[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
RAMSTAD, JIM (a Representative from Minnesota)
Amendments
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7808 [15SE],
H7880 [16SE]
Articles and editorials
Recognizing U.S. Allies in `Secret War'--`Long Overdue' Honors Go to
Hmong, Lao Vets, William Branigan, Washington (DC) Post,
E2227<bullet> [16OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish, (see H.R. 3546), H2056 [1AP]
Capitol Police Board: establish a pay scale and benefits package
equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
H.R. 2828), H6697 [29JY]
Clinton, President: address issue of school violence, (see H. Con.
Res. 287), H4712 [17JN]
------ address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community
policing and reduction of school crime, (see H. Res. 512), H6880
[31JY]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H9346 [2OC]
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), H329
[4FE]
----- implementation, (see H.R. 4308), H6186 [22JY]
Copyright Act: revise to conform to the digital era and advance
educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H579 [24FE]
Crime: penalties for certain sex offenses against children, (see
H.R. 3494), H1298 [18MR]
------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
[21JY]
Customs Service: use of customs user fees for certain preclearance
activities, (see H.R. 3644), H2052 [1AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary enrollment priorities for
the Conservation Reserve Program, (see H.R. 4394), H7415 [6AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H9275
[1OC]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1021
[10MR]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H4240 [5JN]
Electric power: restrict the use of tax-exempt financing by
governmentally owned electric utilities and subject certain
activities of such utilities to income tax, (see H.R. 3927),
H4550 [11JN]
Employment: minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for
houseparents, (see H.R. 4778), H10352 [9OC]
Ericson, Leif: grant honorary U.S. citizenship, (see H.J. Res.
122), H4628 [16JN]
Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building, St. Paul, MN: designate,
(see H.R. 2836), H101 [28JA]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1854 [31MR]
Foreign trade: exemptions from certain import prohibitions, (see
H.R. 3340), H1159 [12MR]
------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws,
(see H.R. 4856), H11694 [20OC]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
H5405 [25JN]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4550 [11JN]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H. Con. Res. 299), H6070 [21JY]
Great Lakes: prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
Res. 418), H3247 [13MY]
------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
H9275 [1OC]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
[21MY]
Housing: use of project rental assistance contracts to finance
housing conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2606
[29AP]
Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, (see H.R. 2863),
H3488 [19MY]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H2744 [4MY]
IRS: reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
H497 [12FE]
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: allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
Medicare: revise certain payment limits for health services, (see
H.R. 4567), H8035 [17SE]
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, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7915
[16SE]
National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish, (see H.R.
1524), H3625 [20MY]
National Child Protection Act: allow for interstate background
checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
4659), H9273 [1OC]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H8084 [18SE]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H7494 [9SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H1445 [24MR]
NRC: authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish, (see H.R.
2431), H1699 [27MR]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take certain actions in
response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
OSHA: recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
sheets, (see H.R. 4037), H5594 [15JY]
Pensions: reform, (see H.R. 3788), H5405 [25JN]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
sanctions, (see H. Res. 343), H100 [28JA], (see H.J. Res. 107),
H240 [3FE]
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]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of
torture, (see H.R. 4309), H6186 [22JY]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7178 [4AU]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
Social Security: provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback
statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and
supplies, (see H.R. 3247), H1777 [30MR]
------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1445 [24MR]
------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
(see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
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), H1853 [31MR]
Taxation: allow deduction for long-term care services for
individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H7584
[10SE]
------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H9537 [5OC]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
[23AP]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H11696
[20OC]
------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
H5064 [23JN]
------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
[28JA]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H2055 [1AP]
------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
H6281 [23JY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H755 [3MR]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H1337
[19MR]
------ permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other
companies, (see H.R. 4795), H10513 [10OC]
------ permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for
medical expenses of certain older relatives, (see H.R. 4349),
H7803 [15SE]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H6999
[3AU]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
4579), H8528 [23SE]
------ qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations
and shareholders, (see H.R. 2884), H1337 [19MR]
------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H1237
[17MR]
------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
(see H.R. 902), H11042 [16OC]
------ treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral
equipment, (see H.R. 3304), H4325 [9JN]
------ treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain
private foundations, (see H.R. 519), H497 [12FE]
------ treatment of loans under the Rural Electrification Act, (see
H.R. 1441), H11696 [20OC]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H7494 [9SE]
------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
(see H.R. 3667), H8932 [25SE]
Transportation: continue certain preclearance and inspection
activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
passengers, (see H.R. 4819), H10832 [13OC]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3105 [12MY]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3625 [20MY]
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
Taxation: treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
shareholders, (see H.R. 4386), H6999 [3AU]
Remarks
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11746<bullet> [17DE]
Blahoski, Alana: tribute for participation in Olympic games, H501
[24FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
Res. 311), H6481<bullet> [27JY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6090 [22JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12004<bullet>
[19DE]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (H.
Res. 16), E261<bullet> [3MR]
Customs Service: allow the use of user fees to provide for
inspection personnel in connection with the arrival of
passengers in Florida, H11581<bullet> [20OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6982 [3AU]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H.R. 4550), H7881 [16SE]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1052 [11MR]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8783
[25SE], E1949<bullet> [8OC]
------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
(H.R. 4856), H11581<bullet> [20OC]
Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage (H.R. 2409), H1514 [25MR], H2079 [21AP]
------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage, H7881 [16SE] provide nondiscriminatory coverage of
substance abuse treatment services under private group and
individual health coverage (H.R. 2409), H7677 [14SE]
LSC: funding, H6982 [3AU]
Minneapolis, MN: tribute to Barber family reunion, E1331<bullet>
[17JY]
Nanne, Lou: induction into Hockey Hall of Fame, E1798<bullet>
[24SE]
National Police Week: observance, E852<bullet> [13MY]
Olympic games: tribute to U.S. women's hockey team, H501 [24FE]
Schmidgall, Jenny: tribute for participation in Olympic games, H501
[24FE]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8744<bullet> [25SE]
------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4024<bullet> [3JN]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8744<bullet> [25SE], H8946<bullet> [26SE]
Transportation: continue certain preclearance and inspection
activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
passengers (H.R. 4819), E2161<bullet> [14OC]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to Hmong and Lao veterans,
E2227<bullet> [16OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1546 [25MR], H2049 [1AP], H2112 [21AP],
H5954 [20JY], H6067 [21JY], H7582 [10SE], H7688 [14SE], H9176
[28SE]
Tributes
Erickson, Roger, E38<bullet> [28JA]
Krause, Paul, E45<bullet> [28JA]
Lipelt, Roger, H9164 [28SE]
Moore, Dave, E64<bullet> [3FE]