[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
LEWIS, JERRY (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Articles and editorials
Congrats to Our City Clerks, Twentynine Palms (CA) Desert Trail,
E1979<bullet> [9OC]
Focus Crash 2000--Life With Computers at Risk Should Y2K Disease
Prove Deadly, Bruce Champman, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer,
E1381<bullet> [22JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H5738 [16JY]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H3744
[21MY]
Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon
enlistment, (see H.R. 51), H9537 [5OC]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H1445 [24MR]
CIA: provide a process for agency employees to submit urgent
concerns to Congress, (see H.R. 3829), H3104 [12MY]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H2931 [6MY]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H2814 [5MY]
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: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H1159 [12MR]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3014 [7MY]
Fair Housing Act: amend, (see H.R. 3206), H904 [5MR]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
Forest Service: authority to purchase lands within the boundaries
of certain national forests in California to include the Angeles
National Forest, (see H.R. 3770), H2705 [30AP]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide
during World War II, (see H.R. 1531), H9178 [28SE]
Government regulations: require peer review of scientific data used
in support of Federal regulations, (see H.R. 3234), H496 [12FE]
Health: expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
1111), H678 [26FE]
------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
H1445 [24MR]
------ limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H2814
[5MY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H4479
[10JN]
Health care professionals: require military physicians to possess
unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
education requirements, (see H.R. 3775), H3014 [7MY]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps, (see H.R.
1176), H6880 [31JY]
Insurance: require health plans to provide adequate access to
services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, (see H.R.
1737), H4550 [11JN]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
(see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H3247 [13MY]
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), H4550 [11JN]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1379 [23MR]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: add to the list of days on which the
flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H678
[26FE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
Members of Congress: follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
[10SE]
Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
emission standards, (see H.R. 8), H4165 [4JN]
National forests: suspend development of a roadless area policy
pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H755 [3MR]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
H.R. 3632), H3625 [20MY]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see H.R.
2625), H65 [27JA]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
H.R. 3267), H630 [25FE]
Sandia National Laboratories: designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
Taxation: 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]
------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H6487
[27JY]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H10833
[13OC]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H2056 [1AP]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1854
[31MR]
------ 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]
------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
------ treatment of golf caddies, (see H.R. 2321), H3105 [12MY]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4675), H10513 [10OC]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
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]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H5593 [15JY]
Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel,
merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal,
State, and local elections, (see H.R. 699), H497 [12FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bono, Sonny: tribute, (see H. Res. 338), H63 [27JA]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations, (see H.R. 4194), H5491 [14JY]
Conference reports
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
Appropriations (H.R. 4194), H9359-H9437 [5OC]
Motion
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6277 [23JY]
Remarks
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11738 [17DE]
Bono, Sonny: tribute (H. Res. 338), H8 [27JA], H11 [27JA], H17
[27JA]
California: tribute to League of California Cities, E1749<bullet>
[17SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
Res. 311), H6469 [27JY]
Center for Military and Private Sector Initiatives: tribute,
E2095<bullet> [12OC]
Children and youth: provide greater access to child care services
for Federal employees (H.R. 4280), H9358 [5OC]
------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
accordance with stricter flammability standards, H6545 [29JY]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), E2030<bullet>
[10OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11833 [18DE]
------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
conduct, H1302 [19MR]
Computers: develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
not disrupted, E1381<bullet> [22JY]
Council on Environmental Quality: prohibit funding to American
Heritage Rivers Initiative, H6260 [23JY]
Dept. of HUD: regulations relative to lender paid mortgage broker
fees, H6258 [23JY]
------ Rental Assistance Voucher Program funding, H5763 [17JY],
H5764 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5690 [16JY], H5694 [16JY], H5697 [16JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health and safety violations at
Veteran's Integrated Services Network hospitals, H5770 [17JY]
------ reallocation of certain veteran health care resources
relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY]
------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6555
[29JY]
------ veterans extended care facilities construction funding
through offsets in NASA's space station program, H6564 [29JY]
veterans extended care facilities construction funding through
offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing Opportunities for Persons
With AIDS Program, H6566 [29JY]
------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
offsets in FHA funding, H6546 [29JY], H6548 [29JY], H6549
[29JY], H6551 [29JY] Veterans Health Administration medical care
funding through offsets in equipment, land, and structures
funding, H6543 [29JY]
------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
offsets in FHA funding, H7714 [15SE], H7715 [15SE], H7716 [15SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5744 [17JY], H5753 [17JY],
H5754 [17JY], H5756 [17JY], H5757 [17JY], H5759 [17JY], H5760
[17JY], H5763 [17JY], H5764 [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5770 [17JY],
H5773 [17JY], H5825 [17JY], H5826 [17JY], H6223 [23JY], H6225
[23JY], H6244 [23JY], H6245 [23JY], H6247 [23JY], H6249 [23JY],
H6251 [23JY], H6254 [23JY], H6258 [23JY], H6259 [23JY], H6260
[23JY], H6261 [23JY], H6262 [23JY], H6263 [23JY], H6265 [23JY],
H6266 [23JY], H6269 [23JY], H6270 [23JY], H6273 [23JY], H6538
[29JY], H6540 [29JY], H6541 [29JY], H6542 [29JY], H6543 [29JY],
H6545 [29JY], H6546 [29JY], H6548 [29JY], H6549 [29JY], H6551
[29JY], H6555 [29JY], H6564 [29JY], H6566 [29JY], H6568 [29JY],
H6570 [29JY], H6571 [29JY], H6582 [29JY], H6583 [29JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration (H. Res.
501), H5643 [16JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to recommit, H6591
[29JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9611
[6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9622 [6OC] making appropriations (H.R.
4194), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574), H9601
[6OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4194), motion to instruct
conferees, H7714 [15SE], H7715 [15SE], H7716 [15SE]
District of Columbia: impact of financial and management distress
relief, H1332 [19MR]
Ecology and environment: exempt certain regulations and initiatives
from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
limitations, H6245 [23JY], H6247 [23JY], H6249 [23JY], H6251
[23JY], H6254 [23JY]
------ exempt educational outreach or information seminars on
greenhouse gas emissions from EPA and Council on Environmental
Quality funding limitations, H6223 [23JY]
------ Oregon Garden Project funding, H6259 [23JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
H4935 [22JN]
EPA: allow State and local governments to recommend alternative
water filtration methods, H6258 [23JY]
------ impact of regulatory requirements on small communities
relative to disinfection and treatment of groundwater, H6568
[29JY]
------ remove restrictions on use of brownfield funds, H5825 [17JY],
H5826 [17JY]
------ research funding to reduce methane emissions from ruminant
livestock, H6551 [29JY]
------ study health effects of copper in drinking water, H6570
[29JY]
------ support contracts for the Superfund reportable quantities on
oil spills programs, H6258 [23JY]
FEMA: accuracy of National Flood Insurance Program maps, H6259
[23JY]
------ disaster funding to rebuild and improve seismic performance
of earthquake-damaged hospitals, H6551 [29JY]
------ Emergency Food and Shelter Program funding, H6261 [23JY]
Forest Service: road construction funding, H1680 [27MR]
Forests: establish a program of recovery and protection and to
inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
their resources (H.R. 2515), H1680 [27MR]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4098<bullet> [4JN]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, H6571
[29JY]
Government regulations: differentiate animal fats and vegetable
oils from other oils and greases in issuing or enforcing
regulations, H6258 [23JY]
Highland, CA: tribute to Highland Women's Club, E449<bullet> [24MR]
Housing: prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of
termination of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5773
[17JY]
Inyo County, CA: anniversary of first ascent of Mt. Whitney,
E2093<bullet> [12OC]
Johnston-Cox, Megan: participation in National History Day
Competition, E1203<bullet> [23JN]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R.
4112), conference report, H8555 [24SE]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 550), H8542 [24SE]
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H5690 [16JY]
Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
emission standards (H.R. 8), H5898 [20JY]
NASA: academic programs funding, H6543 [29JY]
Newman, Phyllis: Congregation Emanu El of San Bernardino, CA, Rabbi
Norman F. Feldheym Award recipient, E682<bullet> [28AP]
NSF: funding, H6538 [29JY], H6540 [29JY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H6589 [29JY]
Point of order, H5773 [17JY]
Postal Service: removal as U.S. representative to the Universal
Postal Union, H5694 [16JY], H5697 [16JY]
Redlands, CA: tribute to Arrowhead Christian Academy football team,
E168<bullet> [12FE]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
3267), H5560 [15JY], H5561 [15JY]
----- feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R. 3267),
consideration (H. Res. 500), H5545 [15JY]
San Bernardino County, CA: observance of Blue Ribbon Week,
E763<bullet> [5MY]
------ tribute to Community Coalition Project, E691<bullet> [28AP]
San Francisco, CA: prevent use of Federal funds to require city
contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6582 [29JY],
H6583 [29JY]
San Joaquin Valley, CA: develop water resource management plan,
H6568 [29JY]
Space policy: space station program funding, H6265 [23JY], H6266
[23JY], H6269 [23JY], H6270 [23JY], H6273 [23JY]
St. Louis, MI: Pine River dredging project, H6244 [23JY]
Veterans: post-military employment prospects and unemployment
statistics, E2095<bullet> [12OC]
Votes: position on missed, H9149<bullet> [28SE]
Wales: observance of St. David's Day, E166<bullet> [12FE]
Wilson, Ronald L.: California Inland Empire Council of Boy Scouts
of America Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E1259<bullet>
[26JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4626 [16JN]
Reports filed
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4194)
(H. Rept. 105-610), H5491 [14JY]
------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 4194) (H. Rept. 105-769), H9536
[5OC]
Tables
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies
appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5745-H5749 [17JY]
Tributes
Ashton, Alice E., E1568<bullet> [7AU]
Berry, Bob, E1132<bullet> [16JN]
Bono, Representative, H2073 [21AP]
Burton, John L., E306<bullet> [5MR]
Callies, Char, E1979<bullet> [9OC]
Collins, Richard C., E1530<bullet> [4AU]
Cunningham, Representative, H7370 [6AU]
Dalpiaz, Al and Irene, E2024<bullet> [10OC]
Davis, Robert L. (Larry), E1787<bullet> [23SE]
Dellums, Representative, H204 [3FE], H215 [3FE]
Fazio, Representative, H4935 [22JN], H8542 [24SE], H8555 [24SE]
Hibbetts, Arthur E., E1941<bullet> [8OC]
Jacobs, Steven D., E1747<bullet> [17SE]
Kohlars, Dorothy, E389<bullet> [17MR]
McDade, Representative, H4935 [22JN], H9246 [1OC]
McDonald, Virnita, E868<bullet> [14MY]
Nelson, Lewis W., E679<bullet> [28AP]
Roberts, Margaret, E1979<bullet> [9OC]
Smith, Jane, E1131<bullet> [16JN]
Solomon, Representative, H9601 [6OC]
Sorenson, Irene, E1203<bullet> [23JN]
Stokes, Representative, H6225 [23JY], H6241 [23JY], H6242 [23JY],
H9622 [6OC], E1469<bullet> [30JY]