[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
METCALF, JACK (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6702 [29JY],
H7146 [4AU]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3218 [13MY], H3221 [13MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide
certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H2055 [1AP]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1021 [10MR]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H578 [24FE]
------ revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses, (see
H.R. 2537), H7690 [14SE]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4835 [18JN]
Aviation: provide assistance and slots to air carriers providing
service between high-density and underserved airports, (see H.R.
2748), H1112 [11MR]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Children and youth: parental notification and State criminal
reporting requirements for minors who seek family planning
services from federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H3744
[21MY]
------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
H.R. 3229), H3744 [21MY]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on
birth in the U.S., (see H.R. 7), H678 [26FE]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H10833
[13OC]
------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
3783), H7915 [16SE]
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish, (see H.R.
1704), H678 [26FE]
Credit: repeal pending changes in the interest rates applicable to
Federal family education loans, (see H.R. 3291), H692 [2MR]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1021 [10MR], (see H.R.
3265), H1021 [10MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H2054 [1AP]
Cuba: extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H2606 [29AP]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
Res. 212), H4056 [3JN]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
------ equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered
under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H6880 [31JY]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H4550 [11JN]
------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H6487 [27JY]
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),
H4961 [22JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H5957
[20JY]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit from imposing regulations
relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H631 [25FE]
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), H7415 [6AU]
------ determination of service connection for certain illnesses
caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents
during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3279), H2707 [30AP]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H4548 [11JN]
Developing countries: recognize the importance of providing access
to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H9084 [26SE]
Drugs: sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in
the presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2606 [29AP]
Education: allow local areas to develop elementary and secondary
education programs that meet their needs, (see H.R. 2992), H1159
[12MR]
------ dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of the
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H7178 [4AU]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H7494 [9SE]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H7415 [6AU]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H1379 [23MR]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit, (see
H.R. 1059), H631 [25FE]
Fair Housing Act: amend, (see H.R. 589), H447 [11FE], (see H.R.
3206), H678 [26FE]
FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H1550
[25MR]
Federal employees: allow use of medical savings accounts under
health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass
measurements, (see H.R. 2699), H7415 [6AU]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H3972 [22MY]
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), H5494 [14JY]
Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish
restoration and management projects, (see H.R. 2973), H678
[26FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H10077 [8OC]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H2707
[30AP], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
FRS: reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
Committee, (see H. Con. Res. 329), H9179 [28SE]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
3342), H1643 [26MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2120
[21AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3625
[20MY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
[12MR]
------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H1111 [11MR]
------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
IMF: eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H2706 [30AP]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
workers, (see H.R. 2377), H2931 [6MY]
------ allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
H.R. 3410), H2931 [6MY]
------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
2955), H65 [27JA]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State
insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural
disasters, (see H.R. 219), H64 [27JA]
International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold voluntary proportional
assistance relative to the development and completion of the
Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2605
[29AP]
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), H10513 [10OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H755 [3MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
program, (see H.R. 2970), H447 [11FE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H678 [26FE]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3247
[13MY]
Medicaid: allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H497 [12FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H6453 [24JY]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H9275 [1OC]
------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H10353 [9OC]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4370), H7415 [6AU], (see H.R. 4404), H7429 [7AU]
Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General, (see
H.R. 251), H447 [11FE]
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]
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
efforts, but grant national interest waiver, (see H.J. Res.
114), H1021 [10MR]
Naval Armed Guard Service: appreciation to veterans for service
during World War I and World War II, (see H.J. Res. 99), H2814
[5MY]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain
individuals, (see H.R. 543), H3743 [21MY]
Nigeria: efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
3916), H3624 [20MY]
NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone
diseases, (see H.R. 2697), H7690 [14SE]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing, (see H.R.
2556), H386 [5FE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
H.R. 3632), H4550 [11JN]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3106 [12MY]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, cosponsorship
withdrawn, (see H.R. 1995), H8932 [25SE]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4325 [9JN]
Privacy: repeal law creating a national identification card by
establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H6698 [29JY], (see H.R.
4217), H6698 [29JY]
------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
citizens in order to create national medical history database,
(see H.R. 4281), H6698 [29JY], (see H.R. 4312), H6698 [29JY]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H1699 [27MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity, (see H. Con. Res. 52), H498 [12FE]
Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
H.R. 3133), H386 [5FE]
Senior citizens: improve financial and emotional security, (see
H.R. 2333), H10513 [10OC]
Small business: provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H9346 [2OC]
Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners,
(see H.R. 530), H1643 [26MR]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H3014 [7MY]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H3366 [18MY]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H7617
[11SE]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4835
[18JN]
------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H386 [5FE]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H676
[26FE]
------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H7415 [6AU]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H6999
[3AU]
------ provide incentives for investment in renewal communities,
(see H.R. 1031), H447 [11FE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
shareholders, (see H.R. 4386), H6999 [3AU]
------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H7428
[7AU]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H7290 [5AU]
Telephones: reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H7585 [10SE]
------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3749), H2814 [5MY], (see H.R. 3888), H3625 [20MY]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7495 [9SE]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet: appreciation to veterans for service, (see
H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H9345 [2OC]
------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H4165 [4JN]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient
financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H9275 [1OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Transportation: conveyance of Mukilteo Light Station to
Mukilteo, WA, (see H.R. 4207), H5492 [14JY]
Education: computation of Impact Aid Program payments to local
educational agencies relative to certain children living in
military housing constructed by private developers, (see H.R.
4133), H5297 [24JN]
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]
International Whaling Commission: U.S. policy, (see H. Res. 425),
H3014 [7MY]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act:
technical corrections, (see H.R. 4482), H7413 [6AU]
Northwest Straits Advisory Commission: establish, (see H.R. 4585),
H7914 [16SE]
Schaffert, Richard W.: relief, (see H.R. 3257), H578 [24FE]
Letters
Whale hunting y the Makah Indian tribe off the coast of Washington:
Will Anderson, Progressive Animal Welfare Society,
E2102<bullet>-E2104<bullet> [12OC]
Remarks
Bosnia and Herzegovina: withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con.
Res. 227), H1266 [18MR]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11929 [18DE]
Computers: problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900, H4968
[23JN]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809),
H3414<bullet> [19MY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7146 [4AU], H7147
[4AU]
Education: direct funding and control to local educational
agencies, H10887 [14OC]
------ national policy to improve system, H10677 [13OC], H10887
[14OC]
FEC: eliminate background music in determining whether broadcast
advertising is express advocacy, H6831 [30JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: requirements relative to
health claims on food labels, H509 [24FE]
Financial institutions: allow retention of ``Federal'' in name of
depository institutions converted to a national or State bank,
H3218 [13MY], H3219 [13MY]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), H3218 [13MY], H3219 [13MY]
------ streamline the regulation of depository institutions and
safeguard confidential banking and credit union supervisory
information (H.R. 4364), H10216<bullet> [8OC], H10216 [8OC]
Fish and fishing: approve international fishery agreement with
Poland (H.R. 3461), H10597<bullet> [12OC]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H10677 [13OC]
Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
217), H716 [3MR], H883 [5MR]
------ housing programs for veterans (H.R. 1754), H883 [5MR]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5875 [20JY]
------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10707 [13OC]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, H4858
[19JN]
INS: repeal requirement to develop automated entry and exit control
system, H7146 [4AU], H7147 [4AU]
International Whaling Commission: U.S. policy (H. Res. 425), H3118
[13MY]
IRS: restructure and reform, H71 [28JA]
Larson, Edward: recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Best Work of
History, H2062 [21AP]
Mount Vernon, WA: tribute to Youth in Action Program, H4575 [16JN]
Northwest Straits Advisory Commission: establish, H10597<bullet>
[12OC]
Political campaigns: application of term ``express advocacy''
relative to communications providing voting records or positions
taken by candidates for public office, H5464 [14JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3787
[22MY], H4789 [18JN], H4858 [19JN], H5464 [14JY], H6831 [30JY]
Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4660 [17JN]
Transportation: Fast Corridor Program funding, H1891 [1AP]
------ funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs,
and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1706 [30MR], H1784 [31MR],
H1891 [1AP]
Votes: position on missed, H1824 [31MR]
Washington: proposal to resume whale hunting by the Makah Indian
tribe, H1692 [27MR]
------ proposal to resume whale hunting by the Makah Indian tribe,
E2102<bullet> [12OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H493 [12FE], H753 [3MR], H900 [5MR], H1443
[24MR], H1698 [27MR], H2314 [23AP], H3482 [19MY], H3739 [21MY],
H4322 [9JN], H4832 [18JN], H8032 [17SE], H9176 [28SE]
Tributes
Colvin, Leroy, H4298 [9JN]
Umanets, Valentina, E926<bullet> [20MY]