[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
MOLLOHAN, ALAN B. (a Representative from West Virginia)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6973 [3AU], H7104
[4AU], H7185 [5AU]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4276, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H9626 [6OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H3312 [14MY]
Budget: ensure a balanced budget and create a Social Security
Reform Reserve Fund from revenues generated by economic growth,
(see H.R. 2825), H2119 [21AP]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H386 [5FE]
Clean Air Act: proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
(see H.R. 3690), H2055 [1AP], (see H.R. 4136), H5297 [24JN]
------ provide 2-year period prior to statutory reclassification of
areas that fail to attain clean air standards, (see H.R. 4136),
H5297 [24JN]
Courts: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
1283), H3105 [12MY]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H578 [24FE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H4835 [18JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H2120 [21AP]
Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3366 [18MY]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H8461 [22SE]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H2931 [6MY]
Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H4550 [11JN]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
(see H.R. 2509), H5493 [14JY]
Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 1679),
H64 [27JA], (see H.R. 4121), H5494 [14JY]
------ expand research activities relative to lupus, (see H.R.
1111), H386 [5FE]
------ prohibit restriction of certain medical communications
between health care providers and their patients, (see H.R.
586), H100 [28JA]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H2424 [28AP]
------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
program, (see H.R. 2202), H64 [27JA]
------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
(see H.R. 1289), H241 [3FE]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3625
[20MY]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under
health plans, (see H.R. 815), H2706 [30AP]
------ coverage of screening mammography, (see H.R. 617), H329 [4FE]
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), H8083 [18SE], (see H. Res.
598), H10917 [14OC]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H9722 [6OC]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
3137), H447 [11FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7000 [3AU]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H8035 [17SE]
------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H241 [3FE]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H8627 [24SE]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H8932 [25SE]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate
activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
H851 [4MR]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain
individuals, (see H.R. 543), H329 [4FE]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3625 [20MY]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3972 [22MY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H385 [5FE]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H7690 [14SE]
Tariff: purified terephthalic acid, (see H.R. 3501), H5405 [25JN]
Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
------ credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly
rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence,
(see H.R. 1134), H7915 [16SE]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H5493 [14JY]
------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
communities, (see H.R. 465), H8932 [25SE]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H755 [3MR]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5405 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Tariff: ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, (see H.R. 3480),
H1236 [17MR]
Letters
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative funding: Charlene
Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, H7164 [4AU]
Motions
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H9625 [6OC]
Remarks
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
census, H6785 [30JY], H6789 [30JY], H6790 [30JY], H6965 [3AU],
H7185 [5AU], H7188 [5AU], H7189 [5AU], H7190 [5AU], H7194 [5AU],
H7196 [5AU], H7198 [5AU], H7201 [5AU]
Cuba: TV Marti funding, H7114 [4AU]
Dept. of Energy: renewable energy research and development funding,
H6013 [21JY]
Dept. of Justice: Drug Courts Program funding through rescissions
in Economic Development Administration, H7106 [4AU], H7120
[4AU], H7122 [4AU], H7124 [4AU]
------ State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs funding
through rescissions in Advanced Technology Program, H7128 [4AU]
------ transfer Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grant funding to crime
prevention, drug treatment, and family resource programs, H7140
[4AU]
------ Weed and Seed Program funding through rescissions in Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program funding, H7141 [4AU]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6013 [21JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6959 [3AU], H6963
[3AU], H6965 [3AU], H6974 [3AU], H7106 [4AU], H7114 [4AU], H7118
[4AU], H7120 [4AU], H7122 [4AU], H7124 [4AU], H7128 [4AU], H7140
[4AU], H7141 [4AU], H7162 [4AU], H7164 [4AU], H7166 [4AU], H7168
[4AU], H7170 [4AU], H7171 [4AU], H7173 [4AU], H7185 [5AU], H7188
[5AU], H7189 [5AU], H7190 [5AU], H7194 [5AU], H7196 [5AU], H7198
[5AU], H7201 [5AU], H7217 [5AU], H7243 [5AU], H7255 [5AU], H7280
[5AU]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4276), consideration (H. Res.
508), H6785 [30JY], H6789 [30JY], H6790 [30JY]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4276), unanimous-consent
agreement, H7148 [4AU]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4276), motion to instruct
conferees, H9625 [6OC], H9626 [6OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5752 [17JY], H6252 [23JY],
H6269 [23JY]
Ecology and environment: exempt certain regulations and initiatives
from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
limitations, H6252 [23JY]
Federal Bureau of Prisons: study growth and development of private
prisons, H7162 [4AU]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H9625 [6OC]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H7255 [5AU]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, H6963 [3AU]
LSC: funding, H6974 [3AU]
NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, H7170 [4AU]
NOAA: nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
Zone Management Program, H7166 [4AU]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: enforcement of U.S.-Japan
insurance agreement, H7164 [4AU]
------ funding, H7164 [4AU]
Parliamentary inquiry, H7226 [5AU], H7238 [5AU], H7239 [5AU]
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: funding, H7168 [4AU]
SBA: National Women's Business Council funding, H7173 [4AU]
Space policy: space station program funding, H6269 [23JY]
Treaties and agreements: preemption of State and local laws
relative to GATT and NAFTA, H7280 [5AU]
U.N.: payment of U.S. arrearages, H7171 [4AU], H7217 [5AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3739 [21MY]
Tributes
McDade, Representative, H9248 [1OC]
Randolph, Jennings, H3372 [19MY]
Stokes, Representative, H6229 [23JY]