[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SKELTON, IKE (a Representative from Missouri)
  Addresses
    Commissioning of the U.S.S. Harry S Truman:  by, E1499<bullet>
        [31JY]
  Amendments 
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H3671 [21MY]
  Appointments
    Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
    ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, H7529 [10SE]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
    Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
        requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1021 [10MR]
    Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
        equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, (see
        H.R. 2828), H6999 [3AU]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        H.R. 2733), H5405 [25JN]
    Clean Air Act:  proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
        the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
        (see H.R. 3690), H3014 [7MY]
    Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
        1283), H1550 [25MR]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  reform agricultural credit programs, (see
        H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing military activities appropriations
        and prescribing personnel strengths, (see H.R. 3616), H2051
        [1AP]
    Dept. of Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
        relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
        compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H631 [25FE]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
        illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
        service, (see H.R. 3948), H4165 [4JN]
    Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
        motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1159
        [12MR]
    Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
        relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
        (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
    Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
        implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H5298 [24JN]
    Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
        H.R. 3506), H2424 [28AP]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H6999 [3AU]
    George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
        designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
    Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
        determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
    Health:  standardize relationships between group health plans and
        health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
        providers, (see H.R. 1415), H64 [27JA]
    Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
        relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
        [21MY]
    House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
        local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3106
        [12MY]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H1159
        [12MR]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
        2829), H2056 [1AP]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
        2560), H8528 [23SE]
    Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
        3156), H1643 [26MR]
    Medicare:  payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention
        of potential fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 2912), H330 [4FE]
    ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5494 [14JY]
    Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
         establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
    Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
        devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
        Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7585
        [10SE]
    National Institute for the Environment:  establish, (see H.R. 2914),
        H386 [5FE]
    National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
        4402), H7289 [5AU]
    NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
        research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H11696 [20OC]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
    Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
        H3625 [20MY]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
    Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
        operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
    Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
    Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3295), H1445 [24MR]
    States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
        within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
        2942), H2706 [30AP]
    Taxation:  exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance,
        (see H.R. 1382), H3972 [22MY]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
        3050), H3488 [19MY]
    U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet:  appreciation to veterans for service, (see
        H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
    U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
    Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
        merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
        1126), H4055 [3JN]
    Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's, (see H. Res. 360),
        H497 [12FE]
  Letters
    Posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor to Theodore Roosevelt:  by,
        S12917 [21OC]
  Lists
    U.S. Embassy employees who died in the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
        bombing, E1733<bullet> [16SE]
    U.S. Embassy employees who died in the Nairobi, Kenya, bombing,
        E1733<bullet> [16SE]
  Motions 
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H6122 [22JY], H6201 [23JY]
  Pledge of Allegiance 
    House of Representatives, H4333 [10JN]
  Remarks
    Africa:  bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania,
        E1733<bullet> [16SE]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1807 [31MR]
    ----- making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
        (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1792 [31MR]
    Armed Forces:  anniversary of integration (H. Con. Res. 294), H6603
        [29JY]
    ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
        Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal Employees
        Health Benefits Program, H3691 [21MY]
    ------ prohibit any procurement, training, or operations and
        maintenance restrictions relative to Kyoto Protocol, H3574
        [20MY], H3576 [20MY]
    ------ prohibit funding for assignment of duty at the U.N. Rapidly
        Deployable Missions Headquarters, H3577 [20MY], H3579 [20MY],
        H3581 [20MY]
    ------ support while carrying out missions in and around the Persian
        Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11723 [17DE], H11724 [17DE], H11741
        [17DE]
    Azerbaijan:  prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
        of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7996 [17SE]
    Ballard, Joe N.:  Black Engineer of the Year award recipient,
        E427<bullet> [19MR]
    Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, H3714
        [21MY]
    ------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 227), H1263
        [18MR], H1265 [18MR]
    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), H6473 [27JY]
    Caskey, Harold L.:  General Council of Industries for the Blind
        State Official of the Year award recipient, E77<bullet> [3FE]
    China, People's Republic of:  prohibit U.S. export of satellite
        equipment and technology, H3565 [20MY]
    ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H3563
        [20MY]
    ------ U.S. policy, H3552 [20MY], H3556 [20MY], H3557 [20MY]
    Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11751 [17DE],
        H11782 [18DE]
    Colombia:  provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
        enforcement efforts (H. Res. 398), H1716 [30MR]
    Culver, William L.:  C-SPAN ``Travels of Alexis de Tocqueville''
        award recipient, E512<bullet> [30MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  assign personnel to assist the INS and the
        Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
        functions, H3701 [21MY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense
        systems (H.R. 2786), H1722 [30MR]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H2784 [5MY], H3469
        [19MY], H3477 [19MY], H3552 [20MY], H3556 [20MY], H3557 [20MY],
        H3562 [20MY], H3563 [20MY], H3565 [20MY], H3574 [20MY], H3576
        [20MY], H3577 [20MY], H3579 [20MY], H3581 [20MY], H3678 [21MY],
        H3691 [21MY], H3701 [21MY], H3707 [21MY], H3714 [21MY]
        authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration (H.
        Res. 441), H3498 [20MY], H3499 [20MY] authorizing appropriations
        for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths
        (H.R. 3616), motion to instruct conferees, H6122 [22JY], H6123
        [22JY], H6124 [22JY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
        H8564 [24SE] authorizing appropriations for military activities
        and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), consideration
        of conference report (H. Res. 549), H8560 [24SE]
    ------ theater missile defense programs funding, H6122 [22JY], H6123
        [22JY], H6124 [22JY]
    Dover, MO:  anniversary of Dover Christian Church, E1777<bullet>
        [23SE]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries (H.R. 4300), consideration (H. Res. 537), H7818 [16SE]
    Dyer, Hollis:  Oak Grove, MO, Chamber of Commerce Business Person of
        the Year award recipient, E131<bullet> [11FE]
    Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs
        (H.R. 4017), H9100 [28SE]
    Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
        4017), H9100 [28SE]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7996 [17SE]
    Foreign policy:  national objectives priority assignments,
        H9514-H9518 [5OC]
    ------ prohibit participation in investigation of Chinese launch
        failure of U.S.-built satellite, H3562 [20MY]
    Foreign trade:  nuclear export reporting requirements, H3707 [21MY]
    George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
        designate (H.R. 3821), H6906 [3AU], H6908 [3AU], H6909 [3AU]
    Harry S Truman (U.S.S.):  commissioning, E1499<bullet> [31JY]
    House of Representatives:  legislative program, H11751 [17DE]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
        H2950 [7MY]
    Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
        international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
        H11723 [17DE], H11724 [17DE], H11751 [17DE]
    Nagorno-Karabagh:  U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
        between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7996 [17SE]
    National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, H2784 [5MY]
    Naval Research Laboratory:  anniversary, E1067<bullet> [9JN]
    Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
        relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
        People's Republic of China, H3552 [20MY], H3556 [20MY], H3557
        [20MY]
    Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
        fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
        owners and operators, H9100 [28SE]
    Terrorism:  U.S. policy, H9213 [1OC], E717<bullet> [30AP],
        E1843<bullet> [28SE]
    Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H481
        [12FE], H484<bullet> [12FE]
    Walker, Andre L.:  Air National Guard Airman of the Year award
        recipient, E979<bullet> [22MY]
  Testimonies
    U.S. Policy on Terrorism:  by, E717<bullet> [30AP]
  Tributes
    Aull, William, III, E1580<bullet> [7AU]
    Clark, Donald L., E342<bullet> [10MR]
    Dellums, Representative, H195 [3FE], H215 [3FE]
    Edwards, John R., E720<bullet> [30AP]
    Elrod, Marilyn A., E1879<bullet> [2OC]
    Frew, B.L. (Bud), E95<bullet> [4FE]
    Hamilton, Representative, E1880<bullet> [2OC]
    Hannon, Everett W., Sr., E1374<bullet> [21JY]
    Hartzog, William W., E1719<bullet> [15SE]
    Hedrick, Ralph, E704<bullet> [29AP]
    Hobson, Kenneth R., II, E1721<bullet> [15SE]
    Johnson, Representative Sam, H481 [12FE], H484<bullet> [12FE]
    Kirkpatrick, James C., E54<bullet> [28JA]
    Lintvet, Donald S., E1776<bullet> [23SE]
    Lopez, T. Joseph, E1882<bullet> [2OC]
    Lyles, William R., E16<bullet> [27JA]
    May, Pamela, E655<bullet> [23AP]
    Oberhelman, Dennis K., E1839<bullet> [28SE]
    Park, Medford R., E1494<bullet> [31JY]
    Pease, Kendell, E923<bullet> [20MY]
    Sexton, Larry, E353<bullet> [11MR]
    Slavens, Marjorie, E893<bullet> [19MY]
    Starke, William S., Jr., E1322<bullet> [16JY]
    Strong, James R., E622<bullet> [22AP]
    Sullivan, Mike, E1736<bullet> [16SE]
    Thompson, Stanton, E1920<bullet> [6OC]
    Vansandt, Dorothy M., E607<bullet> [21AP]