[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)
  Appointments
    Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
        With the People's Republic of China (House, Select), H4901
        [22JN]
    Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see H.R. 1032),
        H6282 [23JY]
    Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
        certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
    ------ require use of child safety restraint systems, (see H.R.
        754), H3488 [19MY]
    American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
        Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H3105 [12MY]
    Anderson, Marian:  mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H2055
        [1AP]
    Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
        consent, (see H.R. 4035), H10353 [9OC]
    Census:  collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
        2000 decennial census, (see H. Con. Res. 246), H5957 [20JY]
    CERCLA:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H679 [26FE]
    Children and youth:  provide greater access to child care services
        for Federal employees, (see H.R. 4280), H6069 [21JY]
    Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
        H5297 [24JN]
    Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
        payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H5297 [24JN]
    Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
        4629), H8931 [25SE]
    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), H3105
        [12MY]
    Credit:  allow any consumer to receive a free credit report annually
        from any consumer reporting agency, (see H.R. 4848), H11042
        [16OC]
    Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
        [19MR]
    de On�6ate, Don Juan:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of first
        permanent settlement of western U.S. by the Spanish explorer,
        (see H. Con. Res. 240), H2056 [1AP]
    Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
        drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
        H.R. 4006), H5957 [20JY]
    ------ clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of drugs intended
        for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, cosponsorship
        withdrawn, (see H.R. 4006), H7618 [11SE]
    Dept. of HUD:  establish program to eliminate redlining in the
        insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
    ------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
        rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637), H5297
        [24JN]
    Dept. of Justice:  establish Office of Enforcement and Border
        Affairs, (see H.R. 2588), H6070 [21JY]
    Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
        for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3106 [12MY]
    ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
        the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R. 3875), H4962 [22JN]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
        service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
        4036), H10353 [9OC]
    Dept of HHS:  carry out a national public awareness campaign on
        colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H11696 [20OC]
    Diseases:  osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders
        information clearinghouse funding, (see H.R. 2704), H11023
        [15OC]
    Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
        motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1236
        [17MR]
    Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
        associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
        H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
    Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
        4009), H5405 [25JN]
    Electronic Fund Transfer Act:  require additional disclosures
        relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international
        transactions, (see H.R. 3726), H3247 [13MY]
    Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H447
        [11FE]
    FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H5404 [25JN]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H5405
        [25JN]
    Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
        relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
        (see H.R. 2273), H7803 [15SE]
    Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H5494
        [14JY]
    ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
        officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
        (see H.R. 4233), H8528 [23SE]
    Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
        H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
    Foreign aid:  prohibit certain defense services to countries
        ineligible for international military education and training
        assistance, (see H.R. 3802), H2931 [6MY]
    ------ prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain
        countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
    FRS:  include money laundering activities in the consideration of
        certain applications, (see H.R. 3760), H2814 [5MY]
    Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
        determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
    Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
        workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
        3342), H1159 [12MR]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        H.R. 3605), H2814 [5MY]
    Health care professionals:  establish a national abusive and
        criminal background check system for patient care workers, (see
        H.R. 2953), H6880 [31JY]
    House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
        local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H579 [24FE]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
        [17JY]
    ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
        participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
        H2707 [30AP]
    Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
        3033), H65 [27JA]
    ------ cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain
        aliens, (see H.R. 2052), H755 [3MR]
    ------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
        and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
        suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
        H6070 [21JY]
    ------ increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
        children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
        H7413 [6AU]
    Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
        Res. 258), H10012 [7OC]
    Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
        under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
        the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H3024 [11MY]
    ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
        by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
        (see H.R. 4093), H5297 [24JN]
    International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
        Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5859
        [17JY]
    Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
        H6454 [24JY]
    Kneeling Nun Mountain National Monument:  establish, (see H. Con.
        Res. 303), H5956 [20JY]
    Law enforcement officers:  extend certain civil service retirement
        options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs
        Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers, (see H.R.
        1215), H1236 [17MR]
    Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
        3156), H1777 [30MR]
    Martin Luther King, Jr., Day:  add to the list of days on which the
        flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H1379
        [23MR]
    Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
        for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
        H.R. 3779), H9179 [28SE]
    Medicare:  coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403),
        H10833 [13OC]
    ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
        agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H4325 [9JN]
    ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
        plans, (see H.R. 4674), H10833 [13OC]
    ------ extend health care coverage, (see H.R. 4177), H5403 [25JN]
    ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
        4092), H10833 [13OC]
    ------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
        (see H.R. 4214), H6187 [22JY]
    ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
        H11696 [20OC]
    ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
        facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H9345 [2OC]
    Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
        H1336 [19MR]
    Monuments and memorials:  prohibit desecration of veterans'
        memorials, (see H.R. 2346), H10833 [13OC]
    National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
        checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
        4659), H9273 [1OC]
    National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
        (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
    Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
        certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
        status, (see H.R. 3553), H1549 [25MR]
    Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
        and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
        individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
        criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
        [2OC]
    Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
        tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
    Philippines:  authorize the transfer of ownership of one the bells
        taken from the the town of Balangiga to the people of the
        Philippines, (see H. Res. 312), H851 [4MR]
    Product safety:  promote new and revised toxicological tests that
        protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing
        need for animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H7584 [10SE]
    Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
        surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
        totally disabled in the line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H1112
        [11MR]
    Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
        (see H.R. 2154), H904 [5MR]
    Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3598), H6070 [21JY]
    Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H447
        [11FE]
    Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
    Save Social Security First Reserve Fund:  establish, (see H.R.
        3207), H3014 [7MY]
    Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
        provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
        (see H.R. 3134), H9275 [1OC]
    Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
        assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H11705
        [21OC]
    Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
        [23JN]
    States:  provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
        children and increase allotments to territories under the State
        Children's Health Insurance Program, (see H.R. 4323), H7585
        [10SE]
    ------ require equal education funding throughout the State, (see
        H.R. 1234), H6186 [22JY]
    Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
        charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H5405 [25JN]
    ------ deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive
        compensation, (see H.R. 687), H5957 [20JY]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
        H579 [24FE]
    ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H2707
        [30AP]
    ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
        solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8627 [24SE]
    ------ treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned
        income tax credit, (see H.R. 3995), H6453 [24JY]
    Tobacco products:  establish a responsible U.S. international
        tobacco policy, prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco
        products to children, and establish the American Center on
        Global Health and Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H2423 [28AP]
    ------ limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236 [17MR], (see
        H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
    ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
        develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
        people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
    Veterans:  allow certain individuals who provided service to the
        U.S. Armed Forces in the Philippines during World War II to
        receive a reduced SSI benefit after moving back to the
        Philippines, (see H.R. 4716), H11696 [20OC]
    Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
        community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
        3624), H5493 [14JY]
    ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
        establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H7915
        [16SE]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Health care facilities:  require nursing facilities filing for
        relief to provide written notice of such filing to appropriate
        State agencies, (see H.R. 4843), H11023 [15OC]
  Remarks
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1780 [31MR]
    Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
        Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), E2356<bullet> [19DE]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con.
        Res. 284), H4153 [4JN]
    California:  tribute to League of California Cities, E1749<bullet>
        [17SE]
    Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
        census, H7194 [5AU]
    Clinton, President:  censure, H11917 [18DE]
    ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
        grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10090 [8OC],
        E2154<bullet> [13OC]
    ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11917 [18DE]
    Committee on House Oversight (House):  investigation of voter
        irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H.
        Res. 355), H457 [12FE]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7194 [5AU]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2523 [29AP]
    Labor unions:  allow employees to organize and form collective
        bargaining units to improve salaries and working conditions,
        H4968 [23JN]
    Latina History Day:  observance, E365<bullet> [12MR]
    Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program:  reauthorize and amend
        (S. 2206), conference report, E2149<bullet> [13OC]
    Political campaigns:  require worker approval for use of labor
        organization dues and fees for political activities, H3630
        [21MY]
    South Gate, CA:  anniversary, E118<bullet> [5FE]
    Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
        small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
        4579), H8943<bullet> [26SE]
    ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction, H2942 [7MY], H4732 [18JN]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), conference report, H4732 [18JN] treatment of education
        individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
        secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct
        conferees, H2942 [7MY]
    Votes:  position on missed, E1483<bullet> [30JY], E1484<bullet>
        [30JY], E1943<bullet> [8OC]
    Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
        citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
        Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H474<bullet>
        [12FE]
  Tributes
    Bradley, Tom, E2328<bullet> [12NO]
    Capps, Representative, H1208 [17MR]
    Gonzalez, Representative, E2210<bullet> [15OC]
    Harman, Representative, E2319<bullet> [12NO]
    Lee, Representative, H2074 [21AP]
    Torres, Representative, E2142<bullet> [13OC]