[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
ROTHMAN, STEVEN R. (a Representative from New Jersey)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H755 [3MR]
Arms sales: establish international code of conduct with all
Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H4961 [22JN]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H4325 [9JN]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H6453 [24JY]
Clinton, President: reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
345), H10917 [14OC]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H9179 [28SE]
Copyrights: duration of protection, (see H.R. 604), H329 [4FE]
Courts: establish or expand existing community prosecution
programs, (see H.R. 863), H497 [12FE]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H498 [12FE]
------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H6282 [23JY]
------ increase research of link between violence against animals
and violence against humans, (see H. Con. Res. 286), H4479
[10JN]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H4629 [16JN]
Cuba: extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H2237 [22AP]
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), H2707 [30AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allocation of substantial tobacco
industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
Res. 249), H4325 [9JN]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7428 [7AU]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4220),
H7585 [10SE]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
research, (see H.R. 2545), H330 [4FE]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H5405 [25JN]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H7690 [14SE]
Families and domestic relations: recognize the importance of
children and families, (see H. Con. Res. 302), H6070 [21JY]
FDA: establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety, (see
H.R. 3676), H2054 [1AP]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the
electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H1236 [17MR]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
[17JN]
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. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
H7494 [9SE]
Gardner, Ava: issue commemorative postage stamp, (see H. Res. 218),
H4325 [9JN]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2814 [5MY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H2237 [22AP]
Human rights: anniversary of the signing of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, (see H. Con. Res. 185), H7290 [5AU]
------ expedite the declassification of certain documents relating
to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see H.R.
2635), H10833 [13OC]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
cancer diagnosis, (see H.R. 616), H1299 [18MR]
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), H2605
[29AP]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H7415 [6AU]
Italy, Republic of: U.N. Security Council membership, (see H. Res.
333), H2606 [29AP]
James T. Leonard, Sr., Post Office, Garwood, NJ: designate, (see
H.R. 3810), H4880 [19JN]
Kosovo: NATO military intervention relative to human rights
violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
Res. 561), H9346 [2OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
350), H5404 [25JN]
Libya: exception to foreign sovereign immunity relative to
jurisdiction of U.S. courts for claims arising out of terrorist
bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, (see H.R. 3026), H498 [12FE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H386 [5FE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1379 [23MR]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H4479 [10JN]
------ coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments, (see H.R.
1018), H447 [11FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H4241 [5JN]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2423 [28AP]
------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
drugs, (see H.R. 1061), H2423 [28AP]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
3629), H3625 [20MY]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at
veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H578 [24FE]
Navy: repeal law preventing donation of remaining Iowa-class
battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register, (see H.R.
3233), H496 [12FE]
NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone
diseases, (see H.R. 2697), H497 [12FE]
------ expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H5492 [14JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ: designate, (see
H.R. 3612), H6880 [31JY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4325 [9JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H4550 [11JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H4629 [16JN]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H64 [27JA]
Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
(see H.R. 3134), H447 [11FE]
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), H4479 [10JN]
------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
program, (see H. Res. 340), H1168 [16MR]
Tariff: wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H10353 [9OC]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H3014 [7MY]
------ 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), H5405
[25JN]
------ provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast
and prostate cancer research fund, (see H.R. 209), H678 [26FE]
------ restore the deduction for two-earner married couples, (see
H.R. 2593), H2931 [6MY]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H7803 [15SE]
Terrorism: relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
Turkey: anniversary of the burning of Smyrna, (see H. Con. Res.
148), H679 [26FE]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2120 [21AP]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7585
[10SE]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H1777 [30MR]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H5594 [15JY]
World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H3489 [19MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement, (see H.R. 4497), H7413 [6AU]
OSHA: require employers to notify local emergency officials of
workplace emergencies, (see H.R. 4231), H5593 [15JY]
Tobacco products: prohibit use of vending machines other than in
locations in which the presence of minors is prohibited, (see
H.R. 3298), H677 [26FE]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
[12FE]
Letters
Armenian genocide anniversary: by, E668<bullet> [23AP]
Remarks
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11733 [17DE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E668<bullet> [23AP]
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4366 [10JN]
------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4366 [10JN]
Cangiolosi, Nick: Boys' Town (organization) Humanitarian Award
recipient, E1835<bullet> [28SE]
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), H6482<bullet> [27JY]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10020 [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11797 [18DE]
------ State of the Union Message, H69 [28JA]
Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings
and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H1136 [12MR]
Crime: establish toll-free telephone number for the reporting of
stolen and abandoned motor vehicles (H.R. 501), H389 [11FE]
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6996<bullet> [3AU]
Dept. of HHS: provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
H10258<bullet> [9OC]
Dept. of Transportation: mass transit systems funding, H1023 [11MR]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7395
[6AU]
------ scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7395 [6AU]
scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1502), H2655
[30AP]
Education: national policy to improve system, H855 [5MR]
Epstein, Eleanor: Bergen County, NJ, United Jewish Appeal
(organization) honoree, E769<bullet> [6MY]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: observance, H1541<bullet> [25MR]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
H5506 [15JY], H6075 [22JY]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
337), H584 [25FE]
------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
providers (H.R. 1415), H246 [4FE]
Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Puerto Rico, E2037<bullet>
[10OC]
International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold voluntary proportional
assistance relative to the development and completion of the
Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran (H.R. 3743), H6920 [3AU]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11733 [17DE]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 490), H5307 [25JN]
Israel: independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2367 [28AP]
Kempner, Jacqueline: Bergen County, NJ, United Jewish Appeal
(organization) honoree, E771<bullet> [6MY]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
H3050 [12MY]
Medicare: revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
4567), H10258<bullet> [9OC]
New Jersey: tribute to Korean War veterans, E1188<bullet> [22JN]
------ tribute to Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken High
School, and Engineered Solutions participants at the For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
competition, E1163<bullet> [18JN]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1605 [26MR]
Polish-American Heritage Month: observance, E2134<bullet> [13OC]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H4727 [18JN]
Real property: courts of appeals and district court jurisdiction
relative to private property owner rights, H1136 [12MR]
------ private property owner rights (H.R. 992), H1136 [12MR]
Saudi Arabia: resolution of commercial disputes with Hill
International, Inc., E1732<bullet> [16SE]
Taxation: tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction (H.R. 3320), H855 [5MR]
Terrorism: relief for American victims of terrorism (H. Con. Res.
220), H2758<bullet> [5MY]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, H2125 [22AP]
------ prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in
which the presence of minors is prohibited (H.R. 3298), H655
[26FE], E247<bullet> [26FE]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2125 [22AP],
H4727 [18JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), H1023 [11MR]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (H.R. 3236), E167<bullet>
[12FE]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (H. Con. Res. 295),
H10455<bullet> [10OC]
Votes: position on missed, H4078 [4JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1546 [25MR], H4048 [3JN]
Special order: granted, H674 [26FE], H6997 [3AU]
Tributes
Bernal, Sandra, E1374<bullet> [21JY]
Calabrese, Gerry, E1192<bullet> [22JN]
Cangialosi, Nick, E2229<bullet> [16OC]
Franco, Louis, Sr., E1837<bullet> [28SE]
Hamilton, Representative, H9172<bullet> [28SE]