[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
PICKETT, OWEN B. (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3673 [21MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
United Kingdom-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H10986 [15OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings
Plan, (see H.R. 3933), H3743 [21MY]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H101 [28JA]
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), H2237 [22AP], (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]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H851
[4MR]
Copyright Act: revise to conform to the digital era and advance
educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1643 [26MR]
Crime: prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
4446), H7411 [6AU]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H4165
[4JN]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H7415 [6AU]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H1643 [26MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H3625
[20MY]
Dept. of Transportation: require study and report on certain
practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
passenger service and fare information, (see H.R. 3704), H5594
[15JY]
Drugs: encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase
and use of over-the-counter drug products, (see H. Res. 151),
H2424 [28AP]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1159
[12MR]
Family and Medical Leave Act: amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
H2605 [29AP]
Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession
prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such
prohibitions, (see H.R. 26), H8528 [23SE]
------ 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]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2814 [5MY]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5297 [24JN]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument: revise boundaries,
(see H.R. 3981), H6697 [29JY]
Government regulations: require reasonable notice to businesses of
changes made to regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see
H.R. 4049), H4549 [11JN]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H5493
[14JY]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5859
[17JY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
[29AP]
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), H4711 [17JN]
------ permit local educational agencies to waive reimbursement for
aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend public secondary
schools, (see H.R. 4416), H7410 [6AU]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining
coverage or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H3312 [14MY]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H8932 [25SE]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
2829), H1237 [17MR]
------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
handguns, (see H.R. 218), H7690 [14SE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1777 [30MR]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
2912), H904 [5MR]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H7415 [6AU]
------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H9179 [28SE]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H9275 [1OC]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4404), H8932 [25SE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H10011 [7OC]
Music and dance: recognize the contributions of the cities of
Bristol, TN, and Bristol, VA, and their people to the origins
and development of country music, (see H. Con. Res. 214), H3744
[21MY]
National Commission on Terrorism: establish, (see H.R. 4536), H8932
[25SE]
National forests: suspend development of a roadless area policy
pending determinations that such a policy will not adversely
affect forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H1237 [17MR]
National security: national missile defense system, (see H.R.
4402), H7289 [5AU]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H10668 [12OC]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H2606 [29AP]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H1699 [27MR]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H8932 [25SE]
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]
Rokhlin, Lev Y.: express sympathy to family and colleagues and urge
prompt investigation into death, (see H. Res. 571), H9345 [2OC]
Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
------ designate top performing enterprise communities as
empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4212), H5492 [14JY]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H3014 [7MY]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3014
[7MY]
------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
communities, (see H.R. 465), H2055 [1AP]
------ treatment of amounts received under State programs providing
compensation for birth-related injuries, (see H.R. 4139), H5402
[25JN]
------ treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm
rental income, (see H.R. 1261), H1299 [18MR]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H3014 [7MY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H904 [5MR]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet: appreciation to veterans for service, (see
H.J. Res. 100), H1021 [10MR]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1159 [12MR]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H2423 [28AP]
------ termination of certain contributions to the Survivor Benefit
Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H2706 [30AP]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
Shelf, (see H.R. 3972), H3971 [22MY]
Military Retirement Reform Act: restore certain military retirement
benefits, (see H.R. 4669), H9274 [1OC]
Remarks
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11838 [18DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile
defense systems (H.R. 2786), H1723 [30MR], H1726 [30MR]
------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H3472 [19MY], H3707
[21MY]
------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
H8568 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
Shelf (H.R. 3972), H10942 [15OC]
Foreign trade: nuclear export reporting requirements, H3707 [21MY]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: observance, H1546<bullet> [25MR]
Immigration: establish special status for NATO civilian employees
(H.R. 429), H511 [24FE]
Israel: independence anniversary, E719<bullet> [30AP]
Statements
Israeli Independence Anniversary: Israel Zoberman, E719<bullet>
[30AP]
Tributes
Dellums, Representative, H210<bullet> [3FE]
Hipol, Manuel A., E116<bullet> [5FE]