[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
OXLEY, MICHAEL G. (a Representative from Ohio)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, H7888
[16SE]
Articles and editorials
Borking of Starr, Wall Street Journal, E370<bullet> [12MR]
Cool It, James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, E1950<bullet>
[8OC]
Deal That's Worse Than Worthless--Peace in Our Time--Again, Charles
Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, E267<bullet> [3MR]
EPA's Crusaders, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, E1500<bullet>
[31JY]
Extend the Benefits of Free Trade, Sidney Weintraub and Jeff
Chisholm, Wall Street Journal, E251<bullet> [2MR]
Why It Matters, William J. Bennett, Wall Street Journal,
E336<bullet> [10MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see H.R. 619), H329 [4FE]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
Business and industry: improve competitiveness of U.S. business and
promote foreign commerce, (see H.R. 4353), H6819 [30JY]
Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
designate, (see H.R. 4602), H8083 [18SE]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H851 [4MR]
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]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
------ reimburse Federal Government for costs incurred by the Office
of Independent Counsel, (see H. Res. 532), H7617 [11SE]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H7585 [10SE]
------ ensure that prisoners are not permitted unsupervised access
to any interactive computer service, (see H.R. 3729), H3014
[7MY]
------ installation of filtering or blocking programs in schools and
libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177), H7584 [10SE]
------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, (see H.R. 4350), H6697
[29JY]
Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H1021 [10MR]
Crime: prohibit all private possession of child pornography, (see
H.R. 3185), H445 [11FE]
------ prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
4446), H7585 [10SE]
------ provide penalties for murders of armored car crew members,
(see H.R. 3253), H2331 [27AP]
------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see H.R.
4531), H8528 [23SE]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for the International
Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
Dept. of Justice: provide State and local authorities access to
information relative to criminal background checks on port
employees and prospective employees, (see H.R. 3975), H4241
[5JN]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit from imposing regulations
relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H447 [11FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H5494 [14JY]
------ payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to
veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods
between terms, (see H.R. 4537), H7583 [10SE]
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration: establish, (see
H.R. 3639), H4550 [11JN]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see H.R. 4300), H7495 [9SE]
Electronic commerce: require agencies to use digital signatures to
enable persons to submit Federal forms electronically, (see H.R.
2991), H10011 [7OC]
Employment: protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H1337 [19MR]
FCC: authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H446 [11FE]
------ eliminate regulatory requirements restricting the cross
ownership of broadcasting stations and newspapers, (see H.R.
3171), H385 [5FE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for
certain agencies, (see H.R. 2939), H386 [5FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H7803 [15SE]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1854 [31MR]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H241 [3FE]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4056 [3JN], (see H.R.
4283), H6069 [21JY]
Foreign trade: limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
3633), H4629 [16JN]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection, (see
H.J. Res. 78), H1445 [24MR]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2319
[23AP]
Japan: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
H2814 [5MY]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
(see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
H497 [12FE]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
(see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1777 [30MR]
Medicaid: treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H2606 [29AP]
Medicare: repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation
services, (see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1445 [24MR]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H1854 [31MR]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4325 [9JN]
SEC: require the improved disclosure of tax effects of portfolio
transactions on mutual fund performance, (see H.R. 4822), H10832
[13OC]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
2942), H2706 [30AP]
Tariff: televisions, (see H.R. 3602), H4325 [9JN]
Taxation: constitutional amendment relative to certain tax
limitations, (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4880 [19JN]
------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6185 [22JY]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H7415 [6AU]
Telecommunications: ensure the restoration and preservation of
State authority over intrastate telecommunications, (see H.R.
4801), H10513 [10OC]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3972 [22MY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H65 [27JA]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
[9SE]
Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
and the provision of such revenues for employment security
administration, (see H.R. 3684), H5493 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
H.R. 3783), H2705 [30AP]
FCC: repeal redundant reporting and record keeping requirements,
(see H.R. 4759), H10352 [9OC]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H4637 [17JN]
Letters
Roundhead, OH, VFW Post 8832 ladies auxiliary anniversary: by,
E388<bullet> [17MR]
Motions
Crime: strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
corrupt practices (S. 2375), H10309 [9OC]
Remarks
Auglaize County, OH: anniversary, E139<bullet> [11FE]
Business and industry: improve competitiveness of U.S. business and
promote foreign commerce (H.R. 4353), E1496<bullet> [31JY]
------ improve competitiveness of U.S. business and promote foreign
commerce (H.R. 4353), H10306 [9OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6503
[28JY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6099 [22JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11862 [18DE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11862 [18DE]
------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
conduct, E336<bullet> [10MR]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
3783), H9907 [7OC], H9910 [7OC]
Courts: criminal intent to evade wiretapping, E1974<bullet> [9OC]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
corrupt practices (S. 2375), H10306 [9OC]
----- strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
corrupt practices (S. 2375), insert H.R. 4353 language in lieu,
H10309 [9OC]
Davis, Barbara: National Catholic Education Association
Distinguished Principal Award recipient, E265<bullet> [3MR]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7280 [5AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5826 [17JY]
EPA: court ruling on report on secondhand smoke from tobacco
products, E1500<bullet> [31JY]
------ remove restrictions on use of brownfield funds, H5826 [17JY]
Financial institutions: allow operating subsidiaries to offer
certain new financial services and strengthen investor and
consumer protections, H3187 [13MY]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), H3137 [13MY], H3187 [13MY], H3202 [13MY], H3220 [13MY]
increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 10),
consideration (H. Res. 403), H1829 [31MR] increase competition
in the financial services sector (H.R. 10), consideration (H.
Res. 428), H3125 [13MY]
------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
H3202 [13MY]
------ sunset on requirement that banks purchase an insurance agency
to conduct insurance activities in other States, H3220 [13MY]
Findlay, OH: tribute to Findlay High School for participation in We
the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition,
E1007<bullet> [3JN]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6379<bullet> [24JY]
IMF: quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, E1950<bullet>
[8OC]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
conference report, H9739 [7OC], E1974<bullet> [9OC]
NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, E251<bullet> [2MR]
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service: designate (H.
Con. Res. 171), H3425<bullet> [19MY]
Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
transportation trust funds, H1916<bullet> [1AP]
Roundhead, OH: anniversary of VFW Post 8832 ladies auxiliary,
E388<bullet> [17MR]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law (H.R. 1689), H6063 [21JY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), conference report, H10779 [13OC]
Starr, Kenneth W.: allegations of partisanship relative to
independent counsel investigations, E370<bullet> [12MR]
Telecommunications: permit users or providers of telecommunications
services to renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT,
H2854 [6MY], H2855 [6MY]
------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
communications (H.R. 1872), H2830 [6MY], H2854 [6MY], H2855
[6MY]
Television: cable television rates, E940<bullet> [22MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1916<bullet> [1AP]
Treaties and agreements: preemption of State and local laws
relative to GATT and NAFTA, H7280 [5AU]
Upper Sandusky, OH: anniversary, E1307<bullet> [15JY]
Votes: position on missed, E1224<bullet> [25JN]
Waynesfield, OH: anniversary, E817<bullet> [12MY]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), H7099 [4AU]
Studies
Competition in the Video Services Industry: Hudson Institute,
E940<bullet> [22MY]
Tributes
Gaeth, Ben, E1969<bullet> [8OC]
Glenn, Senator, E1976<bullet> [9OC]
Perk, Ralph J., E1173<bullet> [19JN]