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




TRAFICANT, JAMES A., JR. (a Representative from Ohio)
  Addresses
    U.S. Policy on Iran:  by, E1003<bullet> [3JN]
    ------ James Akins, E1004<bullet> [3JN]
  Amendments 
    Courts:  enlarge jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to class
        action lawsuits (H.R. 3789), H10012 [7OC]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        H3667 [21MY], H3700 [21MY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7161 [4AU]
    District of Columbia:  making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7370
        [6AU]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries (H.R. 4300), H7835 [16SE]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7809 [15SE]
    Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
        deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
        3534), H3107 [12MY], H3443 [19MY]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
        (H.R. 4250), H6187 [22JY]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
        H2932 [6MY], H2969 [7MY]
    NOAA:  describe the hydrographic services functions of the
        Administrator (H.R. 3164), H2132 [22AP]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
        2183), H3625 [20MY], H5838 [17JY], H6829 [30JY]
    Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
        satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2817 [5MY], H2849 [6MY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Agriculture:  prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
        cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
        H678 [26FE]
    Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
        viscera, (see H.R. 619), H2318 [23AP]
    Appalachian Regional Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see H.R. 4275), H5956 [20JY]
    Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
        consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
    ------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
        certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
        Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
    Aviation:  require congressional approval of civil aviation
        bilateral agreements, (see H.R. 3741), H6697 [29JY]
    Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2606 [29AP]
    Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
        for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
        H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
    Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
        of hate crimes, (see H. Res. 466), H4549 [11JN]
    CERCLA:  Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
        2727), H5405 [25JN]
    Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
        designate, (see H.R. 4602), H8083 [18SE]
    Computers:  minimize the disruption of Government and private sector
        operations caused by the year 2000 computer problem, (see H.R.
        4682), H9344 [2OC]
    Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
        services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H1854
        [31MR]
    Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
        1283), H1299 [18MR]
    Credit:  repeal pending changes in the interest rates applicable to
        Federal family education loans, (see H.R. 3291), H1237 [17MR]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H755 [3MR]
    Crime:  increase penalties for taking children hostage to evade
        arrest, (see H.R. 3438), H1111 [11MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  procurement of domestic goods and services, (see
        H. Con. Res. 266), H2814 [5MY]
    Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
        establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
        H1159 [12MR]
    Dept. of State:  calculation of Bureau of Diplomatic Security
        agents' retirement annuities, (see H.R. 633), H1643 [26MR]
    Dept. of Transportation:  collection of user fees for navigational
        assistance services, (see H.R. 3674), H5405 [25JN]
    ------ conduct a study on improving the safety of persons present at
        roadside emergencies, (see H.R. 4171), H10917 [14OC]
    ------ require study and report on certain practices by airlines
        which restrict consumer access to passenger service and fare
        information, (see H.R. 3704), H8627 [24SE]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
        industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
        Res. 249), H2814 [5MY]
    ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
        Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H5494 [14JY]
    ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
        nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
        H3970 [22MY]
    ------ payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to
        veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods
        between terms, (see H.R. 4537), H7583 [10SE]
    Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
        lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H6999 [3AU]
    Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
        similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
    Ecuador:  human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
        353), H385 [5FE]
    Education:  role in character development and teaching of moral
        values, (see H. Con. Res. 127), H909 [9MR]
    European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
        (see H. Con. Res. 212), H1021 [10MR]
    FAA:  limitation on carry-on baggage by airline passengers, (see
        H.R. 3064), H7290 [5AU]
    Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
        electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
        benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H1699 [27MR]
    ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
        of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H1699
        [27MR]
    Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
        H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
    Foreign trade:  prohibit sale, importation, and exportation of
        products derived from rhinoceros or tiger, (see H.R. 2807),
        H1159 [12MR]
    Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R.
        4357), H7915 [16SE]
    FRS:  provide that Federal Reserve Banks be covered by certain
        regulations relative to labor-management relations, (see H.R.
        3067), H2931 [6MY]
    George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
        designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
    Government:  constitutional amendment relative to legal effects of
        new treaties and agreements on the Constitution, (see H.J. Res.
        83), H447 [11FE]
    ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
        local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see H.
        Con. Res. 299), H6282 [23JY]
    ------ status of Executive orders that infringe on the powers and
        duties of Congress or are not specifically funded, (see H. Con.
        Res. 236), H903 [5MR]
    Health:  awareness and use of federally-supported research findings
        on the social and economic costs of sleep deprivation and sleep
        disorders, (see H. Con. Res. 250), H1549 [25MR]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        H.R. 3605), H5297 [24JN]
    House Rules:  require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff,
        (see H. Res. 456), H4165 [4JN], (see H. Res. 503), H6698 [29JY]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
        [29AP]
    ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
        conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
    Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
        relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
        H.R. 2635), H1236 [17MR]
    IMF:  eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
        certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H6070 [21JY]
    ------ U.S. withdrawal, (see H.R. 3090), H755 [3MR]
    Immigration:  assessment of civil penalties against illegal aliens
        and for persons smuggling aliens within the U.S., (see H.R.
        4251), H5736 [16JY]
    Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
        health plans, (see H.R. 815), H2318 [23AP]
    ------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
        (see H.R. 1117), H100 [28JA]
    ------ provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
        treatment services under private group and individual health
        coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H2056 [1AP]
    ------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H2236
        [22AP]
    Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
        (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
    Iron and steel industry:  impose a temporary ban on importation of
        certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, (see H.R.
        4762), H10352 [9OC]
    ------ 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]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 235),
        H903 [5MR]
    ------ human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 315),
        H7585 [10SE]
    ------ presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes, (see
        H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
    Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
        money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
        (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
        bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see H.R. 3790), H5493 [14JY]
    Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
        3156), H904 [5MR]
    McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
        sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
        [20JY]
    Medicare:  continuous open enrollment of individuals in
        Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4653), H10353 [9OC]
    ------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
        services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H65 [27JA]
    ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
        agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE],
        (see H.R. 3567), H2120 [21AP]
    ------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
        for office visits and for other evaluation and management
        services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2744 [4MY]
    ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H9275 [1OC]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
        (see H.R. 3835), H3744 [21MY]
    ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
        facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H65 [27JA]
    ------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
        plans, (see H.R. 3128), H1112 [11MR]
    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]
    Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
        efforts, but grant national interest waiver, (see H.J. Res.
        114), H1337 [19MR]
    ------ renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
        of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
        criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H904 [5MR]
    Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
        humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see H. Con.
        Res. 304), H7495 [9SE]
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging:  establish, (see H.R.
        1715), H497 [12FE]
    Nazi Party--World War II:  require disclosure of information
        relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
        (see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
    Northern Ireland:  encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
        condemn violence and address human rights violations, (see H.
        Con. Res. 152), H330 [4FE]
    Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
        requirements relative to textile industry, (see H.R. 1450),
        H5493 [14JY]
    Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
        education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3106 [12MY]
    Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
        H3744 [21MY]
    Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H101 [28JA]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see H.R. 4275), H5956 [20JY]
    Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
        operators, (see H.R. 3572), H7584 [10SE]
    Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see
        H.R. 3295), H1021 [10MR]
    Sandia National Laboratories:  designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
        in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5738 [16JY]
    Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
        cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H100 [28JA]
    Social Security:  choice of benefit payment method relative to
        computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
        after 1982, (see H.R. 45), H7494 [9SE], (see H.R. 3008), H7494
        [9SE]
    ------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
        (see H.R. 2908), H3014 [7MY]
    St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
    States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
        crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
    ------ permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles
        within State borders after meeting minimum standards, (see H.R.
        2942), H2706 [30AP]
    Taxation:  designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178
        [4AU]
    ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
        [23AP]
    ------ expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing
        by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service
        organizations, (see H.R. 2523), H2606 [29AP]
    ------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
        collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
        H1237 [17MR]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
        H497 [12FE]
    ------ provide exemptions relative to public safety officers killed
        in the line of duty, (see H.R. 4346), H7179 [4AU]
    ------ repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national
        retail sales tax, (see H.R. 2001), H7414 [6AU]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H447 [11FE]
    ------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H3743 [21MY]
    ------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
        certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
        3942), H4835 [18JN]
    ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
        assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H11042 [16OC]
    ------ treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of
        the Armed Forces relative to active duty time spent away from
        home, (see H.R. 3882), H3744 [21MY]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H101 [28JA]
    Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century:  repeal the
        Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot
        Program, (see H.R. 4466), H7412 [6AU]
    Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
        signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
        Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3106 [12MY]
    ------ provide for a judicial and administrative remedy for disputes
        arising under certain agreements with foreign entities, (see
        H.R. 3578), H1699 [27MR]
    Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
        claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
        citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
    Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
        anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7495
        [9SE]
    Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
        and the provision of such revenues for employment security
        administration, (see H.R. 3684), H3972 [22MY]
    Veterans:  computation of retirement benefits for certain merchant
        mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 4574), H8528
        [23SE]
    ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
    Vietnam:  prohibit assistance by OPIC or Eximbank, (see H.R. 3159),
        H1337 [19MR]
    Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
        Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H904 [5MR]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Aviation:  install enhanced vision technologies to replace and
        enhance conventional lighting systems with respect to airport
        improvement projects, (see H.R. 3463), H1158 [12MR]
    Capitol Police:  increase mandatory retirement age, (see H.R. 4415),
        H7289 [5AU]
    Families and domestic relations:  establish a national registry for
        persons who provide intercountry adoption services, (see H.R.
        4677), H9274 [1OC]
    GSA:  Federal Protective Service reform, (see H.R. 4034), H4479
        [10JN]
    House Rules:  require a two-thirds majority on legislation
        implementing future trade agreements pursuant to fast-track
        procedures, (see H. Res. 488), H5064 [23JN], (see H. Res. 497),
        H5404 [25JN]
    Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
        resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
        regions, (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
    Korczak, Boris:  recognize and compensate for intelligence gathering
        services rendered during the cold war, (see H.R. 3136), H100
        [28JA]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, (see H. Con. Res. 312),
        H6510 [28JY]
    Political campaigns:  permit businesses and labor organizations to
        stage public debates between Presidential candidates if all
        candidates who are eligible for Federal matching payments are
        invited, (see H.R. 4310), H6186 [22JY]
    Taxation:  require advance notice and judicial consent before
        seizure and exclude civil damages for unauthorized collection
        actions from income, (see H.R. 3277), H631 [25FE]
  Letters
    Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Winston-Salem,
        NC:  James P. Hutcherson, H5441 [14JY]
    ----- John N. Taylor, Jr., H5441 [14JY]
    ----- Kenneth W. McAllister, H5441 [14JY]
    ----- Leon E. Porter, Jr., H5441 [14JY]
    ----- T. Paul Hendrick, H5441 [14JY]
  Pledge of Allegiance 
    House of Representatives, H508 [24FE], H700 [3MR], H1705 [30MR],
        H3491 [20MY], H4247 [9JN], H4884 [22JN], H5864 [20JY], H6753
        [30JY], H7497 [10SE], H8463 [23SE], H9090 [28SE], H9189 [1OC],
        H10221 [9OC], H10670 [13OC]
  Proposals
    Respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial
        crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H10294 [9OC], H10622
        [12OC], H10848 [14OC]
  Remarks
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2293
        [23AP]
    Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
        Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11727 [17DE]
    Asia:  role of U.S. and IMF in financial crisis relief, H4577 [16JN]
    Aviation:  install enhanced vision technologies to replace and
        enhance conventional lighting systems with respect to airport
        improvement projects (H.R. 3463), E386<bullet> [17MR]
    Bankruptcy:  temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
        facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
        relative to farmers (H.R. 4831), H10950 [15OC]
    Budget:  deficit, H5865 [20JY]
    ------ proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989), H4181
        [5JN]
    Business and industry:  disparity in salaries between workers and
        executives, H4247 [9JN]
    Buy American Act:  compliance, H2130 [22AP], H2132 [22AP], H2849
        [6MY], H2850 [6MY]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for
        American Luge Association races (H. Con. Res. 305), H6749 [29JY]
    ------ authorizing use of Grounds for event to announce the donation
        of vans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs by the DAV (S. Con.
        Res. 102), H4485 [11JN]
    ------ authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box
        Derby (H. Con. Res. 255), H3064 [12MY]
    ------ authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers'
        Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 263), H3063 [12MY]
    ------ authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay
        (H. Con. Res. 262), H3062 [12MY]
    ------ tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the
        Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6490 [28JY] tribute to John
        M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts
        of heroism (H. Con. Res. 311), H6474 [27JY]
    Capitol Police:  funding, H5342 [25JN]
    ------ increase mandatory retirement age (H.R. 4415), E1553<bullet>
        [5AU]
    Capitol Police Board:  establish a pay scale and benefits package
        equal to that of the Secret Service Uniformed Division (H.R.
        2828), H6490 [28JY]
    ------ establish a pay scale and benefits package equal to that of
        the Secret Service Uniformed Division, H8541 [24SE]
    CBO:  require annual report on the economic impact of the Mandates
        Information Act on employment and businesses, H3443 [19MY]
    Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
        census, H7208 [5AU]
    China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status, H4884
        [22JN], H5068 [24JN], H5865 [20JY]
    ------ most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 121), H6086 [22JY]
    ------ nuclear weapons proliferation, H1240 [18MR]
    ------ trade surplus relative to illegal trade practices, H8537
        [24SE]
    ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H4769
        [18JN], H4884 [22JN]
    ------ U.S. policy, H2124 [22AP], H2613 [30AP], H3117 [13MY]
    Clinton, President:  censure, H11893 [18DE], H12037 [19DE]
    ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
        grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10084 [8OC]
    ------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
        justice, and improper sexual conduct, H7698 [15SE]
    ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11893 [18DE], H12037 [19DE]
    ------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
        Square during visit to the People's Republic of China, H4336
        [10JN]
    Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  granting of
        immunity relative to investigation of Federal election campaign
        fundraising and expenditure practices (H. Res. 440), H3458
        [19MY]
    Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House):  require report
        relative to any Member who is convicted of accepting foreign
        campaign contributions, H6829 [30JY], H6830 [30JY]
    Committee on the Judiciary (House):  deliberative review and release
        of independent counsel report on investigation of President
        Clinton relative to perjury, obstruction of justice, and
        improper sexual conduct (H. Res. 525), H7593 [11SE]
    Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
        With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
        (H. Res. 463), H4769 [18JN]
    Computers:  use of Internet chat rooms, H244 [4FE]
    Consumers:  establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of
        Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-
        produced merchandise (H.R. 563), H2132 [22AP]
    ------ establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of
        Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-
        produced merchandise (H.R. 563), H9474 [5OC]
    Courts:  minimum mandatory sentencing, H582 [25FE]
    Crime:  punishment of convicted rapists, H760 [4MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  assign personnel to assist the INS and the
        Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
        functions, H388 [11FE], H3631 [21MY], H3695 [21MY], H3696
        [21MY], H3698 [21MY], H3699 [21MY], H3700 [21MY], H3701 [21MY],
        H3703 [21MY], H5741 [17JY]
    ------ assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in
        the performance of their border protection functions, H7822
        [16SE], H7835 [16SE], H7837 [16SE], H7840 [16SE], H7843 [16SE],
        H7844 [16SE]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H3677 [21MY], H3695
        [21MY], H3696 [21MY], H3698 [21MY], H3699 [21MY], H3700 [21MY],
        H3701 [21MY], H3703 [21MY]
    ------ revise priority for counter-drug activities making it second
        only to war-fighting mission, H7833 [16SE]
    Dept. of Justice:  appointment of independent counsel to investigate
        certain internal criminal allegations (H.R. 692), H3492 [20MY]
    ------ Drug Courts Program funding through rescissions in Economic
        Development Administration, H7121 [4AU], H7122 [4AU]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7121 [4AU], H7122
        [4AU], H7162 [4AU], H7208 [5AU]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6248 [23JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9618
        [6OC]
    Dick Cheney Federal Building, Casper, WY:  designate (H.R. 3453),
        H5445 [14JY]
    District of Columbia:  funding for transfer of inmates from Lorton
        Correctional Complex to the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center,
        H7334 [6AU], H7342 [6AU], H7370 [6AU], H7371 [6AU], H7372 [6AU]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4380), H7342 [6AU], H7370 [6AU],
        H7371 [6AU], H7372 [6AU]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4380), consideration (H. Res.
        517), H7334 [6AU]
    Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
        programs (H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 409), H2448 [29AP]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries (H.R. 4300), H7822 [16SE], H7833 [16SE], H7835 [16SE],
        H7837 [16SE], H7840 [16SE], H7843 [16SE], H7844 [16SE]
    Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
        from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
        limitations, H6248 [23JY]
    Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, H1452 [25MR]
    Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
        English (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7526 [10SE]
    ------ national policy to improve system, H7812 [16SE]
    Employment:  jobs availability, H1650 [27MR]
    Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (S.
        417), H10954 [15OC]
    Eney, Chestnut, Gibson Memorial Building, Washington, DC:  designate
        (S. Con. Res. 120), H10973 [15OC]
    European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
        agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7055 [4AU]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase involvement of parents in
        raising of children, H3758 [22MY]
    ------ role of Government in establishing values, H7498 [10SE]
    Federal Bureau of Prisons:  study growth and development of private
        prisons, H7162 [4AU]
    Florida:  implementation of death sentences, H1784 [31MR]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (H.R. 4569), consideration (H. Res. 542), H7942
        [17SE]
    Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
        sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), consideration (H. Res. 383),
        H1031 [11MR]
    ------ U.S. sovereignty, H6074 [22JY]
    Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
        procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H8463
        [23SE], H8720 [25SE], H8788 [25SE]
    ------ miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws
        (H.R. 4342), H7071 [4AU]
    Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
        Res. 78), consideration (H. Res. 453), H4073 [4JN]
    Government:  significance of Federal studies, H6754 [30JY]
    Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
        deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
        3534), H3443 [19MY]
    ------ reduce costs, H6514 [29JY]
    GSA:  Federal Protective Service reform (H.R. 4034), E1081<bullet>
        [10JN]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
        (H.R. 4250), consideration (H. Res. 509), H6303 [24JY]
    Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Winston-Salem,
        NC:  designate (H.R. 2379), H5441 [14JY]
    Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
        217), H719 [3MR]
    House of Representatives:  legislative program, H10870 [14OC]
    House Rules:  require a two-thirds majority on legislation
        implementing future trade agreements pursuant to fast-track
        procedures (H. Res. 497), E1285<bullet> [14JY]
    IMF:  funding, H2293 [23AP], H2752 [5MY], H9351 [5OC], H9727 [7OC],
        H10222 [9OC], H10564 [12OC]
    INS:  deployment of border patrol agents, H1557 [26MR]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
        H2953 [7MY], H2969 [7MY]
    ------ role in preventing international narcotics trafficking, H2953
        [7MY], H2969 [7MY]
    Iran:  U.S. policy, E1003<bullet> [3JN]
    Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
        international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
        H11727 [17DE]
    ------ U.S. policy, H508 [24FE]
    Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
        resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
        regions, H10294 [9OC], H10295 [9OC], H10401 [10OC], H10621
        [12OC], H10670 [13OC], H10836 [14OC], H10848 [14OC]
    ----- respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
        financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (H. Con.
        Res. 350), H10637 [12OC]
    ----- respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
        financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (H. Res.
        598), H10921 [15OC], H10949 [15OC], H10963 [15OC]
    IRS:  restructure and reform, H69 [28JA], H634 [26FE], H1302 [19MR],
        H4482 [11JN]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, H5358
        [25JN]
    J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building, Austin, TX:  designate (H.R.
        3223), H5444 [14JY]
    James F. Battin Federal Courthouse, Billings, MT:  designate (H.R.
        3696), H7073 [4AU]
    Jere Cooper Federal Building, Dyersburg, TN:  designate (H.R. 2730),
        H9120 [28SE]
    Jones, Mary-Alyce:  condolences on death of mother, H4338 [10JN]
    Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, OH:  designate (S.
        1800), H7074 [4AU]
    Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:  authorizing appropriations
        and further defining criteria for capital repair, operation, and
        maintenance (H.R. 3504), H3992 [3JN], H3993 [3JN]
    Korczak, Boris:  recognize and compensate for intelligence gathering
        services rendered during the cold war (H.R. 3136), E51<bullet>
        [28JA]
    Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  nuclear weapons
        proliferation, H4638 [17JN]
    Kosovo:  civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians, H3978
        [3JN]
    ------ human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, H1116 [12MR] human rights
        violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police relative
        to self-determination (H. Con. Res. 235), E321<bullet> [9MR]
    ------ human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination (H. Con. Res. 315), H8494
        [23SE]
    ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
        violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, H9190
        [1OC]
    Law enforcement officers:  funding for the hiring of personnel who
        perform nonadministrative services (H.R. 804), H10000 [7OC]
    ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service
        (H. Res. 422), H3061 [12MY]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), H5342 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration of
        conference report (H. Res. 550), H8541 [24SE]
    Lloyd D. George Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Las Vegas, NV:
         designate (H.R. 2225), H7447 [9SE], H7448 [9SE]
    Mexico:  drug control efforts, H451 [12FE], H701 [3MR]
    Morality and ethics:  web site's plan to broadcast 18-year-old
        couple having sexual intercourse for the first time, H5503
        [15JY]
    NAFTA:  impact on employment and the economy, H1174 [17MR], H1452
        [25MR], H1557 [26MR], H2063 [21AP]
    National Day of Prayer:  observance, H2934 [7MY]
    Nitsch, Hermann:  performance art presentation, H7182 [5AU]
    NOAA:  describe the hydrographic services functions of the
        Administrator (H.R. 3164), H2130 [22AP], H2132 [22AP]
    Nuclear weapons:  proliferation, H1856 [1AP]
    Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  penalties for
        misrepresentation of U.S.-made products by the People's Republic
        of China, H3030 [12MY]
    ------ 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), H10369 [10OC]
    Parliamentary inquiry, H3704 [21MY], H10401 [10OC], H10404 [10OC],
        H12037 [19DE]
    Pensions:  ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans
        relative to State income taxes (H.R. 4572), H10950 [15OC]
    Political campaigns:  appointment of independent counsel to
        investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election
        campaign, H7434 [9SE]
    ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H6807
        [30JY], H6829 [30JY], H6830 [30JY]
    ------ influence and legality of foreign contributions, H7006 [4AU]
    ------ investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to
        transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to People's
        Republic of China, H3376 [19MY], H3458 [19MY]
    ------ investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and
        expenditure practices, H338 [5FE]
    ------ permit businesses and labor organizations to stage public
        debates between Presidential candidates if all candidates who
        are eligible for Federal matching payments are invited (H.R.
        4310), E1384<bullet> [22JY]
    Political ethics:  disclosure of personal information about
        individuals associated with investigations of President Clinton,
        H7926 [17SE]
    Prayer:  constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer, H1705
        [30MR], H2240 [23AP], H2442 [29AP]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs (S. 2364), H10744 [13OC], H10745 [13OC]
    Religion:  survey of scientists' religious beliefs, H6885 [3AU]
    Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT:  designate (S. 1355),
        H8496 [23SE]
    Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate (H.R.
        3598), H9118 [28SE]
    Robert K. Rodibaugh U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, South Bend, IN:
        designate (H.R. 81), H8497 [23SE]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (H.R. 2625),
        consideration (H. Res. 344), H249 [4FE]
    Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate (H.R.
        3295), H7450 [9SE], H7451 [9SE]
    Rosario, Mildred:  firing as teacher relative to religious comments,
        H4842 [19JN]
    Russia:  foreign aid relative to arms sales to Iran, H4972 [23JN]
    ------ IMF loans, H5416 [14JY]
    Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA:  designate (H.R. 613), H723
        [3MR]
    Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate (H.R.
        4595), H9118 [28SE]
    Social Security:  establish Protect Social Security Account into
        which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
        is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8747 [25SE]
    States:  minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
        projects, H1892 [1AP]
    Taxation:  constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
        on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
        consideration (H. Res. 407), H2135 [22AP]
    ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
        H8747 [25SE]
    ------ reform laws and filing procedures, H2347 [28AP]
    ------ require advance notice and judicial consent before seizure
        and exclude civil damages for unauthorized collection actions
        from income (H.R. 3277), H1025 [11MR]
    ------ require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in
        all tax cases, H918 [10MR], H5358 [25JN]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), consideration
        (H. Res. 472), H4646 [17JN]
    Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
        constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
        COMSAT, H2847 [6MY], H2848 [6MY]
    ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
        communications (H.R. 1872), H2847 [6MY], H2848 [6MY], H2849
        [6MY], H2850 [6MY]
    Terry Sanford Federal Building, Raleigh, NC:  designate (H.R. 3982),
        H6748 [29JY]
    Thomas M. Foglietta Post Office Building, Chester, PA:  designate
        (H.R. 4000), H9453 [5OC]
    Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY:  designate (H.R.
        2187), H9120 [28SE], H9121 [28SE]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1554 [26MR], H1892
        [1AP]
    Tucker, Karla Faye:  death penalty sentence, H109 [3FE]
    Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
        emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6772 [30JY]
    Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
        citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
        Security number to register to vote, H6807 [30JY]
    Yeltsin, Boris:  dismissal of cabinet, H1386 [24MR]
  Remarks in House relative to
    Special order:  granted, H6509 [28JY]
    Tribute, H5392 [25JN]
  Texts of
    H.R. 3136, recognize and compensate Boris Korczak for intelligence
        gathering services rendered during the cold war, E51<bullet>
        [28JA]
  Tributes
    Cafaro, William M., E686<bullet> [28AP]
    Dellums, Ronald V., E129<bullet> [11FE]
    Fazio, Representative, H8541 [24SE]
    Gibson, Josh, H9090 [28SE]
    Glenn, Senator, E1976<bullet> [9OC]
    Kiko, Russell T., E604<bullet> [21AP]
    Kiko, Willard L., E604<bullet> [21AP]
    Maris, Roger, H9090 [28SE]
    McGwire, Mark, H9090 [28SE]
    Perk, Ralph J., E1173<bullet> [19JN]
    Sosa, Sammy, H9090 [28SE]