[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
PORTER, JOHN EDWARD (a Representative from Illinois)
Addresses
Non-Benign Neglect--America and the Developing World in the Era of
Globalization: James G. Speth, E2191<bullet>-E2193<bullet>
[15OC]
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3673 [21MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7921 [16SE], H7985 [17SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
------ H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
H6213 [23JY]
Articles and editorials
Burma's Desperate Generals, Washington (DC) Post, E1514<bullet>
[3AU]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Antitrust policy: treatment of video programming for multichannel
distribution, (see H.R. 3559), H4479 [10JN]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1112 [11MR]
Belarus: human rights violations relative to most-favored-nation
status, (see H. Con. Res. 237), H904 [5MR]
CERCLA: Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Chiapas, Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
347), H11042 [16OC]
Chicago Board of Trade: anniversary, (see H. Res. 451), H4242 [5JN]
Chinese Student Protection Act: extend provisions to certain aliens
who entered the U.S. without inspection, (see H.R. 2728), H1236
[17MR]
Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
Capabilities: establish, (see H.R. 3764), H3488 [19MY]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H578 [24FE]
Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implement and establish
support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H5493
[14JY]
Cuba: extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H7290 [5AU]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1643 [26MR]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers
called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H10353 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense: assign personnel to assist the INS and the
Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
functions, (see H.R. 2922), H2120 [21AP]
------ procurement of domestic goods and services, (see H. Con. Res.
266), H3625 [20MY]
Dept. of HHS: revise and extend certain women's health research and
prevention activities programs, (see H.R. 4683), H9345 [2OC]
Dos Palos, CA: conveyance of certain lands to the Dos Palos Ag
Boosters, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 111), H1854 [31MR]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, (see H. Res. 423), H3014
[7MY]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests, (see H.R. 2870), H1159 [12MR]
Ecuador: human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
353), H4550 [11JN]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
FCC: repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H5405 [25JN]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
[17JN]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2707 [30AP]
Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5297
[24JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
------ support developmental alternatives for child labor, (see H.R.
4506), H7495 [9SE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5957 [20JY]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
H.R. 3534), H2424 [28AP]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 363), H497 [12FE]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
Human rights: prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 39), H7290 [5AU]
------ trafficking of women and girls for forced prostitution, (see
H. Con. Res. 239), H2744 [4MY]
India: independence anniversary, (see H. Res. 22), H7415 [6AU]
Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
Res. 258), H2055 [1AP]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H3971
[22MY]
Iraq: development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
519), H10833 [13OC]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H65 [27JA]
------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
Res. 122), H7415 [6AU]
Japan: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
H2814 [5MY]
John H. Sengstacke Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate,
(see H.R. 4787), H10513 [10OC]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 205),
H7429 [7AU]
------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
Res. 561), H10353 [9OC]
Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced
weapons, (see H.R. 2345), H7178 [4AU]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
Libya: reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N.
sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals
wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103, (see H. Res. 246), H65 [27JA]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1237 [17MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3247
[13MY]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
Res. 304), H6070 [21JY]
Mongolia: most-favored-nation status, (see H.R. 2133), H7494 [9SE]
------ normal trade relations status, (see H.R. 4807), H10667 [12OC]
Motion pictures: discourage use of tobacco products among minors by
motion picture industry, (see H. Con. Res. 184), H65 [27JA]
Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate,
(see H.R. 2798), H1337 [19MR]
National Environmental Education Act: extend programs, (see H.R.
3441), H2319 [23AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H4165 [4JN]
National Institute of Dental Research: anniversary, (see H. Con.
Res. 289), H4325 [9JN]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H241 [3FE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1445 [24MR]
Nigeria: promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890),
H7915 [16SE]
NLRB: determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
absence of a stipulation or consent, (see H.R. 1595), H100
[28JA]
Paraga, Dobroslav: support efforts to bring about increased respect
for democratic and human rights in Croatia, (see H. Res. 375),
H1112 [11MR]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H6820 [30JY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H5405 [25JN]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions, (see H.R.
2604), H386 [5FE]
Reverend Milton R. Brunson Post Office Building, Chicago, IL:
designate, (see H.R. 2799), H1337 [19MR]
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate, (see
H.R. 4595), H8035 [17SE]
Sierra Leone: human rights violations, (see H. Res. 559), H10012
[7OC]
Small business: protection from litigation excesses, (see H.R.
3382), H1854 [31MR]
Social Security: establish the Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H902
[5MR]
Sosa, Sammy: tribute, (see H. Res. 536), H7803 [15SE]
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]
Taxation: capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H678 [26FE]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H7414 [6AU]
------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H756 [3MR]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H6282 [23JY]
------ treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of
the Armed Forces relative to active duty time spent away from
home, (see H.R. 3861), H4712 [17JN]
Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate
the placement, construction, and modification of certain
facilities, (see H.R. 3016), H2423 [28AP]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H755 [3MR]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
[12FE]
U.N. Commission on Human Rights: resolution relative to human
rights in the People's Republic of China, (see H. Res. 364),
H851 [4MR]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
[6AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations, (see H.R. 4274), H5956 [20JY]
Remarks
Allstate Foundation: tribute, E1350<bullet> [20JY]
American Society for Microbiology: anniversary, E1260<bullet>
[26JN]
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated and emergency
supplemental appropriations, H11661<bullet> [20OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2216 [22AP]
Aung San Suu Kyi: treatment by Burmese officials, E1514<bullet>
[3AU]
Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7995 [17SE], H7996 [17SE]
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2505<bullet> [29AP]
Carl D. Pursell Post Office, Plymouth, MI: designate (H.R. 3808),
E1022<bullet> [4JN]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6102 [22JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11899 [18DE]
------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
Square during visit to the People's Republic of China (H. Con.
Res. 285), H4122<bullet> [4JN]
Contraceptives: establish restrictions on provision to minors
through certain family planning projects, H10137 [8OC],
H10141<bullet> [8OC]
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6996 [3AU]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4103), conference
report, H9134<bullet> [28SE]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
H1599<bullet> [26MR]
Dept. of the Interior: Purchaser Road Credit Program funding, H6038
[21JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6038 [21JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), conference report, H11661<bullet> [20OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H10137<bullet> [8OC], H10141<bullet>
[8OC]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4274), consideration (H. Res.
564), H9284 [2OC], H9286 [2OC], H9287 [2OC]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests (H.R. 2870), H1311<bullet> [19MR]
Fastener Quality Act: coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
3824), H4590<bullet> [16JN]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions
relative to abortion, H1599<bullet> [26MR]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7951 [17SE], H7995 [17SE], H7996
[17SE]
Forests: establish a program of recovery and protection and to
inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
their resources (H.R. 2515), H1659<bullet> [27MR]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4100<bullet> [4JN]
Glenview, IL: anniversary of Glenview Senior Citizen Club,
E1557<bullet> [5AU]
Health: revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
program (H.R. 2202), H3429<bullet> [19MY]
Hun Sen: culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
genocide in Cambodia (H. Res. 533), H10453<bullet> [10OC]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H8587
[24SE]
Iran: human rights violations of Bahais, E1615<bullet> [7AU]
Medical Library Association: anniversary, E294<bullet> [4MR]
Nagorno-Karabagh: U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7995 [17SE], H7996 [17SE]
NIH: biomedical research funding, H2387<bullet> [28AP]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
H3281<bullet> [14MY]
Opportunity, Inc.: tribute, E1838<bullet> [28SE]
Public lands: protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
trails (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9747<bullet>
[7OC]
Rolling Meadows, IL: tribute to Rolling Meadows High School
participants at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
and Technology (FIRST) competition, E1162<bullet> [18JN]
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R.
4595), H9118<bullet> [28SE]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
H2163<bullet> [22AP]
Turkey: human rights violations, H3031 [12MY]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, H1599<bullet> [26MR]
Votes: correction, H7708<bullet> [15SE]
------ position on missed, H362<bullet> [5FE], H4945<bullet> [22JN],
H6588<bullet> [29JY], E1047<bullet> [5JN], E1333<bullet> [17JY]
Wheeling, IL: tribute to Wheeling High School participants at the
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
(FIRST) competition, E1162<bullet> [18JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2235 [22AP]
Reports filed
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4274)
(H. Rept. 105-635), H5956 [20JY]
Tributes
Bartsch, Clara, E709<bullet> [29AP]
Kahn, Sanford G., E1948<bullet> [8OC]
Speth, James G., E2191<bullet> [15OC]
Weisman, Stephen A., E1531<bullet> [4AU]