[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
STENHOLM, CHARLES W. (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3668 [21MY]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8641 [24SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
improvement, H9202 [1OC]
------ S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
Reform Act, H535 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
(see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
------ Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers, (see H.R.
4417), H7410 [6AU]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions
(H.R. 3580), consideration, (see H. Res. 473), H4628 [16JN]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
H5491 [14JY]
Budget: reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H10917 [14OC]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H3105 [12MY]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
3682), H2054 [1AP]
Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve
technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H5402
[25JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determination of service connection for
certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological
warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R.
3279), H1699 [27MR]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7000 [3AU]
Education: establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial
fellowship programs, (see H.R. 4665), H9274 [1OC]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
employees, (see H.R. 2888), H101 [28JA]
ERISA: clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from
failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare
benefit plans, (see H.R. 2960), H2931 [6MY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
H2605 [29AP]
Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting
arms, (see H.R. 3954), H3970 [22MY]
------ prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background checks
before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention of
resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H4241 [5JN]
------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
(see H.R. 3140), H3247 [13MY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H7494 [9SE]
Foreign trade: require the President to report to Congress on any
selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647),
H9084 [26SE]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
H8627 [24SE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
------ require reasonable notice to businesses of changes made to
regulations imposed by Federal agencies, (see H.R. 4049), H4549
[11JN]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3106
[12MY]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H8035 [17SE]
Line Item Veto Act: direct savings toward reducing the public debt
when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
H496 [12FE]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
[20JY]
Medicare: limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see
H.R. 3139), H240 [3FE]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
H9083 [26SE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8528 [23SE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services,
cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 4567), H8932 [25SE]
Mexico: assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469), H4549
[11JN]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate
activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
H851 [4MR]
National security: national missile defense system, (see H.R.
4402), H7289 [5AU]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain
individuals, (see H.R. 543), H329 [4FE]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
(see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish, (see H.R.
2431), H2236 [22AP]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take certain actions in
response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H3488 [19MY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H8932 [25SE]
Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: designate, (see
H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H909 [9MR]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H64 [27JA]
Ships and vessels: limit restriction on carriage of certain
noncontainerized agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise
trade by foreign-built freight vessels, (see H.R. 4236), H5736
[16JY]
Small business: protection from litigation excesses, (see H.R.
3382), H2707 [30AP]
Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax
payments into individual security accounts and extend the old
age, survivors, and disability insurance program, (see H.R.
4256), H5737 [16JY]
------ allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into
individual security accounts and extend the old age, survivors,
and disability insurance program, (see H.R. 4824), H10832 [13OC]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H2056 [1AP]
Taxation: enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
3503), H7915 [16SE]
------ promote retirement savings, (see H.R. 4823), H10832 [13OC]
------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
------ reform Internal Revenue Code and protect Social Security and
Medicare trust funds, (see H. Con. Res. 248), H1444 [24MR]
------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
(see H.R. 3127), H2744 [4MY]
------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H9345 [2OC]
Texas: authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
(see H.R. 3687), H4165 [4JN]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H5593 [15JY]
------ determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H7290 [5AU]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
------ extend commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans
with service-connected disabilities and certain dependents, (see
H.R. 2224), H904 [5MR]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
------ termination of certain contributions to the Survivor Benefit
Plan, (see H.R. 3107), H1379 [23MR]
World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H9346 [2OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
IMF: quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
4150), H5402 [25JN]
Lists
Peanut Program reforms, H5022 [23JN]
Motions
House of Representatives: adjournment, H3760 [22MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H3759 [22MY], H4124
[4JN], H4127 [4JN]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
Res. 446), H3763 [22MY], H3765 [22MY], H3768 [22MY], H3770
[22MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H516 [24FE], H519 [24FE]
------ price supports for peanuts, H5019 [23JN], H5022 [23JN]
------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7703 [15SE], H7706
[15SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4998 [23JN], H5019 [23JN],
H5022 [23JN], H5026 [23JN], H5081 [24JN], H5086 [24JN], H5200
[24JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9327
[2OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct
conferees, H7703 [15SE], H7706 [15SE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2292
[23AP], H2293 [23AP]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5449
[14JY]
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2503 [29AP]
Budget: payment for highways and transit programs by using CBO
estimates, H3717 [21MY]
------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
284), H4210 [5JN] setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003
(H. Con. Res. 284), consideration (H. Res. 455), H4142 [4JN]
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
census, H7195 [5AU]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6112 [22JY], H6117<bullet> [22JY]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10093<bullet>
[8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11941 [18DE]
Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination and preferential
treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
H2903 [6MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: limit funding for livestock protection from
predatory wildlife, H5026 [23JN], H5200 [24JN]
------ Market Access Program funding, H5086 [24JN]
------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
beets, H5081 [24JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3682<bullet> [21MY]
------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, H360<bullet> [5FE]
------ making appropriations for military construction, family
housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
consideration (H. Res. 477), H4848 [19JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain
uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5703 [16JY], H5704 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5703 [16JY], H5704 [16JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6977 [3AU], H7195
[5AU]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3728 [21MY]
Export Apple and Pear Act: limit applicability to apples (H.R.
4148), H9503 [5OC]
Farm Credit Administration: anniversary, H1688<bullet> [27MR]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to
unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
H4124 [4JN], H4127 [4JN]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3142<bullet> [13MY]
Food stamps: prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
1733), H10936 [15OC]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7980 [17SE]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8786 [25SE]
------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9504 [5OC],
H9506 [5OC]
Forests: establish a program of recovery and protection and to
inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
their resources (H.R. 2515), H1652 [27MR], H1657 [27MR]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional
deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
3534), H3451<bullet> [19MY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2903 [6MY]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H2979 [7MY], H2980
[7MY], H3295 [14MY]
IMF: funding, H2292 [23AP], H2293 [23AP], H7980 [17SE]
LSC: funding, H6977 [3AU]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take certain actions in
response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res.
588), H10372 [10OC]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H1685
[27MR], H2979 [7MY], H2980 [7MY], H2983 [7MY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4797
[18JN] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183),
consideration (H. Res. 442), H3728 [21MY]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4797 [18JN]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4797
[18JN]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
H4127 [4JN]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (H.R. 2625),
E217<bullet> [24FE]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8748 [25SE]
----- establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
(H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8727 [25SE]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
H2157 [22AP]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
H8748 [25SE], H8963 [26SE], H8966 [26SE] provide relief for
individuals, families, farmers, and small businesses, and
establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579), consideration
(H. Res. 552), H8727 [25SE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4668 [17JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), consideration (H.
Res. 405), H1864 [1AP]
----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct conferees,
H3717 [21MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1698 [27MR], H3011 [7MY]
Tables
Tax relief for farmers and ranchers vs. interest rate relief, H8964
[26SE]
Tributes
Kreitman, Darryl B., E941<bullet> [22MY]
Powell, Gary C., E1045<bullet> [5JN]