[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
SCHUMER, CHARLES E. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5658 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide
certain air safety information, (see H.R. 915), H4835 [18JN]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H3105 [12MY]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5957 [20JY]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2424
[28AP]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
2094), H2055 [1AP]
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see H.R. 3637),
H3312 [14MY]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H3488 [19MY]
Clinton, President: reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see H. Con. Res.
345), H10353 [9OC]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions,
(see H.R. 23), H11695 [20OC]
Colleges and universities: adopt licensing codes of conduct against
merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
(see H.R. 3755), H2605 [29AP]
------ encourage adoption of a code of principles to change the
culture of alcohol consumption on college campuses, (see H. Res.
321), H3106 [12MY]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish, (see
H. Res. 16), H241 [3FE]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling
disputes, (see H.R. 2882), H6697 [29JY]
Courts: allow suits against the Federal Government for gross
negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas, (see
H.R. 1334), H64 [27JA]
------ authority for the interception of communications, (see H.R.
3753), H2605 [29AP]
Credit: require notice before changing the interest rate applicable
on any credit card account or before changing the index used to
determine such rate, (see H.R. 3066), H7290 [5AU]
Crime: prevent money laundering, (see H.R. 3745), H2605 [29AP]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
Dept. of HHS: carry out a national public awareness campaign on
colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H446 [11FE]
------ collection of information relative to the use of mentally
disabled children and individuals in biomedical and behavioral
research, (see H.R. 4135), H6698 [29JY]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
H3312 [14MY]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit charging of fees for certain uses
of sand, gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental
Shelf, (see H.R. 3972), H4629 [16JN]
------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240), H496
[12FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 1756),
H5405 [25JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H5957 [20JY]
Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H3744 [21MY]
------ ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H2931 [6MY]
------ treatments relative to the transmission of HIV, (see H.R.
3072), H498 [12FE]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity,
strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H2318 [23AP]
Education: establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
H678 [26FE]
FAA: address aircraft noise problems of Queens and Long Island, NY,
(see H.R. 3952), H3970 [22MY]
------ foreign repair station rules, (see H.R. 145), H8528 [23SE]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations, (see H.R. 2925),
H447 [11FE]
------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H4880 [19JN]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
[17JN]
------ provide grants to improve safety and study effects of
developing technology on firearms safety, (see H.R. 3895), H3972
[22MY]
------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H3744
[21MY]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4479 [10JN]
Foreign trade: limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
3633), H2052 [1AP]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
2789), H8932 [25SE]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
H5494 [14JY]
Government: enhance the payments protections for subcontractors and
suppliers on Federal construction projects, (see H.R. 3032),
H5859 [17JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 3605), H2056 [1AP]
------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
providers, (see H.R. 1415), H3366 [18MY]
Higher Education Act: establish an Advanced Manufacturing
Fellowship, (see H.R. 3840), H3105 [12MY]
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),
H1550 [25MR]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H4550 [11JN]
Immigration: eliminate restrictions which render alien battered
spouses and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
H7415 [6AU]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Indonesia: prohibit transfer of military equipment and supplies,
helicopters, and ammunition relative to free elections and human
rights conditions, (see H.R. 3918), H6453 [24JY]
INS: reform, (see H.R. 4363), H7179 [4AU]
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), H6070 [21JY]
Israel: resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 3167), H2318 [23AP]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H6454 [24JY]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 313),
H7429 [7AU]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H631 [25FE]
Machal (organization): tribute to international corps of volunteers
for efforts towards Israeli independence, (see H. Con. Res.
268), H3015 [7MY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H579 [24FE]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H6186 [22JY]
Medicare: establish a standard of efficiency in home health
services and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard,
(see H.R. 3651), H5064 [23JN]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
3139), H240 [3FE]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H65 [27JA]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish, (see H.R.
1524), H2423 [28AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H5738 [16JY]
------ expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases
in women, (see H.R. 2130), H64 [27JA]
Nazi Party--World War II: require disclosure of information
relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
(see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
New York: disposition of Governors Island, (see H.R. 3884), H3312
[14MY]
New York, NY: prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate
the impact of slot exemptions for operation of new air services
at LaGuardia Airport, (see H.R. 3179), H445 [11FE], (see H.R.
4117), H5405 [25JN]
Nigeria: efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
3916), H3624 [20MY]
Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations, (see H.R.
971), H2119 [21AP]
Nuclear weapons: stockpile management, (see H. Con. Res. 307),
H7415 [6AU]
Oceans: develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities
policy, (see H.R. 2547), H2056 [1AP]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish, (see H.R.
2431), H2056 [1AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: amend, (see H.R. 3565),
H1642 [26MR]
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),
H3744 [21MY]
Power resources: management of royalties from Federal and Outer
Continental Shelf oil production, (see H.R. 3932), H3743 [21MY]
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), H3970 [22MY]
Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
------ 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), H498 [12FE]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H6697 [29JY]
Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal,
(see H. Con. Res. 19), H2237 [22AP]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H497 [12FE]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
States: permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
H.R. 3837), H3972 [22MY]
Tariff: wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H10513 [10OC]
Taxation: creation of a new class of bonds for new school
construction, (see H.R. 2695), H851 [4MR]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H1699 [27MR]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H2331 [27AP]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H2318 [23AP]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3311
[14MY]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
------ treatment of primary health providers in health professional
shortage areas, (see H.R. 2804), H3312 [14MY]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
Terrorism: relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H2606
[29AP]
------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7415
[6AU]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H4567 [15JN]
------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2120 [21AP]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs
funding, (see H.R. 2374), H2056 [1AP]
Women: ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
3624), H2331 [27AP]
------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
3293), H676 [26FE]
------ research programs relative to HIV and AIDS, (see H.R. 1571),
H3247 [13MY]
World War II: encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
557), H9178 [28SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Arts and humanities: encourage the identification and return of
stolen artwork, (see H.R. 4138), H5402 [25JN]
Aviation: enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
(see H.R. 3160), H329 [4FE]
Budget: use any surplus for payroll tax rebates and increased
discretionary nondefense spending, (see H.R. 4379), H6879 [31JY]
Children and youth: establish early childhood education services
referral hotline, improve quality of child care services, and
provide tax credit for employer expenses in providing certain
dependent care services, (see H.R. 4102), H4961 [22JN]
Colleges and universities: require distribution of information
relative to harassment, (see H.R. 3759), H2605 [29AP]
Education: improve, raise standards, and attract the best teachers
to public schools, (see H.R. 3986), H4055 [3JN]
Eliach, Yaffa: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 4613),
H8527 [23SE]
ERISA: protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
terminated pension plans, (see H.R. 4396), H7178 [4AU]
Families and domestic relations: establish a national registry from
which adopted children may obtain medical information
voluntarily provided by birth parents, (see H.R. 3237), H496
[12FE]
Firearms: require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
(see H.R. 4233), H5593 [15JY]
Foreign trade: ban importation of certain large capacity military
magazine rifles, (see H. Con. Res. 275), H3105 [12MY]
Immigration: adjustment of status for aliens based on diversity
immigrant visas that expired due to paperwork processing delays,
(see H.R. 4502), H7413 [6AU]
Poole-Christian, Kerantha: relief, (see H.R. 4015), H4241 [5JN]
Taxation: modify rules for determining whether a corporation is a
cooperative housing corporation, (see H.R. 4397), H7178 [4AU]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H8657 [25SE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5076 [24JN]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), E534<bullet> [31MR]
Argentina: efforts to convict anti-semitic terrorists, E128<bullet>
[11FE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E726<bullet> [30AP]
Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, E1788<bullet> [23SE]
BATF: funding, H5658 [16JY], H5659 [16JY], H5660 [16JY]
Black History Month: observance, E36<bullet> [28JA]
Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of St. Edmund Elementary School,
E674<bullet> [27AP]
------ Midwood High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue
Ribbon Schools award, E1114<bullet> [11JN]
------ tribute to Brooklyn Irish-American Parade Committee,
E211<bullet> [24FE]
------ tribute to Midwood High School participants in the
Westinghouse Science Talent Search, E66<bullet> [3FE]
Clinton, Hillary Rodham: comments relative to Israeli/Palestinian
peace initiatives, H2989 [7MY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11785 [18DE]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10017 [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11785 [18DE], H11976 [19DE]
Colleges and universities: adopt licensing codes of conduct against
merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
H2865<bullet> [6MY]
Courts: permit claims in U.S. courts against foreign countries
which are sponsors of international terrorism, or where no
extradition treaty or other remedies exist, E1345<bullet> [17JY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 3081),
H10934<bullet> [15OC]
------ prevent violence against women (H.R. 3514), H8719 [25SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of
sugarcane and sugar beets, H5076 [24JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5658 [16JY], H5659 [16JY], H5660 [16JY], H5683
[16JY], E1345<bullet> [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit use of funds for improvement or
replacement of the Miller Highway in New York, NY, H6734 [29JY],
H6735 [29JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), H6734 [29JY], H6735 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), E1437<bullet> [24JY]
Ecology and environment: exempt certain regulations and initiatives
from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
limitations, E1437<bullet> [24JY]
Eliach, Yaffa: Brooklyn College Alumna of the Year award recipient,
E603<bullet> [21AP]
FEC: expedite availability of reports (H.R. 3582), H1757 [30MR]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion
procedures, H5683 [16JY]
------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
prescription drug coverage, H5683 [16JY]
Firearms: gun control, H1455 [25MR]
------ prohibit manufacture or importation of key chain guns, H2822
[6MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), E1788<bullet> [23SE]
Forest Hills, NY: anniversary of Congregation of Georgian Jews,
E1082<bullet> [10JN]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6402 [24JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2865<bullet> [6MY]
Hudson River: contamination, E1437<bullet> [24JY]
Ice storms: disaster assistance to Northeast States, E534<bullet>
[31MR]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland (H.R. 4293), H10006<bullet> [7OC]
Israel: independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), H2371<bullet>
[28AP]
------ investigation into Lebanese War MIA's, E1084<bullet> [10JN]
Luongo, James L.: Revitalization of the Southern Area of the Slope
Community Service Award recipient, E924<bullet> [20MY]
McCabe, Joan Griffin: Revitalization of the Southern Area of the
Slope Community Service Award recipient, E924<bullet> [20MY]
New York, NY: anniversary of Kings County Hospital Center Patient/
Family Psychoeducation Group, E1143<bullet> [16JN]
------ tribute to York College Alumni, Inc., E819<bullet> [12MY]
New York State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force:
anniversary, E332<bullet> [10MR]
New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators,
Inc.: tribute, E152<bullet> [11FE]
New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus: tribute,
E152<bullet> [11FE]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), H1618<bullet> [26MR]
Parliamentary inquiry, H5660 [16JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H3790 [22MY]
Puerto Rico: eligibility to vote in self-determination referenda
for certain U.S. citizens residing outside Puerto Rico,
H820<bullet> [4MR]
Quinones, Edmundo: Revitalization of the Southern Area of the Slope
Community Service Award recipient, E924<bullet> [20MY]
Shepard, Matthew: condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
of hate crimes (H. Res. 597), H10934<bullet> [15OC]
Trademarks: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or
alteration of product identification codes (H.R. 3891),
H9117<bullet> [28SE]
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America: anniversary,
E891<bullet> [19MY]
Votes: position on missed, H820<bullet> [4MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H9083 [26SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Tribute to Brooklyn Irish-American Parade Committee: House of
Representatives, E211<bullet> [24FE]
Tributes
Burke, William F., E370<bullet> [12MR]
Burns, John A., E749<bullet> [4MY]
Casey, Anthony C., E1022<bullet> [4JN]
Frost, Robert J., E63<bullet> [3FE]
Jacobson, Joseph, E503<bullet> [27MR]
Klepsch, Douglas, E684<bullet> [28AP]
Marcus, David (Mickey), E1018<bullet> [4JN]
McCord, Margaret, E45<bullet> [28JA]
Nussbaum, Stanley, E693<bullet> [28AP]
O'Connor, Patricia K., E845<bullet> [13MY]
Rubin, William D., E1073<bullet> [9JN]
Schwartz, Allen and Alisa, E450<bullet> [24MR]
Watkins, Elgin W., E260<bullet> [3MR]
Weiss, Joseph I., E619<bullet> [22AP]
Williams, C. David, E748<bullet> [4MY]