[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
McCARTHY, KAREN (a Representative from Missouri)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
H10353 [9OC]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see H.R. 619), H9722 [6OC]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H3312 [14MY]
CERCLA: reauthorize, (see H.R. 3595), H1776 [30MR], (see H.R.
3262), H6697 [29JY]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for
students by providing productive activities during after-school
hours, (see H.R. 2408), H6697 [29JY]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4880 [19JN]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
4717), H10353 [9OC]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4355), H6819 [30JY]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H7803
[15SE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H5493 [14JY]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H5493 [14JY]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H100
[28JA]
Dept. of the Interior: study on establishing a national historic
trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
3240), H4550 [11JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down events and establish
a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H9346 [2OC]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7000 [3AU]
Developing countries: recognize the importance of providing access
to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H5494 [14JY]
Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3366 [18MY]
Ecology and environment: 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), H7690 [14SE]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3624 [20MY]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H6453 [24JY]
------ grants to provide integrated classroom-related computer
training for elementary and secondary school teachers, (see H.R.
4552), H9537 [5OC]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H7690 [14SE]
Executive Office of the President: implementation of Executive
Orders relative to Federal authority to impose regulations on
State and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
(see H.R. 4422), H7411 [6AU]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
H447 [11FE]
------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
FDA: establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H6880
[31JY]
Food: improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
[18JN]
------ purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
persons, (see H.R. 3615), H3488 [19MY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
Foreign countries: funding for the construction of U.S. chancery
facilities in Berlin and Jerusalem so that comparable rates of
construction and occupation of the facilities are ensured, (see
H.R. 4181), H5404 [25JN]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H6487
[27JY], (see H.R. 4283), H6487 [27JY]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument: revise boundaries,
(see H.R. 3981), H6697 [29JY]
Health: establish penalties for prohibited uses and disclosures of
individually identifiable health information and allow
individuals to inspect and copy their own health information,
(see H.R. 3900), H9722 [6OC]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
program, (see H.R. 2202), H2236 [22AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H7179 [4AU]
Housing: remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing,
(see H.R. 3435), H3312 [14MY]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Insurance: allow children covered under private health insurance
under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H10077 [8OC]
------ prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage
or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H4835 [18JN]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H7178 [4AU]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H7290 [5AU]
Medicare: coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
H10012 [7OC]
------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H9722 [6OC]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5859 [17JY]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music, (see H. Con.
Res. 27), H4479 [10JN]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H5593 [15JY]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3366 [18MY]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3972 [22MY]
Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal
information, (see H.R. 1813), H3972 [22MY]
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), H7584 [10SE]
Social Security: payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H8627 [24SE]
Taxation: apply energy credit to the purchase of small wind
turbines, (see H.R. 2902), H4055 [3JN]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H4241 [5JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1237 [17MR]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
[14MY]
------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
4538), H7583 [10SE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H4325 [9JN]
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), H5405 [25JN]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 1500), H3105
[12MY]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H10353 [9OC]
------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H4479
[10JN]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6487 [27JY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H8528 [23SE]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the
National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H3972 [22MY]
Women: ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H8931 [25SE]
Remarks
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11745<bullet> [17DE]
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2505<bullet> [29AP]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes (H. Res. 466), H4536<bullet> [11JN]
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), H6480<bullet> [27JY]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for
students by providing productive activities during after-school
hours (H.R. 2408), E1461<bullet> [29JY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6101 [22JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H12028<bullet> [19DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10089<bullet> [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12028<bullet> [19DE]
Congress: partisanship versus bipartisanship, E1989<bullet> [9OC]
Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, E1495<bullet>
[31JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), E1495<bullet> [31JY],
E1497<bullet> [31JY]
Earth Day: observance, E624<bullet> [22AP]
Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
sites, E1497<bullet> [31JY]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers (H.R. 4009),
E1461<bullet> [29JY]
Energy Conservation and Production Act: extend certain programs
(H.R. 4017), H9098 [28SE], H9100 [28SE]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R.
4017), H9098 [28SE], H9100 [28SE]
------ extend certain programs (S. 417), H10955<bullet> [15OC]
FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric
project in Arkansas (H.R. 4081), H9105 [28SE]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, E1989<bullet>
[9OC]
Hawkins, William: National Industries for the Blind Milton J.
Samuelson Career Achievement Award recipient, E1891<bullet>
[2OC]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6408<bullet> [24JY]
Hughes, Mamie: Central Exchange (organization) Woman of the Year
award recipient, E1799<bullet> [24SE]
Independence (MO) Examiner: anniversary, E214<bullet> [24FE]
Israel: independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), E709<bullet>
[29AP]
Jackson County, MO: tribute to Women's History Collection at the
Historical Society Archives and Research Library, E559<bullet>
[2AP]
Kansas City, MO: anniversary of St. Patrick's Day Parade,
E398<bullet> [17MR]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
H4584<bullet> [16JN]
Meyers, Jan: Volunteer Center of Johnson County, KS, Volunteer of
the Year award recipient, E1332<bullet> [17JY]
Miller, Marshall V.: Vice President's Hammer Award recipient,
E470<bullet> [25MR]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: tribute, E963<bullet> [22MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H1455
[25MR]
Power resources: designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
owners and operators, H9098 [28SE], H9100 [28SE], H10955<bullet>
[15OC]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (H.R. 2625),
H261 [4FE]
Schools: tribute to White House school safety summit, E1461<bullet>
[29JY]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8539 [24SE], H8745<bullet> [25SE]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8539 [24SE], H8745<bullet> [25SE]
Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6773 [30JY]
Votes: position on missed, H253 [4FE], H536<bullet> [24FE],
H1766<bullet> [30MR], H3761<bullet> [22MY], H6485<bullet>
[27JY], H7161<bullet> [4AU], H7671<bullet> [14SE],
H10640<bullet> [12OC], H12043<bullet> [19DE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1018 [10MR]
Tributes
Chavez, Cesar E., E561<bullet> [2AP]
Gibson, Floyd R., E489<bullet> [26MR]
Holland, Jane Murdock, E2190<bullet> [15OC]
Patterson, Russell, E1264<bullet> [26JN], E1328<bullet> [17JY]
Selkirk, Frank L., III, E487<bullet> [26MR]
Shear, S. Sue, E965<bullet> [22MY]