[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
LEWIS, RON (a Representative from Kentucky)
Articles and editorials
Rethinking the Safety Net, Stuart M. Butler, H648 [26FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agricultural Market Transition Act: provide supplemental payments
to farm owners and producers who have entered into production
flexibility contracts, (see H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
Agriculture: production flexibility contract payment options, (see
H.R. 4265), H5858 [17JY]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
Bankruptcy: reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
2500), H631 [25FE]
Budget: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H4629 [16JN]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H445 [11FE]
------ parental notification and State criminal reporting
requirements for minors who seek family planning services from
federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H3024 [11MY]
------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
H.R. 3229), H3024 [11MY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): undertake an inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton, (see H. Res.
304), H65 [27JA]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, (see H.R. 4721),
H10011 [7OC]
Courts: provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade
and professional associations, (see H.R. 1542), H7803 [15SE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H678 [26FE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H2054 [1AP]
Death and dying: clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
H.R. 4006), H4629 [16JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: authority relative to plant protection and
quarantine, (see H.R. 3766), H10353 [9OC]
------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6698 [29JY]
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals
without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
[27JA]
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),
H4962 [22JN]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
[7MY], (see H.R. 4550), H7617 [11SE]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see H.R. 4300), H6186 [22JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3971 [22MY]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H631 [25FE]
El Salvador: commission of war crimes against U.S. Army pilots
David H. Pickett and Earnest Dawson, Jr., (see H. Con. Res.
314), H6999 [3AU]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing
supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H1445 [24MR]
Families and domestic relations: 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), H2931 [6MY]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity
with other civil service employees and public sector
firefighters, (see H.R. 1166), H578 [24FE]
Firearms: prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
checks before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention
of resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H4325 [9JN]
------ protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for
security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes, (see H.
Con. Res. 28), H101 [28JA]
------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H3488
[19MY]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5494 [14JY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
Foreign trade: require the President to report to Congress on any
selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
H4550 [11JN]
------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
[28SE]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
H5738 [16JY]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5494 [14JY]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Government: constitutional amendment relative to legal effects of
new treaties and agreements on the Constitution, (see H.J. Res.
83), H447 [11FE]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
H.R. 3534), H2931 [6MY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2319
[23AP]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
[19MY]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
IMF: ensure transparency of operations, (see H.R. 3331), H1445
[24MR]
Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H4055 [3JN]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
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]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1700 [27MR]
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), H8528 [23SE]
Medicaid: exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H904 [5MR]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3162), H3744
[21MY]
------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H6698 [29JY]
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), H7915
[16SE]
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]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4835 [18JN]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
State and local officials that results from the threat that
potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
H.R. 3288), H676 [26FE]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to
parental consent, (see H.R. 2941), H631 [25FE]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H5064 [23JN]
------ 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 nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H5859 [17JY]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
(see H.R. 1134), H1021 [10MR]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4550
[11JN]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H678 [26FE]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H7415 [6AU]
------ 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]
------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
(see H.R. 3127), H4550 [11JN]
------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H4879 [19JN]
------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
H.R. 2593), H692 [2MR]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H1021
[10MR]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H6282 [23JY]
Telephones: reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H4629 [16JN]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H8627 [24SE]
Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate,
(see H.R. 3864), H5594 [15JY]
Tobacco products: waive certain sanctions against States that
penalize minors' drivers licenses for purchasing or possessing
tobacco products, (see H.R. 4159), H5403 [25JN]
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]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet: appreciation to veterans for service, (see
H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 44), H1643
[26MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site: revise boundary,
(see H.R. 3883), H3312 [14MY]
Tobacco products: provide crop insurance, extension services, and
administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1451 [25MR]
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), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H519<bullet> [24FE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
H5527 [15JY]
Dept. of Justice: Drug Courts Program funding through rescissions
in Economic Development Administration, H7124 [4AU]
Dept. of the Interior: Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding,
H6015 [21JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6003 [21JY], H6015 [21JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7124 [4AU]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H. Res. 423),
H3040<bullet> [12MY]
------ national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7867 [16SE]
Drugs: promote drug-free workplace programs (H.R. 3853), H4978
[23JN]
Families and domestic relations: role of Government, H647 [26FE]
------ role of Government in establishing values, H1386 [24MR]
Jonesboro, AR: shooting of students and teacher outside Westside
Middle School, H1453 [25MR], H1557 [26MR]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H6003 [21JY]
Public lands: protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
trails (H.R. 4570), H9759 [7OC]
Sheperdsville, KY: tribute to Sheperdsville High School Class of
1932 reunion, E1516<bullet> [3AU]
Tobacco products: provide crop insurance, extension services, and
administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
to the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 3664), H2034 [1AP]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H1691 [27MR]
Votes: position on missed, E456<bullet> [24MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H626 [25FE], H674 [26FE], H1546 [25MR],
H1698 [27MR], H2049 [1AP], H4048 [3JN]
Statements
Honesty in Public Service: Theodore Roosevelt, H1382 [24MR]