[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
LUCAS, FRANK D. (a Representative from Oklahoma)
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: Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
(see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
4265), H5858 [17JY], (see H.R. 4272), H5859 [17JY]
------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
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), H578 [24FE]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
H5491 [14JY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H7803 [15SE]
Correctional institutions: test incarcerated persons for serious
transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
with corrections personnel, (see H.R. 2070), H4055 [3JN]
Death and dying: clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
H.R. 4006), H7428 [7AU]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H3247 [13MY]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H4880 [19JN]
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]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
[7MY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S., (see H.R.
123), H497 [12FE]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H1337 [19MR]
Firearms: restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721),
H6282 [23JY]
------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
(see H.R. 3140), H1445 [24MR]
Foreign trade: require the President to report to Congress on any
selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654),
H4056 [3JN]
------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647), H9179
[28SE]
Government: status of Executive orders that infringe on the powers
and duties of Congress or are not specifically funded, (see H.
Con. Res. 236), H903 [5MR]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to
protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2056 [1AP]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9346 [2OC]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2931
[6MY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
IRS: improve access and increase equity for taxpayers, (see H.R.
2598), H4165 [4JN]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
H497 [12FE]
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]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
2912), H386 [5FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3162), H447 [11FE],
(see H.R. 3205), H5859 [17JY], (see H.R. 4339), H6698 [29JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of
standards, (see H.R. 2661), H6282 [23JY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H5404 [25JN]
------ prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res. 452), H4165
[4JN]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H904 [5MR]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H386 [5FE]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see H.R. 3104), H2056 [1AP]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4165
[4JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H4055 [3JN]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H4055 [3JN]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H4241
[5JN]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H3744 [21MY]
------ 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), H7915 [16SE]
------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H4055
[3JN]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H101 [28JA]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H447 [11FE]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of
watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource
projects, (see H.R. 4409), H7289 [5AU]
Letters
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act: by, H1556
[26MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4131 [4JN]
------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
farms, H7556 [10SE], H7928 [17SE]
------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
H6927 [3AU]
------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
H8079 [18SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5210 [24JN]
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2496 [29AP]
Credit: furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
purposes (S. 2561), H10220 [8OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: Export Enhancement Program funding, H9165
[28SE]
------ limit funding for livestock protection from predatory
wildlife, H5210 [24JN]
------ provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams
built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R.
4409), E1555<bullet> [5AU]
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals
without explicit and specific legislation (H.R. 2846),
E119<bullet> [5FE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10328 [9OC]
Northwestern Oklahoma State University: anniversary, E410<bullet>
[18MR]
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in
satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2835<bullet> [6MY]
Trucking industry: obtain written consent of applicants before
obtaining Federal Highway Authority driving records and
accidents history, H10220 [8OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H626 [25FE], H674 [26FE], H5954 [20JY],
H7582 [10SE], H9176 [28SE]
Tributes
Reagan, Ronald, H651 [26FE]