[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
LEVIN, SANDER M. (a Representative from Michigan)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H6121
[22JY]
------ H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, H2296
[23AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Antitrust policy: treatment of video programming for multichannel
distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H7415 [6AU]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
Automobile National Heritage Area: authorize, (see H.R. 3910),
H3624 [20MY]
Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI: designate, (see H.R.
3808), H3013 [7MY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H101 [28JA]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Crime: prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H10353
[9OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allocation of substantial tobacco
industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
Res. 249), H4056 [3JN]
Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H1445 [24MR]
------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H4961
[22JN]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H.R. 4550), H7691
[14SE]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage
State voluntary response programs relative to remediating
brownfield sites, (see H.R. 1120), H7414 [6AU]
------ 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), H692 [2MR]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H9345 [2OC]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 3292), H2707
[30AP], (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
enforcement and adoption programs, (see H.R. 3130), H99 [28JA]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H4835 [18JN]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7585 [10SE]
Global March Against Child Labor: support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
[21MY]
Great Lakes: prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
Res. 418), H2932 [6MY]
------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
H10012 [7OC]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 3605), H3488 [19MY]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2606
[29AP]
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), H8083 [18SE]
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: require better reporting of unidentified persons,
(see H.R. 2850), H5859 [17JY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public
safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
H.R. 1173), H6820 [30JY]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
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), H1379 [23MR]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2606
[29AP]
------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10011 [7OC], (see
H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
(see H.R. 4214), H5594 [15JY]
------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
Res. 304), H7495 [9SE]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1237 [17MR]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H6999 [3AU]
Pensions: ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3972 [22MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H1445 [24MR]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4629 [16JN]
Public welfare programs: clarify and improve public assistance and
benefits for noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
------ extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI, (see
H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight
crews during operations outside the U.S., (see H.R. 991), H1337
[19MR]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H495 [12FE]
Social Security: provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to
return to work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for
such beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H2931 [6MY]
Supreme Patriarch Karekin I: tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
(see H. Con. Res. 271), H3024 [11MY]
Tariff: wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H7585 [10SE]
Taxation: enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H1335 [19MR]
------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
H3013 [7MY]
------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H1337 [19MR]
------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
[28JA]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H3488 [19MY]
------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
H6281 [23JY]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H2423 [28AP]
------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H2054
[1AP]
------ provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for
technology-related training, (see H.R. 4185), H5404 [25JN]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
------ temporary waiver of minimum tax rules relative to
nonrefundable personal tax credit benefits for families, (see
H.R. 4611), H9084 [26SE]
------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see H.R. 4173),
H5403 [25JN]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
1891), H1337 [19MR]
------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans, (see H.R. 4031), H6999
[3AU]
Telecommunications: require accurate billing by carriers relative
to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
(see H.R. 4018), H5594 [15JY]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H498 [12FE]
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]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H579 [24FE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H447
[11FE]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3105 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3476), H1236 [17MR]
States: expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
(see H.R. 3697), H2119 [21AP]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5297
[24JN]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
H6211<bullet> [23JY]
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
Res. 446), H3765 [22MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H518 [24FE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2293
[23AP]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, H11651<bullet> [20OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2207 [22AP]
Berry, Michael: National Ethnic Coalition Ellis Island Medal of
Honor recipient, E792<bullet> [7MY]
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2496 [29AP]
Budget: proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989),
H4184 [5JN]
------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
284), H4148 [4JN], H4216 [5JN]
Burton, Evelyn and Lester: American Committee for the Weizmann
Institute of Science Michigan Region honorees, E1688<bullet>
[10SE]
Cahill, Kimberly M.: March of Dimes (organization), Alexander
Macomb Citizens of the Year Award recipient, E1705<bullet>
[11SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6089 [22JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11906 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10103<bullet> [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11906 [18DE]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809), H3410
[19MY], H3411 [19MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain
uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5706 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5706 [16JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), conference report, H11651<bullet> [20OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), E1589<bullet>
[7AU]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4380),
H7385<bullet> [6AU]
------ prohibit funding for joint adoptions by individuals not
related by blood or marriage, H7385<bullet> [6AU]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7868 [16SE]
------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
(H.R. 3717), H2473<bullet> [29AP]
Fakhouri, Haifa: American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
Awards and Scholarship Dinner honoree, E863<bullet> [14MY]
Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness and
efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
(H.R. 3130), H866 [5MR], H5377 [25JN], H5385 [25JN]
------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents
(H. Con. Res. 202), H398 [11FE], E161<bullet> [12FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7958<bullet> [17SE]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
consideration (H. Res. 553), H8759 [25SE]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4087 [4JN]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6400 [24JY]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H5476 [14JY]
IMF: funding, H2293 [23AP], H7958<bullet> [17SE]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), Senate amendments, H4292<bullet>
[9JN]
Japan: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis (H. Res. 392), H5885
[20JY]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination (H. Con. Res. 235), H1205
[17MR]
Lorenzo, Albert L.: March of Dimes (organization), Alexander Macomb
Citizens of the Year Award recipient, E1705<bullet> [11SE]
Mark, Florine: American Arab and Jewish Friends (organization)
Awards and Scholarship Dinner honoree, E863<bullet> [14MY]
Medicare: revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
4567), H10250 [9OC]
Michigan: transportation projects funding, H1911<bullet> [1AP]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (H. Con. Res.
304), H7653<bullet> [14SE]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), H1615 [26MR]
----- treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1602 [26MR]
Parliamentary inquiry, H5469 [14JY]
Petitpren, Inc.: March of Dimes (organization), Alexander Macomb
Citizens of the Year Award recipient, E1705<bullet> [11SE]
Point of order, H3731 [21MY]
Political campaigns: application of term ``express advocacy''
relative to communications providing voting records or positions
taken by candidates for public office, H4866 [19JN], H4868
[19JN], H5453 [14JY], H5454 [14JY], H5455 [14JY], H5466 [14JY],
H6847 [30JY]
------ clarify that certain communications from citizen groups are
exempt from express advocacy requirements, H6799 [30JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3785
[22MY], H4785 [18JN], H4805 [18JN], H4866 [19JN], H4868 [19JN],
H5453 [14JY], H5454 [14JY], H5455 [14JY], H5466 [14JY], H5479
[14JY], H5484 [14JY], H5936 [20JY], H6799 [30JY], H6832 [30JY],
H6847 [30JY], H6938 [3AU], H7308 [6AU], H7321 [6AU] ethics
reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H.
Res. 458), H4775 [18JN], H4776 [18JN]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4805
[18JN], H7308 [6AU]
------ prohibit use of White House meals or accommodations for
fundraising, H5479 [14JY]
------ prohibit use of willful blindness as a defense against
violations of foreign contribution ban, H5484 [14JY]
------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H1753 [30MR]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H7321
[6AU]
------ specify that a communication with a Member regarding pending
legislation be construed to establish coordination with a
candidate, H6832 [30JY]
Public welfare programs: clarify and improve public assistance and
benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8499 [23SE]
------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, H3765 [22MY]
Royal Oak, MN: tribute to St. Paul Lutheran Church, E1933<bullet>
[7OC]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8750 [25SE]
------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4021 [3JN]
Sterling Heights, MI: tribute to Fire Fighters Union retirees,
E1779<bullet> [23SE]
Taxation: establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
and other qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815),
E793<bullet> [7MY]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
H8750 [25SE], H8938 [26SE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4666 [17JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1911<bullet> [1AP]
Treaties and agreements: preemption of State and local laws
relative to GATT and NAFTA, E1589<bullet> [7AU]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (H. Con. Res. 295),
H10455<bullet> [10OC]
Voting: require proof of citizenship and Social Security number to
register and repeal mandate that States provide mail voter
registration, H5936 [20JY]
Warren, MI: anniversary of Ukrainian Cultural Center, E2047<bullet>
[10OC]
Zieve, Mary Lou Simons and Mort: American Jewish Committee
Institute of Human Relations Distinguished Community Service
Award recipients, E1286<bullet> [14JY]
Statements
Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
Tributes
Heflin-McCloud, Elizabeth, E159<bullet> [12FE]
Jesko, George, E1846<bullet> [29SE]
Kelly, W. Russell, E15<bullet> [27JA], E64<bullet> [3FE]
Kraus, Irene, E1942<bullet> [8OC]
Kuzniar, Laura Robinson, E2230<bullet> [16OC]
Mulligan, Mary, E1287<bullet> [14JY]
Nowicki, Bruno, E2007<bullet> [9OC]
Sonnenschein, Hugo F., E865<bullet> [14MY]
Vagnozzi, Aldo, E519<bullet> [30MR]
Zander, Mary, E165<bullet> [12FE]