[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
LEWIS, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported
perishable agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 1232), H5404
[25JN]
Alcoholic beverages: prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals,
(see H.R. 1202), H447 [11FE]
Armed Forces: anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294),
H4961 [22JN]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
2094), H3024 [11MY]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center,
(see H.R. 4347), H7429 [7AU]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H3972 [22MY]
------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: modify boundaries and
protect lands, waters, and natural resources, (see H.R. 4141),
H7585 [10SE]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H2706 [30AP]
------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
H2120 [21AP]
------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
3831), H4165 [4JN]
China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization,
(see H. Con. Res. 219), H1337 [19MR]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Colleges and universities: improve and strengthen recruitment and
training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H1299
[18MR]
------ improve international education at postsecondary
institutions, (see H.R. 3311), H754 [3MR]
Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implement and establish
support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H447
[11FE]
----- implementation, (see H.R. 4308), H6186 [22JY]
Courts: applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
H10010 [7OC]
Crime: prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
[19MR]
------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
4531), H9179 [28SE]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for the International
Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H101 [28JA]
------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
[19MR]
Dept. of Education: make grants for postsecondary information
technology education and employment assistance projects, (see
H.R. 3896), H3488 [19MY]
Dept. of HHS: ensure individuals who undertake federally funded
research and development of drugs enter into pricing agreements,
(see H.R. 3758), H3625 [20MY]
------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
3511), H1336 [19MR]
Dept. of the Interior: study on establishing a national historic
trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
3240), H1021 [10MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for
veterans in the Atlanta, GA, metropolitan area, (see H.R. 4391),
H7177 [4AU]
Disabled: establish a national public Internet site to increase
access to information on technology-related assistance, (see
H.R. 4461), H8035 [17SE]
Diseases: treatments relative to the transmission of HIV, (see H.R.
3072), H498 [12FE]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1112
[11MR]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and citizens'
associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
Education: establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
H2056 [1AP]
------ improve teacher quality, (see H.R. 2698), H851 [4MR], (see
H.R. 2228), H904 [5MR]
------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
3269), H851 [4MR]
------ recognize businesses that participate with schools to enhance
the teaching and use of technology, (see H.R. 2427), H1777
[30MR]
Families and domestic relations: develop, promote, and implement
policies to stabilize U.S. population growth, (see H. Con. Res.
154), H498 [12FE]
------ improve child care and family support services, (see H.R.
2713), H447 [11FE]
------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care, (see H.R. 3292), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 4030), H4478
[10JN] increase availability, affordability, and quality of
child care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400),
H903 [5MR]
FDA: establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
Federal employees: modify the conditions that must be met before
certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
President, (see H.R. 3251), H851 [4MR]
Firearms: ensure that criminal background checks are conducted
before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R.
2935), H2931 [6MY]
Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish
restoration and management projects, (see H.R. 2973), H386 [5FE]
Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3972
[22MY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive
medical fund for Holocaust survivors, (see H. Con. Res. 112),
H3247 [13MY]
Guyana: elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H2056 [1AP]
Health: prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans
relative to neurobiological disorders, (see H.R. 2110), H3105
[12MY]
------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
3342), H1159 [12MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for
preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
3033), H65 [27JA]
------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
2955), H5493 [14JY]
Insurance: establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with
the patient, (see H.R. 4093), H4879 [19JN]
------ limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
3538), H2319 [23AP]
------ require health insurance plans to provide external appeals in
cases of adverse determinations involving experimental
treatments, significant costs, or serious medical conditions,
(see H.R. 3469), H2319 [23AP]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H7415 [6AU]
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), H9275 [1OC]
IRS: reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H1337
[19MR]
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: Federal land acquisitions
funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H9537
[5OC]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
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]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H329 [4FE]
Margie Pitts Hames Post Office, Decatur, GA: designate, (see H.R.
4205), H5492 [14JY]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
------ coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H1643 [26MR]
------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H6511 [28JY]
Medicare: clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
3259), H1337 [19MR]
------ comprehensive financing for graduate medical education, (see
H.R. 4739), H11696 [20OC]
------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H7289
[5AU]
------ coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments, (see H.R.
1018), H4835 [18JN]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5405 [25JN]
------ ensure access to mental health services, (see H.R. 3988),
H6511 [28JY]
------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
assure continuity of care, (see H.R. 3997), H4165 [4JN]
------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H6453 [24JY]
------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H2707
[30AP]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
3139), H240 [3FE]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H6697 [29JY]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H6487 [27JY]
------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940),
H4165 [4JN]
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), H7178
[4AU]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
Motion pictures: discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H498 [12FE]
National Child Protection Act: allow for interstate background
checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
4659), H9273 [1OC]
National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee: establish,
(see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies, (see H.R.
3934), H3743 [21MY]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H6282 [23JY]
Office of Minority Health: establish authorities relative to
tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish, (see H.R.
2431), H1236 [17MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5402 [25JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H3488 [19MY]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5494 [14JY]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H3742 [21MY]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that
protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H2706 [30AP]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H495 [12FE]
Schools: ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
4224), H6454 [24JY]
Social Security: prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
[23JN]
------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1445 [24MR]
States: permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
H.R. 3837), H7290 [5AU]
Taxation: allow designation of charity contributions on tax returns
and establish the Checkoff for Charity Commission to ensure
payment of contributions, (see H.R. 4865), H11695 [20OC]
------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ allow income tax credit for use of certain clean-burning
motor vehicle fuels, (see H.R. 3376), H4479 [10JN]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4454), H7412 [6AU]
------ depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
3500), H3625 [20MY]
------ determination of employment status of individuals as
employees or independent contractors, (see H.R. 2642), H3014
[7MY]
------ employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care
services to employees, (see H.R. 1706), H1159 [12MR]
------ encourage production and use of electric vehicles, (see H.R.
3877), H3311 [14MY]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H1335 [19MR]
------ 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]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H2331 [27AP]
------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
3524), H1854 [31MR]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3014
[7MY]
------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H2319
[23AP]
------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
4538), H7583 [10SE]
------ 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]
------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H2318
[23AP]
------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H7495 [9SE]
------ simplify individual capital gains tax, (see H.R. 3623), H2052
[1AP]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms,
cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 1891), H6071 [21JY]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H8932 [25SE]
------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H6999 [3AU]
------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
(see H.R. 3667), H2707 [30AP]
------ treatment of tobacco products, (see H.R. 3027), H851 [4MR]
Tobacco products: establish a responsible U.S. international
tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
products to children, and establish the American Center on
Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H7290 [5AU]
------ limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236 [17MR], (see
H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
------ prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate
Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance
investments in biomedical and basic scientific research, (see
H.R. 3028), H851 [4MR]
------ prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in
which the presence of minors is prohibited, (see H.R. 3298),
H1643 [26MR]
------ 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), H2424 [28AP]
U.N.: participation in negotiations to establish international
criminal court, (see H.J. Res. 89), H4056 [3JN]
------ promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H2056
[1AP]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2120 [21AP]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H6999 [3AU]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5737 [16JY]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the
National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
Washington Interdependence Council: establish a memorial to
Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 3499),
H3014 [7MY]
WHO: encourage the U.S. becoming a signatory to the Guidelines for
Drug Donations, (see H. Con. Res. 225), H1550 [25MR]
Women: ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
3624), H3625 [20MY]
------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
3293), H1854 [31MR]
------ increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
1788), H6999 [3AU]
------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H7494
[9SE]
World War II: recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Ecology and environment: promote environmental justice, public
health, and pollution reduction efforts, (see H.R. 4584), H7914
[16SE]
Koulimar, Irma Vladimirovna: relief, (see H.R. 4588), H7915 [16SE]
Remarks
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2495 [29AP]
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), H6468 [27JY]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10092 [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11782 [18DE], H12003 [19DE]
------ remarks in Africa relative to slavery, H1782 [31MR]
Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination and preferential
treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
H2894 [6MY], H2895 [6MY]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (H. Res.
212), H10310 [9OC]
DeLay, Representative: remarks relative to President Clinton's
remarks in Africa on slavery, H1782 [31MR]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
H1592 [26MR]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7257 [5AU]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
(S. 1502), H2651 [30AP]
Drug abuse: prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
programs (H.R. 3717), H2471 [29AP]
Education: national policy to improve system, H856 [5MR]
Executive Office of the President: repeal Executive Order on equal
employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, H7257
[5AU]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions
relative to abortion, H1592 [26MR]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
H5639 [16JY]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
4250), H6405 [24JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2894 [6MY], H2895
[6MY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
H4584<bullet> [16JN]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1604 [26MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H1455
[25MR]
Puerto Rico: declare English as official language upon accession to
statehood, H799 [4MR]
------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H799 [4MR]
Racial relations: encourage dialogue and initiatives within the
U.S., H1211 [17MR], H1215 [17MR], H1217 [17MR], H1218 [17MR]
Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (H.R. 613), H723
[3MR]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8735 [25SE]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8735 [25SE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, H2941 [7MY] tax credits relative to elementary and
secondary school construction (H.R. 3320), H856 [5MR]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), motion to instruct conferees, H2941 [7MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), consideration (H.
Res. 405), H1865 [1AP]
Votes: position on missed, H4226<bullet> [5JN], E1054<bullet> [5JN]
Voting: establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H467 [12FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4163 [4JN]
Special order: granted, H4048 [3JN], H10559 [11OC]
Tribute, H1211-H1218 [17MR]
Statements
Tribute to an American Freedom Fighter: by, S1027 [25FE]
Tributes
Capps, Lois, H1025 [11MR]
Kennedy, Representative Joseph P., II, E2266<bullet> [21OC]
Kennedy, Robert F., H4029<bullet> [3JN]