[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
RIGGS, FRANK (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H5595 [15JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making
appropriations (H.R. 4274), H9276 [1OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5634 [15JY], H5739 [16JY],
H6071 [21JY], H6187 [22JY], H6578 [29JY], H6584 [29JY]
Education: establish a program to help children and youth learn
English (H.R. 3892), H7179 [4AU], H7293 [5AU]
------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
(H.R. 3892), H7543 [10SE], H7547 [10SE]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2333 [27AP], H2610
[29AP], H2892 [6MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H4062 [3JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
Act, H3966 [22MY]
------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
improvement, H9202 [1OC]
------ S. 2073, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
appropriations, H9507 [5OC]
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Twenty-First Century Work-Force Commission, H11722 [17DE]
Articles and editorials
Activists' Demands Jeopardize Deal for Headquarters, Mike Geniella,
Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, H6041 [21JY]
Education Monopoly, Marilyn Lundy, Washington (DC) Post, H4605
[16JN]
Headwaters Forest Plan Has Politicians at Loggerheads--Saying It's
Not Enough, Sher Holds Up Agreement, Paul Rogers, San Jose (CA)
Mercury News, H6041 [21JY]
Man of Influence and Diligence, Roy Towers Worked Hard To Leave His
Little Corner of the World a Better Place, Crescent City (CA)
Triplicate, E919<bullet> [20MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H578 [24FE]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA:
designate, (see H.R. 2349), H6282 [23JY]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
Child Nutrition Act: simplify program operations and improve
program management, (see H.R. 3873), H3311 [14MY]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H2931 [6MY]
------ provide children with increased access to food and nutrition
assistance during the summer, (see H.R. 3871), H3311 [14MY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): undertake an inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton, (see H. Res.
304), H7495 [9SE]
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 HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H7617 [11SE]
Education: dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H8528 [23SE]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H1550 [25MR]
------ terminate social promotion in schools, (see H. Res. 401),
H1776 [30MR]
Endangered species: protection of the California spotted owl and
its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H101
[28JA]
Firearms: possession by persons convicted of a crime involving
domestic violence, (see H.R. 1009), H1112 [11MR]
Fish and fishing: extend and expand interim authority for States to
manage dungeness crab fisheries, (see H.R. 3498), H1298 [18MR]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2120 [21AP]
Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 4250), H5957 [20JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 6), H2119 [21AP]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H1643 [26MR]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
Lake Powell: water level, (see H. Res. 380), H1337 [19MR]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting
carrying of concealed handguns, (see H.R. 218), H678 [26FE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H6697 [29JY]
Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 2348), H6282 [23JY]
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), H677 [26FE]
National School Lunch Act: extend the authority of the commodity
distribution program, (see H.R. 3872), H3311 [14MY]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
(see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 965), H2318 [23AP]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC:
designate, (see H.R. 1383), H6697 [29JY]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see H.R.
2625), H101 [28JA]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
H.R. 3267), H1112 [11MR]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2056 [1AP]
------ capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H1236 [17MR]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H6070 [21JY]
------ increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
lowest rate, (see H.R. 3151), H678 [26FE]
------ increase personal income tax exemption, (see H.R. 3149), H678
[26FE]
------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of liquor and beer retailers, (see H.R. 4140),
H5402 [25JN]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H1112 [11MR]
Weapons: ensure that any national missile defense program protects
Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
WIC: improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
3874), H3311 [14MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Boy Scouts: allow restrictions on hiring of homosexuals as scout
masters, (see H. Res. 474), H4628 [16JN]
Coast Guard: conveyance of certain vessels to Canvasback Mission,
Inc., (see H.R. 3924), H3624 [20MY]
Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination and preferential
treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
(see H.R. 3330), H850 [4MR]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): question
relating to privileges of the House, (see H. Res. 599), H10917
[14OC]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize, (see H.R.
4271), H5859 [17JY]
Drugs: clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in
States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs,
(see H.R. 3184), H445 [11FE]
Education: establish a program to help children and youth learn
English, (see H.R. 3680), H2054 [1AP], (see H.R. 3892), H3487
[19MY]
------ provide flexibility to local agencies that develop voluntary
public and private parental choice programs, (see H.R. 3742),
H2423 [28AP]
Head Start Act: amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: clarify requirements
relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
H.R. 3254), H578 [24FE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4099), H4879 [19JN]
Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act: reauthorize
and amend, (see H.R. 3973), H3971 [22MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H10919 [15OC]
Remarks
Anderson, Don: Redwood Region Logging Conference Achievement Award
recipient, E448<bullet> [24MR]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region, H12018<bullet> [19DE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H684 [2MR]
Campion, Carney J., E2133<bullet> [13OC]
Capitol Pages: tribute, E1212<bullet> [24JN]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10100<bullet>
[8OC]
------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
justice, and improper sexual conduct, H7557 [10SE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11808 [18DE], H11913 [18DE],
H12018<bullet> [19DE]
------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
conduct, H371-H373 [5FE]
Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination and preferential
treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
H2892 [6MY], H2894 [6MY], H2896 [6MY], H2897 [6MY], H2898 [6MY],
H2899 [6MY], H2900 [6MY], H2901 [6MY], H2904 [6MY], H2905 [6MY],
H2908 [6MY], H2910<bullet> [6MY], H2921 [6MY]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize (H.R. 4271),
E1338<bullet> [17JY]
Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10923 [15OC]
Courts: constitutional amendment to limit judicial terms (H.J. Res.
74), H686 [2MR]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court
procedures, H686 [2MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6040 [21JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6578 [29JY], H6582 [29JY],
H6583 [29JY], H6584 [29JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7343
[6AU], H7374 [6AU], H7379 [6AU], H7392 [6AU]
------ prohibit funding for joint adoptions by individuals not
related by blood or marriage, H7343 [6AU]
------ prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7343 [6AU], H7374
[6AU], H7379 [6AU]
------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7392 [6AU]
scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502), H2444
[29AP], H2656 [30AP], H2662 [30AP], H2665 [30AP]
Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
use of illegal drugs by young people (H. Res. 267),
H2766<bullet> [5MY]
Education: direct funding and control to local educational
agencies, H687 [2MR]
------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
(H.R. 3680), E585<bullet> [2AP]
------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
(H.R. 3892), H7530 [10SE], H7536 [10SE], H7543 [10SE], H7544
[10SE], H7545 [10SE], H7546 [10SE], H7548 [10SE], H7549 [10SE]
------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
(H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7523 [10SE], H7524
[10SE], H7528 [10SE]
------ Federal funding to local school districts relative to
compliance with State laws on bilingual education, H7543 [10SE],
H7544 [10SE], H7545 [10SE], H7546 [10SE]
------ improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), H10287 [9OC],
H10289 [9OC], H10291 [9OC], H10293 [9OC], H10294 [9OC]
------ national policy to improve system, H367-H371 [5FE], H688
[2MR], H1151-H1155 [12MR], H10806 [13OC], H10878 [14OC], H10885
[14OC]
------ preservation and use of native languages, H7549 [10SE]
------ terminate social promotion in schools (H. Res. 401), H4603
[16JN], H4604 [16JN], H4607 [16JN]
------ tribute to the Do the Write Thing Challenge Program,
E1960<bullet> [8OC]
------ voucher program to provide school choice, H370 [5FE]
Eureka, CA: tribute to Grant Elementary School, E1795<bullet>
[24SE]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents (H. Con. Res. 202), H397 [11FE]
Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc.: anniversary, E625<bullet> [22AP]
Head Start Act: amend (H.R. 4241), E1328<bullet> [17JY]
Headwaters Forest: Federal acquisition of lands, H6040 [21JY],
H6042 [21JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2892 [6MY], H2894
[6MY], H2896 [6MY], H2897 [6MY], H2898 [6MY], H2899 [6MY], H2900
[6MY], H2901 [6MY], H2904 [6MY], H2905 [6MY], H2908 [6MY],
H2910<bullet> [6MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding (H. Res. 399),
H4602 [16JN]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H12018<bullet> [19DE]
IRS: restructure and reform, H699 [3MR]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing
appropriations (H.R. 1818), H687 [2MR]
Medicare: reform, H368 [5FE]
Morality and ethics: national objectives, H688 [2MR]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing
appropriations (S. 2073), H9202 [1OC]
Parliamentary inquiry, H2654 [30AP], H2907 [6MY], H7379 [6AU], H7547
[10SE]
Puerto Rico: declare English as official language upon accession to
statehood, H800 [4MR]
------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H800 [4MR]
Republican Party: national agenda, H1151-H1156 [12MR],
E1214<bullet> [24JN]
San Francisco, CA: prevent use of Federal funds to require city
contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6578 [29JY],
H6582 [29JY], H6583 [29JY], H6584 [29JY]
Shepard, Matthew: condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10932 [15OC]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H684 [2MR]
------ reform, H368 [5FE]
Starr, Kenneth W.: allegations of partisanship relative to
independent counsel investigations, H1155 [12MR]
States: requirements for standardized English testing, H7548 [10SE]
Taxation: increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
lowest rate (H.R. 3151), H543 [24FE]
------ increase personal income tax exemption (H.R. 3149), H543
[24FE]
------ rates, H369 [5FE], H507 [24FE], H543 [24FE], H685 [2MR]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H732 [3MR]
Votes: position on missed, H611 [25FE], H1483 [25MR], H2859<bullet>
[6MY], E562<bullet> [2AP], E1366<bullet> [21JY], E1551<bullet>
[5AU], E2025<bullet> [10OC]
WIC: improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
H5872<bullet> [20JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H493 [12FE], H3968 [22MY], H5954 [20JY],
H6695 [29JY], H9531 [5OC]
Special order: granted, H98 [28JA], H437 [11FE], H558 [24FE], H753
[3MR], H1018 [10MR], H1165 [16MR], H1376 [23MR], H2422 [28AP],
H2602 [29AP], H3482 [19MY], H3622 [20MY], H4164 [4JN], H4322
[9JN], H5734 [16JY], H7582 [10SE], H8522 [23SE], H9343 [2OC],
H9532 [5OC], H10511 [10OC], H10665 [12OC], H10916 [14OC], H11022
[15OC], H11041 [16OC]
Tribute, H11007-H11013 [15OC]
Sermons
Easter Is Outrageous: Pierce Klemmt, E1214<bullet> [24JN]
Tributes
Beeson, Peggy C., E1476<bullet> [30JY]
Bonilla, Sara, E1201<bullet> [23JN]
Kirkpatrick, Ian, E1117<bullet> [11JN]
Klemmt, Pierce W., H5637 [16JY]
Lungren, Dan, H688 [2MR]
McLean, Mel, E143<bullet> [11FE]
Owen, Jack and Marchetta, E1213<bullet> [24JN]
Towers, Roy, E919<bullet> [20MY]
Williams, George (Nick), E1306<bullet> [15JY]