[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
SNYDER, VIC (a Representative from Arkansas)
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H1445
[24MR]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1299 [18MR]
Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid, (see H.R. 2284), H1112
[11MR]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H101 [28JA]
Children and youth: international cooperation in cases involving
the illegal abduction of a child by a noncustodial parent, (see
H. Con. Res. 224), H631 [25FE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H1021 [10MR]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H447
[11FE]
------ extradition to U.S. of Joanne Chesimard and certain other
individuals, (see H. Con. Res. 254), H4880 [19JN]
Dept. of Commerce: provide grants to improve job skills in specific
industries, (see H.R. 3270), H692 [2MR]
Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve
technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H8932
[25SE]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H2814 [5MY]
Dept. of HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H4056 [3JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allocation of substantial tobacco
industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
Res. 249), H1854 [31MR]
------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
research priorities relative to certain service-related health
consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H5405 [25JN]
------ furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2504), H4835 [18JN]
------ provide a cost-of-living adjustment in compensation rates
paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and make
various improvements in education, housing, and cemetery
programs, (see H.R. 4110), H5297 [24JN]
------ use portion of any national tobacco settlement to establish
trust fund for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine
dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4188), H5404
[25JN]
Dept of HHS: carry out a national public awareness campaign on
colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H10077 [8OC]
Diseases: ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H3014
[7MY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3624 [20MY]
Education: establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
H3744 [21MY]
------ establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity
Program, (see H.R. 1970), H64 [27JA]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H1379 [23MR]
Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family
support services, (see H.R. 2713), H5405 [25JN]
------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN] increase availability,
affordability, and quality of school-based child care, (see H.R.
3768), H2705 [30AP]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H2931 [6MY]
------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
(see H.R. 3251), H5957 [20JY]
Financial institutions: insist that certain institutions uphold the
trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
H902 [5MR]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2237 [22AP]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H3106
[12MY], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Guyana: elections, (see H. Con. Res. 215), H851 [4MR]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see H. Res. 83), H448 [11FE]
------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers, (see H.R. 872),
H64 [27JA]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H2237 [22AP]
House of Representatives: require approval of any payments from the
reserve fund designated for certain committee expenses, (see H.
Res. 387), H1445 [24MR]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
[29AP]
------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H579 [24FE]
Immigration: strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341),
H4835 [18JN]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8083 [18SE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
markets, (see H. Con. Res. 233), H3625 [20MY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public
safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
H.R. 1173), H2423 [28AP]
------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R. 2829), H3014
[7MY]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation
program, (see H.R. 2970), H1237 [17MR]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H2056 [1AP]
Medicare: clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
3259), H5064 [23JN]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7179 [4AU]
------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H6697
[29JY]
------ graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219), H7585
[10SE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H5064 [23JN]
National Child Protection Act: allow for interstate background
checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
4659), H9273 [1OC]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H7618 [11SE]
National Historic Preservation Fund: extend authorization, (see
H.R. 1522), H2055 [1AP]
National security: national missile defense system, (see H.R.
4402), H7289 [5AU]
National Weather Service: overtime pay for forecasters performing
essential services during severe weather events, (see H.R.
2987), H5064 [23JN]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
H.R. 1505), H1643 [26MR]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs, (see
H.R. 1070), H1445 [24MR]
Research: increase the amount authorized for basic scientific,
medical, and pre-competitive engineering research, (see H.R.
3660), H2053 [1AP]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H1445 [24MR]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H497 [12FE]
Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully
portable defined benefit plan, (see H.R. 1656), H5297 [24JN]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H3014 [7MY]
------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2056 [1AP]
------ disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying
limits on certain bonds, (see H.R. 2714), H2056 [1AP]
------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H4712 [17JN]
------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
H3625 [20MY]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1550 [25MR]
------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
services, (see H.R. 3648), H3488 [19MY]
------ tax credit for investment in the revitalization of
communities, (see H.R. 465), H5737 [16JY]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
1891), H2606 [29AP]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2319 [23AP]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2237 [22AP]
Veterans: reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity
compensation for certain surviving spouses, (see H.R. 2004),
H3625 [20MY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H7618 [11SE]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's, (see H. Res. 360),
H497 [12FE]
Virgin Islands: commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
Independence Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN]
Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health
effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7584
[10SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: establish,
(see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
Veterans: presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in
certain veterans, (see H.R. 4751), H10076 [8OC]
Remarks
Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade
of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H7995 [17SE]
Black History Month: observance, H413 [11FE]
China, People's Republic of: transfer of strategic nuclear missile
technology, H4843 [19JN]
Clinton, President: censure, H11911 [18DE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11911 [18DE]
Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
With the People's Republic of China (House, Select): establish
(H. Res. 463), H4843 [19JN]
Education: national policy to improve system, H10674 [13OC], H10840
[14OC], H11002 [15OC], H11005 [15OC]
------ reductions in class size, H5300 [25JN]
------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
H1437 [24MR], H5300 [25JN]
------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
H10840 [14OC], H11002 [15OC], H11005 [15OC]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of school-based child care (H.R.
3768), H3077 [12MY], H3078 [12MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7995 [17SE]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10326 [9OC]
Nagorno-Karabagh: U.S. role in negotiation of territorial conflict
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H7995 [17SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H389
[11FE], H1454 [25MR], H1785 [31MR]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H1525
[25MR], H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H3781 [22MY]
ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485), H1525 [25MR],
H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H1558 [26MR] ethics
reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3526), H4483 [11JN] ethics
reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3581), H1742 [30MR]
Taxation: creation of a new class of bonds for new school
construction (H.R. 2695), H1437 [24MR]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H479
[12FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H437 [11FE], H2704 [30AP], H3102 [12MY],
H10665 [12OC]
Tributes
Davis, Benjamin O., H413 [11FE]
Johnson, Representative Sam, H479 [12FE]