AU], H7044 [4AU], H7049 [4AU], H7050<bullet>
[4AU], E1161<bullet> [18JN], E1604<bullet> [7AU], E1629<bullet>
[7AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756),
H9484<bullet> [5OC]
----- develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering
and other financial crimes (H.R. 4005), H9479<bullet> [5OC]
------ require congressional approval for certain uses of Exchange
Stabilization Fund, H5700 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5700 [16JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5814 [17JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
501), H5646 [16JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9616
[6OC]
FDIC: require study on Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association
Insurance Fund relative to merging of funds, H3214 [13MY]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration (H.R. 3116), H513 [24FE]
------ allow operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial
services and strengthen investor and consumer protections, H3185
[13MY], H3188 [13MY], H3191 [13MY]
------ allow retention of ``Federal'' in name of depository
institutions converted to a national or State bank, H3219 [13MY]
------ GAO study of economic impact from increased competition,
H3214 [13MY]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), H3133 [13MY], H3141 [13MY], H3176 [13MY], H3181 [13MY],
H3185 [13MY], H3188 [13MY], H3191 [13MY], H3198 [13MY], H3208
[13MY], H3214 [13MY], H3219 [13MY] increase competition in the
financial services sector (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res.
403), H1827 [31MR] increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 428), H3125
[13MY]
------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3208
[13MY]
------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
H3198 [13MY]
------ monitor compliance with commitments made in connection with a
merger or acquisition (H.R. 4420), E1570<bullet> [7AU]
------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
information (H.R. 4364), H10216 [8OC]
------ strengthen investor and consumer protections, H3176 [13MY],
H3181 [13MY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R.
3506), H6593 [29JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7983 [17SE]
Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
217), H713 [3MR]
Homeowners Protection Act: consumer protections relative to private
mortgage insurance (H.R. 4435), E1607<bullet> [7AU]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
and increase community control over such programs, H5646 [16JY],
H5814 [17JY]
------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
increase community control over such programs, H9616 [6OC]
------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10704 [13OC]
IMF: funding, H2289 [23AP], H6075 [22JY], H7983 [17SE]
International economic relations: role of labor in the global
economy, E150<bullet> [11FE]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions
(H. Con. Res. 288), H4895<bullet> [22JN]
Lockport, NY: anniversary of Lockport Senior High School 100-mile
relay record, E1399<bullet> [23JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
H4584<bullet> [16JN], H4585<bullet> [16JN]
Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car
leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease
offerings (H.R. 4788), E2091<bullet> [12OC]
New York Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish as an
affiliated unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4430),
E1612<bullet> [7AU]
Parliamentary inquiry, H3197 [13MY], H5650 [16JY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (H.R. 3662), H4270 [9JN]
Starr, Kenneth W.: allegations of partisanship relative to
independent counsel investigations, E1396<bullet> [23JY]
Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4669 [17JN]
Trucking industry: obtain written consent of applicants before
obtaining Federal Highway Authority driving records and
accidents history, H10219 [8OC]
Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights
relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), H5432 [14JY],
H5436 [14JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H7403 [6AU], H10349 [9OC]
Summaries
Consumer Automobile Lease Advertising Act (H.R. 4788), E2092<bullet>
[12OC]
Testimonies
Role of Labor in the Global Economy: George Becker, United
Steelworkers of America (organization), E151<bullet> [11FE]
Texts of
H.R. 4410, Credit Card On-Time Payment Protection Act, E1551<bullet>
[5AU]
H.R. 4420, Depository Institution Merger Pledge Enforcement Act,
E1571 [7AU]
H.R. 4435, Private Mortgage Insurance Cancellation Simplification
Act, E1607<bullet> [7AU]
Tributes
Ciotta, Rose, E1709<bullet> [14SE]
Gaska, Susan, E22<bullet> [27JA]
Kennedy, Representative Joseph P., E2116<bullet> [13OC]
McDade, Representative, H9251<bullet> [1OC]
Powers, Thomas G., E530<bullet> [31MR]
Scrufari, Santo S., E23<bullet> [27JA]