[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
NEY, ROBERT W. (a Representative from Ohio)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Articles and editorials
Iran--The Inadequacy of Labels, George A. Nader, Middle East Insight
(publication), E573<bullet> [2AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development
and implementation, (see H.R. 1842), H447 [11FE]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H9345 [2OC]
Battle of Midway National Memorial: establish, (see H.R. 2800),
H5593 [15JY]
Capitol Police: increase mandatory retirement age, (see H.R. 4415),
H8035 [17SE]
Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
designate, (see H.R. 4602), H8083 [18SE]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the
operation of automobiles and trucks, (see H.R. 2327), H9179
[28SE]
------ facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by National Child
Protection Act, (see H.R. 2488), H2119 [21AP]
Clean Air Act: modify application of certain provisions relative to
inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within
nonattainment areas, (see H.R. 4157), H5403 [25JN]
------ 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]
Clinton, President: reimburse Federal Government for costs incurred
by the Office of Independent Counsel, (see H. Res. 532), H7803
[15SE]
Commission for the Future of Public Broadcasting: establish, (see
H.R. 4067), H7585 [10SE]
Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1021 [10MR]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H9179 [28SE]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations, (see
H.R. 4067), H7585 [10SE]
Correctional institutions: test incarcerated persons for serious
transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
with corrections personnel, (see H.R. 2070), H1168 [16MR]
Crime: increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade
arrest, (see H.R. 3438), H1159 [12MR]
------ prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
H.R. 3185), H1112 [11MR]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
H2054 [1AP]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H5405
[25JN]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H4835 [18JN]
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),
H2052 [1AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H4165 [4JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2120 [21AP]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H9346 [2OC]
------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H64 [27JA]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4220),
H5859 [17JY]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4374),
H9188 [29SE]
Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H2318 [23AP]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H5736 [16JY]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H1337 [19MR]
Fire prevention: authorize a Federal grant program to assist local
governments in improving public safety against fire and fire-
related hazards, (see H.R. 4229), H8035 [17SE]
Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
arms, (see H.R. 2734), H65 [27JA], (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
------ 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), H4165 [4JN]
------ restore right to keep and bear arms, (see H.R. 2721), H4880
[19JN]
Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2120 [21AP]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5405 [25JN]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers
and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
H.R. 3862), H11023 [15OC]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H1444
[24MR]
------ 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), H1337
[19MR]
Health care professionals: training of hospital staff relative to
identification and referral of victims of domestic violence,
(see H.R. 4477), H10513 [10OC]
Housing: expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
------ 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), H3014 [7MY]
Insurance: require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for
certain mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H330 [4FE]
Iron and steel industry: impose a temporary ban on importation of
certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, (see H.R.
4762), H10352 [9OC]
------ 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]
Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, OH: designate, (see
H.R. 4050), H4549 [11JN]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a
commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country, (see
H.R. 2715), H10353 [9OC]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3744
[21MY]
Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and
clinical nurse specialists, (see H.R. 1354), H678 [26FE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H1112 [11MR]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 3137), H2120
[21AP]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1237
[17MR], (see H.R. 3162), H4165 [4JN]
------ 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), H4325 [9JN]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H4479 [10JN]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H579 [24FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: require criminal and abusive work history
background checks for direct care employees in nursing
facilities, home health agencies, and hospice programs, (see
H.R. 4789), H10513 [10OC]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration of veterans'
memorials, (see H.R. 2346), H10513 [10OC]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H101 [28JA]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H904 [5MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H64 [27JA]
------ waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see H.R.
3632), H2931 [6MY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2237 [22AP]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H904 [5MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
H.R. 3267), H2056 [1AP]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H2423 [28AP]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to
computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H5593 [15JY]
------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H101 [28JA]
States: penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H7915 [16SE]
------ permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
2942), H2706 [30AP]
Taxation: 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]
------ 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), H9722
[6OC]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1237 [17MR]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1337
[19MR]
------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H1337 [19MR]
------ 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), H755 [3MR]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H1021
[10MR]
------ treatment of Social Security benefits, (see H.R. 693), H241
[3FE]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H5594 [15JY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H678 [26FE]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3247 [13MY]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2424 [28AP]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet: appreciation to veterans for service, (see
H.J. Res. 100), H330 [4FE]
Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining
rent paid for federally assisted housing, (see H.R. 2820), H330
[4FE]
------ increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans,
(see H.R. 4708), H9722 [6OC]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H7429 [7AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: payment of monthly educational
assistance benefits to veterans enrolled at educational
institutions during periods between terms, (see H.R. 4537),
H7583 [10SE]
Social Security: provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback
statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and
supplies, (see H.R. 3247), H577 [24FE]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H3259 [14MY]
Letters
Implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions:
several Ohio organizations, E1473<bullet> [30JY]
Proclamations
Tribute to Iranian Wrestling Team: by, E576<bullet> [2AP]
Remarks
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for the
presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Nelson R.
Mandela (H. Con. Res. 326), H8077 [18SE]
Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter
irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H.
Res. 355), H455 [12FE]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing
expenditures (H. Res. 506), H7184 [5AU]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7283 [5AU]
Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate,
E604<bullet> [21AP]
EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions,
E1473<bullet> [30JY]
Executive departments: improve strategic plans and performance
reports (H.R. 2883), H1132 [12MR]
FRS: improve strategic plans and performance reports, H1132 [12MR]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups (H. Con. Res. 22), E1580<bullet> [7AU]
Iran: U.S. policy, E573<bullet> [2AP]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, H10402 [10OC]
----- respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (H. Res.
598), H10961 [15OC]
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 (H. Con. Res. 317), H9150 [28SE]
Ohio: tribute to the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum and East Ohio
Gas Co., E884<bullet> [19MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs (S. 2364), H10745 [13OC]
Treaties and agreements: preemption of State and local laws
relative to GATT and NAFTA, H7283 [5AU]
``United States Capitol'': authorize printing of revised edition
(S. Con. Res. 115), H7674 [14SE]
Votes: position on missed, H6862<bullet> [31JY]
Workers Memorial Day: observance, E807<bullet> [11MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3310 [14MY]
Tributes
Applegate, Douglas, E604<bullet> [21AP]
Carletti, Stephen, E878<bullet> [18MY]
Dalpiaz, Al and Irene, E2024<bullet> [10OC]
Freeman, Jessie and Edward, Sr., E601<bullet> [21AP]
Glenn, Senator, E1976<bullet> [9OC]
Kelly, Shelly M., E1576<bullet> [7AU]
Levy, Robert and Regina, E1863<bullet> [1OC]
Mayfield, Kathryn Ann, E876<bullet> [18MY]
Miller, Raymond, E1877<bullet> [2OC]
Ohle, David H., E1745<bullet> [17SE]
Perk, Ralph J., E1173<bullet> [19JN]
Reed, James W., E880<bullet> [18MY]
Thiesen, David, E875<bullet> [18MY]