[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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withdrawn, (see H.R. 4006), H7618 [11SE]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]