[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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THORNBERRY, WILLIAM M. ``MAC'' (a Representative from Texas)
  Amendments 
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H3684 [21MY]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
        (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]
  Appointments
    Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Agriculture:  Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers,
        (see H.R. 4417), H7410 [6AU]
    ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
        4265), H5858 [17JY]
    Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
        2500), H329 [4FE]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        H.R. 2733), H6820 [30JY]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
        guaranteed farm operating loans, (see H.R. 2145), H386 [5FE]
    Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
        the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
        Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
    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),
        H4962 [22JN]
    Employment:  protect employer rights, (see H.R. 758), H755 [3MR]
    European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
        (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1237 [17MR]
    FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
        carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
        and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H5405 [25JN]
    Firearms:  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), H5494 [14JY]
    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]
    Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
        deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
        H.R. 3534), H2931 [6MY]
    ------ reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses,
        (see H.R. 3310), H754 [3MR]
    Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
        relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
        [19MR]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers, (see H.R. 3736),
        H4962 [22JN]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
        2829), H1112 [11MR]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
        2560), H8528 [23SE]
    Medicare:  adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
        the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
        Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
    ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
        agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3162), H3105 [12MY]
    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), H7915
        [16SE]
    National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
        permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
    National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
        4402), H7289 [5AU]
    Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
        public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H6820 [30JY]
    Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3598), H4325 [9JN]
    Rokhlin, Lev Y.:  express sympathy to family and colleagues and urge
        prompt investigation into death, (see H. Res. 571), H9345 [2OC]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see H.R. 923), H329 [4FE]
    ------ prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research, (see
        H.R. 922), H329 [4FE]
    States:  permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
        within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
        2942), H3105 [12MY]
    Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
    ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
        (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
    ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
    ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
        4399), H7178 [4AU]
    ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
        production, (see H.R. 3688), H7415 [6AU]
    ------ 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), H579 [24FE]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
    ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
        1891), H2055 [1AP]
    Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
        signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
        Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H5738 [16JY]
    Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H10077 [8OC]
    Volunteer workers:  eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
        supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Dept. of Defense:  establish a unified command for joint forces
        responsible for providing ready joint forces to regional
        combatant commands, (see H.R. 3845), H3105 [12MY]
    Dept. of State:  establish an independent nonpartisan review panel
        to assess efforts to fulfill its mission in the future, (see
        H.R. 4605), H8083 [18SE]
    Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see H. Res. 493), H5297
        [24JN]
    Petroleum:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
        Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see H.R. 3334), H850
        [4MR]
    Taxation:  increase amount of taxable income which is taxed at the
        lowest rate, (see H.R. 3175), H445 [11FE]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
        (see H.R. 3687), H2054 [1AP]
  Remarks
    Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
        2344), H6930<bullet> [3AU]
    Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
        supplemental appropriations, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
    Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
        enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
        Employees Health Benefits Program, H3686 [21MY], H3688 [21MY],
        H3689 [21MY], H3693 [21MY]
    Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con.
        Res. 227), H1278<bullet> [18MR]
    Children and youth:  provide that children's sleepwear be
        manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
        H6545 [29JY]
    Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
        whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10100<bullet>
        [8OC]
    ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11957<bullet> [18DE]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H2785 [5MY], H3686 [21MY], H3688 [21MY], H3689 [21MY], H3693
        [21MY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
        H8568 [24SE]
    ------ establish a unified command for joint forces responsible for
        providing ready joint forces to regional combatant commands
        (H.R. 3845), E847<bullet> [13MY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11655<bullet> [20OC]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6545 [29JY]
    Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6930 [3AU]
    National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, H2785 [5MY]
    Nuclear weapons:  stockpile stewardship relative to age,
        maintenance, and testing, H2785 [5MY]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
        (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]