[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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PALLONE, FRANK, JR. (a Representative from New Jersey)
  Amendments 
    Courts:  enlarge jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to class
        action lawsuits (H.R. 3789), H9276 [1OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7000 [3AU], H7165
        [4AU], H7213 [5AU]
  Articles and editorials
    Marjorie Hirschberg, 54, Advocate--Fought for Rights of Women, Kids,
        Malcolm X Abram, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution,
        E1264<bullet> [26JN]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
        minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
    Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
        consent, (see H.R. 4035), H10353 [9OC]
    ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
        certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
        Program, (see H.R. 1766), H904 [5MR]
    ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
        Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
        CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H447 [11FE]
    Aviation:  liability requirements for air carrier baggage, (see H.R.
        3337), H902 [5MR]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
    Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
        diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
        H.R. 2923), H5493 [14JY]
    Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
        payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4165 [4JN]
    ------ religious accommodations in the workplace, (see H.R. 2948),
        H9722 [6OC]
    Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
        (see H.R. 23), H7428 [7AU]
    Computers:  installation of filtering or blocking programs in
        schools and libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177),
        H1159 [12MR]
    Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
        to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H1021 [10MR]
    Conservation of energy:  development and implementation of a
        comprehensive energy conservation plan for the Congress, (see H.
        Con. Res. 280), H3743 [21MY]
    Copyright Act:  revise to conform to the digital era and advance
        educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
    Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
        [19MR]
    Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations for the International
        Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination Center, (see
        H.R. 3985), H4054 [3JN]
    Cyprus:  Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
    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]
    Dept. of HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
        [23AP]
    Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
        for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3106 [12MY]
    ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
        the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R. 3875), H4550 [11JN]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
        service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
        4036), H10353 [9OC]
    Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
        research, (see H.R. 2545), H692 [2MR]
    Drunken driving:  national minimum sentence for a person who
        operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol,
        (see H.R. 982), H1021 [10MR]
    ------ national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles
        by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H447 [11FE]
    Ecology and environment:  control water pollution from concentrated
        animal feeding operations, (see H.R. 3232), H496 [12FE]
    Education:  establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
        H1643 [26MR]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
        [10JN]
    Federal employees:  equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R.
        3956), H10668 [12OC]
    ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
        alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
        (see H.R. 3251), H3972 [22MY]
    Firearms:  require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
        officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
        (see H.R. 4233), H11023 [15OC]
    Food:  consumer access to information on the health benefits of
        foods and dietary supplements, (see H.R. 2868), H447 [11FE]
    ------ improve safety of imported foods, (see H.R. 4080), H4834
        [18JN]
    Foreign aid:  prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
        certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H10353 [9OC]
    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:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H8528 [23SE]
    Foreign trade:  require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked
        with the country of origin, (see H.R. 4688), H9345 [2OC]
    Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
        memorial in the District of Columbia, (see H.R. 4284), H6069
        [21JY]
    Germany:  expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive
        medical fund for Holocaust survivors, (see H. Con. Res. 112),
        H8932 [25SE]
    Great Irish Potato Famine:  issue postage stamp to commemorate
        anniversary of Irish emigration to escape famine, and to honor
        the contributions of these immigrants and their descendants,
        (see H. Con. Res. 232), H755 [3MR]
    Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
        determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
    Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
        protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
        excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H850 [4MR]
    Health:  application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
        groups of health care professionals with HMO's, (see H.R. 4277),
        H9537 [5OC]
    ------ biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H1168 [16MR]
    ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
        breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
    ------ increase the legal smoking age, (see H.R. 2519), H101 [28JA]
    ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
        component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
        H4550 [11JN]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
    ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
        (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
    Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
        relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1643
        [26MR]
    House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
        local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H579 [24FE]
    Housing:  provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
        participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
        H445 [11FE]
    Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
        3033), H65 [27JA]
    ------ strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341), H6697
        [29JY]
    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), H2707
        [30AP]
    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]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H1379 [23MR]
    ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
        Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
    James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3810), H4880 [19JN]
    Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
        H6454 [24JY]
    Land and Water Conservation Fund Act:  Federal land acquisitions
        funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
        conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H9537
        [5OC]
    Law enforcement:  require better reporting of unidentified persons,
        (see H.R. 2850), H330 [4FE]
    Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
        safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
        H.R. 1173), H578 [24FE]
    ------ establish a bill of rights, (see H.R. 350), H497 [12FE]
    ------ extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS
        revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors
        and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R. 1215), H851 [4MR]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
        bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
    Long Island Sound:  prohibit dumping of dredged material, (see H.R.
        55), H2119 [21AP]
    Machal (organization):  tribute to international corps of volunteers
        for efforts towards Israeli independence, (see H. Con. Res.
        268), H4567 [15JN]
    Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
        3156), H1379 [23MR]
    Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
        for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
        H.R. 3779), H7494 [9SE]
    ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
        facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
    Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
        health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495
        [12FE], (see H.R. 3567), H4629 [16JN]
    ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
        per visit payment limit, (see H.R. 4727), H10353 [9OC]
    ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
        suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H676
        [26FE]
    ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
        individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
    ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
        (see H.R. 4214), H9275 [1OC]
    ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
        H9083 [26SE], (see H.R. 4627), H9275 [1OC]
    ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
        certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see H.R. 1362),
        H2119 [21AP]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
        (see H.R. 3835), H4479 [10JN]
    ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
        provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
    ------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
        home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H6698 [29JY]
    Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
        H1336 [19MR]
    Motor vehicles:  prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or
        importation of school buses without seatbelts, (see H.R. 1605),
        H1236 [17MR]
    National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.:  support efforts to construct
        a National Railroad Hall of Fame, (see H. Res. 172), H241 [3FE]
    Native Americans:  improve Indian reservation roads and related
        transportation services, (see H.R. 2665), H1159 [12MR]
    Navy:  repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
        battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
        3233), H496 [12FE]
    Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
        certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
        status, (see H.R. 3553), H8932 [25SE]
    Nigeria:  impose economic sanctions, (see H.R. 1786), H2055 [1AP]
    Nuclear weapons:  establish policy of nonproliferation, (see H.R.
        3333), H3366 [18MY]
    ------ stockpile management, (see H. Con. Res. 307), H7495 [9SE]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7179 [4AU]
    Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
        from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H4055 [3JN]
    Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
        education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3625 [20MY]
    Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H101 [28JA]
    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), H5405 [25JN]
    Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
        (see H.R. 2154), H678 [26FE]
    Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
        operators, (see H.R. 3572), H2606 [29AP]
    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), H7585 [10SE]
    Recycling:  require refund values for beverage containers and
        provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling
        programs, (see H.R. 1586), H3744 [21MY]
    Robeson, Paul L.:  issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Con.
        Res. 260), H2055 [1AP]
    Sequoia National Forest:  increase recreational opportunities and
        establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia
        ecosystem, (see H.R. 2077), H4567 [15JN]
    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), H3105 [12MY]
    ------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
    ------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
        certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H4055 [3JN]
    Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary, (see H. Res. 350), H448 [11FE]
    States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
        children and increase allotments to territories under the State
        Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H6281
        [23JY]
    Taxation:  allow married couples to file combined return under which
        each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
        (see H.R. 2456), H755 [3MR]
    ------ establish a credit for the purchase of a principal residence
        located within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a
        first-time homebuyer, (see H.R. 2826), H447 [11FE]
    ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
        (see H.R. 1401), H241 [3FE]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
        H4479 [10JN]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
        H4325 [9JN]
    ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H4241
        [5JN]
    ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
        construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
        enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
    ------ provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel
        vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones,
        (see H.R. 3466), H4325 [9JN]
    ------ provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, (see H.R.
        4538), H7583 [10SE]
    ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
        solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8932 [25SE]
    ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction, (see H.R. 3320), H3625 [20MY]
    ------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H5737 [16JY]
    Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
        encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
        networks, (see H.R. 3844), H3105 [12MY]
    ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
        3050), H447 [11FE]
    Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
        tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
        products to children, and establish the American Center on
        Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H2423 [28AP]
    ------ 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), H3311 [14MY]
    Treaties and agreements:  provide for a judicial and administrative
        remedy for disputes arising under certain agreements with
        foreign entities, (see H.R. 3578), H1699 [27MR]
    Turkey:  claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called
        Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey, (see H. Con. Res. 188),
        H579 [24FE]
    U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
        [12FE]
    U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
    Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
        anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H6820
        [30JY]
    Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5593 [15JY]
    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), H10077 [8OC]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
        implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
        Treaty:  implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
    World War II:  recovery of insurance issued for victims of the
        Holocaust, (see H.R. 3121), H99 [28JA]
    ------ require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war
        crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H6070 [21JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Arms Export Control Act:  provide President with discretionary
        authority to impose sanctions relative to nuclear proliferation
        by foreign countries, (see H.R. 4209), H5492 [14JY]
    CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
    Committees of the House:  minority party appointments, (see H. Res.
        540), H7914 [16SE]
    FDA:  establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
        H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
    Fish and fishing:  implement fishery management plans to protect
        North Atlantic swordfish, (see H. Con. Res. 344), H10076 [8OC]
    Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
        procedures, (see H.R. 3784), H2706 [30AP]
    Insurance:  limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
        certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
        3538), H1444 [24MR]
    Medicare:  documentation requirements for physicians who submit
        claims for office visits and for other evaluation and management
        services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2423 [28AP]
    ------ improve access to benefits for certain individuals and
        provide financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to
        afford premiums, (see H.R. 4799), H10513 [10OC]
    Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3612), H1854 [31MR]
    Pharmaceuticals:  establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for
        generic drugs, (see H.R. 4849), H11042 [16OC]
    Supreme Patriarch Karekin I:  tribute to U.S. visit commemorating
        centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America,
        (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2813 [5MY]
  Letters
    Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
        President Clinton, H7561 [10SE]
    Tribute to James J. Howard:  Hayley R. Mullan, H1510 [25MR]
    ------ Marie H. Fabrizio, H1509 [25MR]
  Pledge of Allegiance 
    House of Representatives, H2819 [6MY], H4065 [4JN], H6884 [3AU],
        H7417 [7AU], H9725 [7OC], H11771 [18DE]
  Poems
    ``My Wonderful Mother Is Eighty Today,'' Marjorie Hirschberg,
        E1264<bullet> [26JN]
    ``Old Dog,'' Marjorie Hirschberg, E1264<bullet> [26JN]
  Remarks
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9330
        [2OC]
    Ahart, Michael:  Exchange Club of Long Branch, NJ, Policeman of the
        Year award recipient, E286<bullet> [4MR]
    American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin:  legislative
        conference, H1326 [19MR]
    American Brain Tumor Association:  anniversary, H2043 [1AP]
    Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), H10320 [9OC]
    Armed Forces:  prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
        maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol,
        H3576<bullet> [20MY]
    Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, H2205 [22AP]
    ------ blockade by Azerbaijan, H5273 [24JN]
    ------ blockade by Turkey, H5273 [24JN]
    ------ democracy efforts, H1325 [19MR]
    ------ elections, H2043 [1AP]
    ------ independence anniversary, E1873<bullet> [1OC]
    ------ U.S. policy, H4540 [11JN]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5448
        [14JY]
    ------ exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
        application of sanctions, H9330 [2OC]
    Asbury Park, NJ:  tribute to Chamber of Commerce Carousel Award
        recipients, E1020<bullet> [4JN]
    Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
        of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7942 [17SE], H7956 [17SE],
        H7997 [17SE]
    ------ U.S. policy, H4540 [11JN]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
        Res. 284), H4066 [4JN], H4222<bullet> [5JN]
    ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H7890 [16SE], H8612
        [24SE], H8614 [24SE], H8616 [24SE]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
        E1484<bullet> [30JY]
    ----- tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol
        Police for acts of heroism (H. Con. Res. 311), H6476 [27JY]
    China, People's Republic of:  export of nuclear materials to
        Pakistan, H105 [3FE]
    ------ nuclear weapons proliferation, H1767 [30MR]
    City News Publishing Co.:  presentation of 100 Most Influential
        awards, E749<bullet> [4MY]
    Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11947<bullet>
        [18DE]
    Commission on Ocean Policy:  establish (H.R. 3445), H7758<bullet>
        [15SE]
    Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  release of
        confidential information relative to investigation of Federal
        election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H2820
        [6MY], H2934 [7MY]
    Committees of the House:  minority party appointments (H. Res. 540),
        H7888 [16SE]
    Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10819 [13OC],
        H10820 [13OC], H10826 [13OC], H11026 [16OC]
    ------ permit points of order against provisions that affect
        legislation established to protect human health, safety, or the
        environment, H3437 [19MY]
    Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6989 [3AU]
    ------ independence anniversary, H9270 [1OC]
    ------ Turkish occupation, H1325 [19MR], H1537 [25MR], H3027 [12MY],
        H4952 [22JN], H9270 [1OC]
    Democratic Party:  national agenda, H7695 [15SE], H10359 [10OC]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H3374 [19MY], H3576<bullet> [20MY]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), H4908
        [22JN]
    Dept. of Justice:  tribute to Office of Community Oriented Policing
        Services, H10823 [13OC]
    Dept. of the Interior:  Urban Park Recreation and Recovery Program
        funding, H6026 [21JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4193), H6026 [21JY], H6150 [22JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7165 [4AU]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5755 [17JY], H6256 [23JY]
    Desai, Kirti (Kenny):  Minority Construction Firm of the Year award
        nominee, E993<bullet> [3JN]
    Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), consideration
        (H. Res. 538), H7862 [16SE]
    Drugs:  exclusivity periods for medications to treat drug addiction,
        H7862 [16SE]
    Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
        from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
        limitations, H6256 [23JY]
    ------ national objectives, H5755 [17JY]
    ------ national objectives priority assignments, H10820 [13OC]
    Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, H28 [27JA], H29
        [27JA]
    Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
        of birth (H.R. 678), H7443<bullet> [9SE]
    Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
        agencies, H10836 [14OC]
    ------ national policy to improve system, H759 [4MR], H10516 [11OC],
        H10538 [11OC], H10539 [11OC], H10540 [11OC], H10547 [11OC],
        H10643 [12OC], H10670 [13OC], H10819 [13OC], H10820 [13OC],
        H10822 [13OC], H10826 [13OC], H10836 [14OC], H10920 [15OC],
        H11000 [15OC], H11002 [15OC], H11003 [15OC], H11004 [15OC],
        H11005 [15OC], H11006 [15OC], H11007 [15OC]
    ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
        H10920 [15OC], H11000 [15OC], H11002 [15OC], H11003 [15OC],
        H11004 [15OC], H11005 [15OC], H11006 [15OC], H11007 [15OC]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
        H4927 [22JN]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations, H5273 [24JN]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7956 [17SE], H7997 [17SE]
        making appropriations (H.R. 4569), consideration (H. Res. 542),
        H7942 [17SE]
    Foreign policy:  transfer of F-16 aircraft and equipment to
        Pakistan, H3374 [19MY]
    Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
        procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
        consideration (H. Res. 553), H8762 [25SE]
    Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
        memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4284), H7763 [15SE]
    Government:  shutdown relative to budget process, H10547 [11OC]
    Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
        deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
        3534), H3437 [19MY]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  observance, H1537 [25MR]
    Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
        protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
        excavation damage (H.R. 3318), E283<bullet> [4MR]
    Health:  establish standards relative to managed care plans (H.R.
        3009), H1326 [19MR]
    ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
        underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
        education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
        (S. 1754), H10770<bullet> [13OC]
    ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
        procedures, H20 [27JA], H68 [28JA], H78 [28JA], H79 [28JA], H80
        [28JA], H81 [28JA], H82 [28JA], H83 [28JA], H84 [28JA], H293
        [4FE], H310 [4FE], H311 [4FE], H312 [4FE]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H935
        [10MR], H937 [10MR], H938 [10MR], H939 [10MR], H940 [10MR], H941
        [10MR], H1857 [1AP], H4827 [18JN], H4828 [18JN], H4829 [18JN],
        H4830 [18JN], H4831 [18JN], H4842 [19JN], H4972 [23JN], H5641
        [16JY], H5730 [16JY], H5732 [16JY], H5733 [16JY], H5742 [17JY],
        H5965 [21JY], H6173 [22JY], H6174 [22JY], H6176 [22JY], H6191
        [23JY], H7473-H7476 [9SE], H7560 [10SE], H7562 [10SE],
        H7685-H7688 [14SE], H7695 [15SE], H9511 [5OC], H9513 [5OC],
        H9514 [5OC], H10547 [11OC], H10548 [11OC], H10549 [11OC], H10550
        [11OC], H10551 [11OC], H10552 [11OC], H10553 [11OC], H10643
        [12OC], H10901 [14OC]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
        337), H581 [25FE] protection of enrollees in managed care plans
        and HMO's (H.R. 3605), H4301 [9JN], H4306 [9JN], H4307 [9JN],
        H4308 [9JN], H4309 [9JN], H4310 [9JN], H4705 [17JN], H4707
        [17JN], H4708 [17JN], H4709 [17JN], H5053 [23JN], H5055 [23JN],
        H5059 [23JN], H5060 [23JN], H5061 [23JN], H5300 [25JN], H5585
        [15JY] protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
        (H.R. 4250), H6374 [24JY], H6884 [3AU], H6983 [3AU], H6987 [3AU]
        protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
        4250), consideration (H. Res. 509), H6301 [24JY]
    ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
        health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
        providers (H.R. 1415), H243 [4FE], H310 [4FE], H311 [4FE], H312
        [4FE]
    House Rules:  allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and
        consider certain legislation (H. Res. 589), H10359 [10OC]
    India:  civil liberties violations in Kashmir, H4615 [16JN], H9185
        [29SE], E57<bullet> [28JA]
    ------ independence anniversary, H7420 [7AU]
    ------ nuclear weapons testing, H3081 [12MY], H3374 [19MY]
    ------ remove most-favored-nation status on textile and apparel
        products, H3374 [19MY]
    ------ U.N. Security Council membership, H1148 [12MR], H2393 [28AP]
    ------ U.S. policy, H743 [3MR], H2313 [23AP], H2393 [28AP]
    ------ U.S. sanctions relative to nuclear weapons tests, H4615
        [16JN], H9185 [29SE]
    Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2370<bullet>
        [28AP]
    Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ:  designate (S. 985),
        H530<bullet> [24FE]
    Medicare:  improve access to health insurance and benefits for
        certain individuals (H.R. 3470), H1295 [18MR]
    ------ reform, H81 [28JA], H83 [28JA], H84 [28JA]
    ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
        4567), H10250 [9OC]
    Monmouth County, NJ:  tribute to Urban League award recipients,
        E754<bullet> [5MY]
    Nagorno-Karabagh:  allocation of economic assistance, H2392 [28AP],
        H5273 [24JN]
    ------ independence anniversary, H541 [24FE]
    ------ U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict between
        Armenia and Azerbaijan, H541 [24FE], H1147 [12MR], H2313 [23AP],
        H3596 [20MY], H4540 [11JN], H4826 [18JN], H4952 [22JN]
    ------ U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict between
        Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7997 [17SE]
    ------ U.S. role in territorial dispute negotiations between Armenia
        and Azerbaijan, H219-H221 [3FE]
    National parks and recreation areas:  Recreational Fee Demonstration
        Programs extension, H6150 [22JY]
    National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927),
        H406<bullet> [11FE]
    National Wildlife Refuge System:  prohibit expenditure of certain
        funds for new refuges without specific authorization from
        Congress (H.R. 512), H3421 [19MY]
    Neptune, NJ:  tribute to Neptune High School Hall of Fame inductees,
        E756<bullet> [5MY]
    New Jersey:  harbor dredging funding, H5755 [17JY]
    NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
        (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1604 [26MR]
    NOAA:  nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
        Zone Management Program, H7165 [4AU]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (H.R.
        2556), H3420 [19MY]
    Pakistan:  nuclear weapons proliferation, H2924 [6MY], E780<bullet>
        [6MY]
    ------ U.S. policy, H2313 [23AP]
    ------ U.S. sanctions relative to nuclear weapons tests, H4615
        [16JN]
    Parliamentary inquiry, H7560 [10SE]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (H.R. 2556), H3420
        [19MY]
    Point of order, H9726 [7OC]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1452
        [25MR], H2240 [23AP]
    ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H1523
        [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR], H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR],
        H1528 [25MR], H5472 [14JY] ethics reform and contribution limits
        (H.R. 3485), H1523 [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR], H1526
        [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H1649 [27MR]
    ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
        citizens, H5472 [14JY]
    President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
        Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
        (H.J. Res. 107), H293 [4FE]
    Republican Party:  national agenda, H9726 [7OC], H10540 [11OC]
    Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish (H.R. 3207),
        H7891 [16SE]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, H7695 [15SE],
        H7793 [15SE], H7795 [15SE], H7796 [15SE], H10547 [11OC], H10551
        [11OC], H10552 [11OC], H10819 [13OC]
    ------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
        surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
        (H.R. 4578), H7813 [16SE], H7890 [16SE], H7892 [16SE], H7894
        [16SE], H7895 [16SE], H8536 [24SE], H8612 [24SE], H8614 [24SE],
        H8616 [24SE], H8617 [24SE], H8722 [25SE] establish Protect
        Social Security Account into which budget surpluses will be
        deposited until long-term reform is enacted (H.R. 4578),
        consideration (H. Res. 552), H8726 [25SE]
    Sri Lanka:  independence anniversary (H. Res. 350), H2353<bullet>
        [28AP]
    ------ U.S. policy, H2353<bullet> [28AP]
    Superfund Program:  funding, H4222<bullet> [5JN]
    Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
        small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
        4579), H7813 [16SE], H7890 [16SE], H7892 [16SE], H7894 [16SE],
        H7895 [16SE], H8536 [24SE], H8612 [24SE], H8614 [24SE], H8616
        [24SE], H8617 [24SE], H8722 [25SE], H10819 [13OC]
    ----- provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
        consideration (H. Res. 552), H8726 [25SE]
    ------ rates, H2041 [1AP], H2042 [1AP]
    ------ repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax, H1628
        [26MR], H1629 [26MR], H1631 [26MR], H2108 [21AP], H2109 [21AP],
        H2110 [21AP]
    ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction (H.R. 3320), H759 [4MR]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, H1626 [26MR], H1628 [26MR],
        H1629 [26MR], H1630 [26MR], H1631 [26MR], H2106 [21AP], H2108
        [21AP], H2110 [21AP], H2111 [21AP]
    Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, H1025 [11MR], H2390-H2392
        [28AP]
    ------ limit access to minors (H.R. 3474), H2090 [21AP]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2390-H2392
        [28AP], H4842 [19JN], H4972 [23JN] tobacco industry liability
        settlement relative to health risks and marketing and
        manufacturing practices (S. 1415), H2088 [21AP], H2089 [21AP],
        H2090 [21AP], H2091 [21AP], H2092 [21AP], H2093 [21AP], H2094
        [21AP]
    Townsend, Howard:  Exchange Club of Long Branch, NJ, Policeman of
        the Year award recipient, E286<bullet> [4MR]
    Turkey:  establishment of Turkish studies programs in U.S. colleges
        and universities, H1145 [12MR], H1146 [12MR], H1147 [12MR]
    ------ U.S. policy, H2313 [23AP]
    Vajpayee, Atal Behari:  election of new prime minister of India,
        H1418 [24MR]
    Votes:  position on missed, H5351 [25JN]
  Remarks in House relative to
    Congressional Caucus of India and Indian Americans:  tribute for
        efforts, E2036 [10OC]
    Special order:  granted, H437 [11FE], H558 [24FE], H674 [26FE], H689
        [2MR], H753 [3MR], H1234 [17MR], H1443 [24MR], H1546 [25MR],
        H1774 [30MR], H1850 [31MR], H2049 [1AP], H2235 [22AP], H2806
        [5MY], H2930 [6MY], H3102 [12MY], H3482 [19MY], H3622 [20MY],
        H4048 [3JN], H4237 [5JN], H4477 [10JN], H4546 [11JN], H4626
        [16JN], H4832 [18JN], H4960 [22JN], H5294 [24JN], H5591 [15JY],
        H7582 [10SE], H9186 [29SE], H10559 [11OC], H10665 [12OC]
  Testimonies
    Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Cheryl
        Bolinger, H941 [10MR]
  Texts of
    H. Res. 540, minority party appointments to committees of the House,
        H7888 [16SE]
  Tributes
    Hirschberg, Marjorie, E1264<bullet> [26JN]
    Hornik, Steve, E1562<bullet> [5AU]
    Howard, James J., H1509 [25MR], H1510 [25MR]
    Karaban, Thomas V., E1543<bullet> [4AU]
    Manton, Representative, H10901 [14OC]
    Patriarch Karekin II, H1326 [19MR]
    Rosoff, Jack M., E616<bullet> [22AP]
    Ward, A. Leroy, E177<bullet> [12FE]
    Warner, Donald D., E991<bullet> [3JN]