[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms
located in designated Federal disaster areas, (see H.R. 790),
H6487 [27JY]
------ labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing
imported meat, (see H.R. 1371), H1854 [31MR]
------ provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote
the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H6697 [29JY]
------ provide for the accreditation of associations of agricultural
producers and promote good faith bargaining between such
associations, (see H.R. 2738), H3744 [21MY]
------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness, (see H.R. 900),
H10353 [9OC]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6999 [3AU]
------ anniversary of integration, (see H. Con. Res. 294), H4961
[22JN]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1299 [18MR]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle, (see H.R. 2956), H4165 [4JN]
Business and industry: promote youth entrepreneurship education and
training, (see H.R. 4175), H7617 [11SE]
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), H4711 [17JN]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H4711 [17JN]
------ provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in
accordance with stricter flammability standards, (see H.R.
3831), H5064 [23JN]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements
for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H3971 [22MY]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4629 [16JN]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Contracts: provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal
contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in
its subcontracting plan, (see H.R. 3701), H3247 [13MY]
------ require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to
each subcontractor under a Federal contract, (see H.R. 3700),
H3247 [13MY]
Courts: applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
H10010 [7OC]
------ independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1159 [12MR]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H9179 [28SE]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H3488 [19MY]
------ prohibit unauthorized interstate or foreign transfer of
counterfeit or authentic police badges, (see H.R. 4282), H6069
[21JY]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem, (see H.
Res. 212), H2932 [6MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H101 [28JA]
------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see H.R. 3513), H1336
[19MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorize use of military helicopters in State
and local law enforcement and rescue operations, (see H.R.
2896), H4055 [3JN]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
------ Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317 [23AP]
Dept. of HUD: establish program to eliminate redlining in the
insurance business, (see H.R. 4145), H6698 [29JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H4165 [4JN]
Dept. of the Interior: study on establishing a national historic
trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
3240), H5737 [16JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down events and establish
a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H7415 [6AU]
------ 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), H1550 [25MR]
------ establish a chiropractic services division, (see H.R. 4421),
H7410 [6AU]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7000 [3AU]
------ 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), H5494 [14JY]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4374),
H11705 [21OC]
------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H7415 [6AU]
Developing countries: recognize the importance of providing access
to microcredit, (see H. Res. 475), H6187 [22JY]
Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job
opportunities, convert military programs to social programs,
produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and
redistribute wealth and power, (see H.R. 1050), H6186 [22JY]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and citizens'
associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
H.R. 3627), H7415 [6AU]
Education: provide for various capital investments in technology
education, (see H.R. 2994), H1550 [25MR]
------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H6453
[24JY]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H7415 [6AU]
ERISA: regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
(see H.R. 4238), H7415 [6AU]
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 during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H1854
[31MR] increase availability, affordability, and quality of
school-based child care, (see H.R. 3768), H3014 [7MY]
Federal aid programs: reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and
Employment Program and apply savings to emergency food
assistance programs, (see H.R. 4571), H11696 [20OC]
Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
persons, (see H.R. 3615), H3488 [19MY]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H5493
[14JY], (see H.R. 4283), H7000 [3AU]
FRS: include money laundering activities in the consideration of
certain applications, (see H.R. 3760), H2605 [29AP]
Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious
groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7414 [6AU]
Health: permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H4629
[16JN]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
providers, (see H.R. 1415), H1159 [12MR]
Health care facilities: allow medical treatment of emergency cases
near the emergency room entrance, (see H.R. 3937), H4835 [18JN]
------ establish limits for imposition of fines relative to false
health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2814 [5MY]
------ require nursing facilities filing for relief to provide
written notice of such filing to appropriate State agencies,
(see H.R. 4843), H11696 [20OC]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for
preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
universities, (see H.R. 3266), H630 [25FE]
Homeless: protection of voting rights, (see H.R. 74), H447 [11FE]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H65 [27JA]
Housing: provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H3972 [22MY]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps, (see H.R.
1176), H7915 [16SE]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
3033), H386 [5FE]
------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see H.R.
2955), H7584 [10SE]
------ increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
H9275 [1OC]
Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
violence, (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and
priority for veterans filing such claims, (see H.R. 3484), H9345
[2OC]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H2056 [1AP]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 313),
H7429 [7AU]
Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
350), H1112 [11MR]
------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
handguns, (see H.R. 218), H1159 [12MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: establish,
(see H.R. 4182), H5404 [25JN]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1379 [23MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H3744
[21MY]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H7494 [9SE]
------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H8932 [25SE]
Medicare: coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments, (see H.R.
1018), H2606 [29AP], (see H.R. 1329), H2606 [29AP]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H101
[28JA], (see H.R. 3137), H447 [11FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1854 [31MR]
------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
H.R. 3570), H2424 [28AP]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H5738 [16JY]
------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
for reimbursement, (see H.R. 3255), H7415 [6AU]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H8931 [25SE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8528 [23SE]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at
veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H1236 [17MR]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H5957 [20JY]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H2707 [30AP]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
H.R. 4235), H7415 [6AU]
NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of
mathematics, science, and information technology, (see H.R.
3496), H5737 [16JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7179 [4AU]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3744 [21MY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H2236 [22AP]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H4165 [4JN]
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 in
the line of duty, (see H.R. 2088), H100 [28JA]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H2706 [30AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Ray J. Favre Post Office Building, Kiln, MS: designate, (see H.R.
2623), H5297 [24JN]
Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: designate, (see
H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 1335),
H631 [25FE]
Schools: ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
4224), H7495 [9SE]
Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal,
(see H. Con. Res. 19), H6187 [22JY]
Social Security: investment of trust funds in marketable
securities, (see H.R. 4033), H4712 [17JN]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H579 [24FE]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
States: expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
(see H.R. 3697), H5064 [23JN]
------ permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
2942), H5493 [14JY]
------ 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), H6281
[23JY]
------ require equal education funding throughout the State, (see
H.R. 1234), H904 [5MR]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H3972 [22MY]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H4550 [11JN]
------ allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative
minimum tax liability, (see H.R. 2524), H4629 [16JN]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H6820
[30JY]
------ 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),
H5064 [23JN]
------ increase maximum contribution to education savings accounts,
(see H.R. 4147), H5957 [20JY]
------ provide additional incentives for the use of clean-fuel
vehicles by enterprise zone businesses within empowerment zones,
(see H.R. 3466), H3744 [21MY]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H3972
[22MY]
------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
(see H.R. 4332), H8932 [25SE]
------ treatment of homeownership plan trusts, (see H.R. 3024),
H10668 [12OC]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2821), H3744 [21MY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H1237 [17MR]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H9346 [2OC]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
[9SE]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H5493 [14JY]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
Women: improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
3293), H4325 [9JN]
------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
effects of silicone breast implants, (see H.R. 4028), H7415
[6AU]
------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H2331
[27AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: study effects of double-crested cormorants
on commercial and recreational fish species and prepare
population management strategy, (see H.R. 4754), H10076 [8OC]
Office of Minority Health: establish authorities relative to
tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as
human food, (see H.R. 4828), H10832 [13OC]
Public welfare programs: disregard payment of earned income tax
credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
programs, (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
Taxation: employer credits for expenses of providing child care
services to employees, (see H.R. 4782), H10352 [9OC]
Poems
``Fishing on the Ouachita,'' Tyler Sellers, E898<bullet> [19MY]
Remarks
African Americans: discrimination claims by farmers against the
Dept. of Agriculture, H544 [24FE], H545 [24FE], H546 [24FE],
H547 [24FE], H548 [24FE], H549 [24FE], H550 [24FE]
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
census, H7211<bullet> [5AU]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12008<bullet>
[19DE]
Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination and preferential
treatment in admissions based on sex, race, or national origin,
H2913<bullet> [6MY]
----- prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in
admissions based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 3330),
E737<bullet> [1MY]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H7050<bullet> [4AU],
E331<bullet> [10MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4193), H6217<bullet> [23JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7211<bullet>
[5AU]
Gentry, Eunice: Miss Jackson State University award recipient,
E332<bullet> [10MR]
Greenwood, MS: anniversary of Valley Bank, E936<bullet> [21MY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6407<bullet> [24JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2913<bullet> [6MY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (H.R. 2560),
H10326 [9OC]
Mathem, Emily: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of
Community Award recipient for Mississippi, E948<bullet> [22MY]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services (H.R. 2912),
H409<bullet> [11FE]
New Hope Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E330<bullet> [10MR]
Office of Minority Health: establish authorities relative to
tobacco products (H.R. 4189), E1273<bullet> [26JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H6851<bullet> [30JY]
Public welfare programs: disregard payment of earned income tax
credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
programs (H.R. 4818), E2097<bullet> [12OC]
Rush, Bobby: Blues Foundation B.B. King Blues Hero Award recipient,
E1867<bullet> [1OC]
Sellers, Tyler: River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art Project
award recipient, E897<bullet> [19MY]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8744 [25SE]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8744 [25SE]
Voting: permit States to require photographic identification to
vote in a Federal election, H6851<bullet> [30JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5062 [23JN], H5954 [20JY], H6486
[27JY], H11022 [15OC]
Special order: granted, H437 [11FE]
Tributes
Barry, Marion, Jr., E2113<bullet> [13OC]
Gibson, Andrea, E430<bullet> [19MR]
Stokes, Representative, H6240<bullet> [23JY]
Sutton, William W., E572<bullet> [2AP]
Swinney, Ned, E934<bullet> [21MY]
Tullis, Mary, E2160<bullet> [14OC]