[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
WALSH, JAMES T. (a Representative from New York)
Addresses
Syracuse University Pan American World Airways Flight 103 Memorial
Service: John M. Mandyck, E1864<bullet> [1OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions, H2296 [23AP]
------ H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related
agencies program appropriations, H7708 [15SE]
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, H1409 [24MR]
Articles and editorials
Duty Calls--If Laws Are To Have Worth, the House Must Vote To
Impeach the President, Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard,
H12013<bullet> [19DE]
Leaving America--Ireland, New Promised Land, Mike Allen, New York
(NY) Times, H10005 [7OC]
Mail Monopoly, James Kelly, Washington (DC) Times, E1587<bullet>
[7AU]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7584 [10SE]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4324 [9JN]
Army: close School of the Americas, (see H.R. 611), H240 [3FE]
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]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H5737 [16JY]
------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be
manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
(see H.R. 3831), H7915 [16SE]
Copyright Act: revise to conform to the digital era and advance
educational opportunities, (see H.R. 3048), H1021 [10MR]
Correctional institutions: test incarcerated persons for serious
transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
with corrections personnel, (see H.R. 2070), H578 [24FE]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H11696 [20OC]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
H2054 [1AP]
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]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H1854 [31MR]
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), H11696 [20OC]
------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R. 3240), H496
[12FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H7584 [10SE]
Dept of HHS: carry out a national public awareness campaign on
colorectal cancer, (see H. Res. 359), H10077 [8OC]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see H.R. 4300), H7618 [11SE]
Education: establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
H678 [26FE]
Electric power: ensure that rates charged by certain small power
producers and cogenerators do not exceed the incremental cost to
the purchasing utility of alternative electric energy at the
time of delivery, (see H.R. 4183), H7428 [7AU]
European Union: unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
(see H. Con. Res. 212), H1237 [17MR]
Evans, Dale: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H241
[3FE]
Families and domestic relations: recognize the importance of
children and families, (see H. Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
Federal Aviation Research and Evaluation Board: establish, (see
H.R. 3312), H754 [3MR]
Federal employees: allow use of medical savings accounts under
health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
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), H4325 [9JN],
(see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H6487 [27JY]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Great Lakes: prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
Res. 418), H3247 [13MY]
------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
H9275 [1OC]
Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 4121),
H5064 [23JN]
------ limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information,
(see H.R. 2198), H3014 [7MY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H4479
[10JN]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
[17JY]
Immigration: increase visas temporarily for backlogged spouses and
children of lawful permanent resident aliens, (see H.R. 4504),
H7413 [6AU]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining
coverage or premiums, (see H.R. 306), H497 [12FE]
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]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 3167), H2318 [23AP]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H5957 [20JY]
Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local
governments purchase armor vests for officers, (see H.R. 2829),
H498 [12FE]
Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
350), H5404 [25JN]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H5957 [20JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H579 [24FE]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H5594
[15JY]
------ limit penalty for late enrollment, (see H.R. 676), H64 [27JA]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4404), H7803 [15SE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8528 [23SE]
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]
National Environmental Education Act: extend programs, (see H.R.
3441), H1111 [11MR]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H8084 [18SE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see H.R. 1635), H755 [3MR]
Northern Ireland: encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
condemn violence and address human rights violations, (see H.
Con. Res. 245), H1236 [17MR]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish, (see H.R.
2431), H904 [5MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H447 [11FE]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4962 [22JN]
------ prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res. 452), H4165
[4JN]
------ reform postal laws, (see H.R. 22), H3247 [13MY]
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), H755 [3MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H6454 [24JY]
Rogers, Roy: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H241
[3FE]
Sandia National Laboratories: designate the Steve Schiff Auditorium
in the Technology Transfer Center, (see H.R. 3731), H5493 [14JY]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H6880
[31JY]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H1550 [25MR]
Social Security: payment for certain hospital discharges to post-
acute care, (see H.R. 2908), H386 [5FE]
Tariff: wool fabrics, (see H.R. 4358), H7585 [10SE]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H4165 [4JN]
------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H2236 [22AP]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H1159 [12MR]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H2706 [30AP]
------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H2120
[21AP]
------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
services, (see H.R. 3648), H2424 [28AP]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2319 [23AP]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H7585
[10SE]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H7584 [10SE]
------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H3488
[19MY]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Volunteer workers: exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H2423 [28AP]
------ extend appropriations for programs under the National and
Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act,
(see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1021 [10MR]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: implementation, (see H.R. 3048), H1021 [10MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Electric power: ensure that rates charged by certain small power
producers and cogenerators do not exceed the incremental cost to
the purchasing utility of alternative electric energy at the
time of delivery, (see H.R. 4511), H7414 [6AU]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations, (see
H.R. 4112), H5063 [23JN]
Letters
Office Waste Recycling Program implementation: Alan M. Hantman,
Architect of the Capitol, H5340 [25JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: 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), H3768 [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), H518 [24FE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4985 [23JN], H5007 [23JN]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1792
[31MR]
Boy Scouts: tribute to Hiawatha Council's Boypower Program and
endowment facility, E1295<bullet> [14JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, H6490
[28JY]
Capitol Police: funding, H5342 [25JN], H7711 [15SE]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11919 [18DE],
H12013 [19DE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1881 [1AP], E646<bullet>
[23AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend time period for rulemaking on milk
marketing orders system, H5007 [23JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6261 [23JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 574), H9609 [6OC]
FEMA: Emergency Food and Shelter Program funding, H6261 [23JY]
Forcucci, Anna: Zonta Club (organization) Woman of Achievement
award recipient, E643<bullet> [23AP]
House of Representatives: Office Waste Recycling Program
implementation, H5327 [25JN], H5328 [25JN], H5340 [25JN], H5348
[25JN]
------ require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances
be applied to deficit reduction, H5341 [25JN]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland (H.R. 4293), E1371<bullet> [21JY]
------ establish a cultural and training program for disadvantaged
individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
(H.R. 4293), H10004 [7OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
E891<bullet> [19MY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R.
4112), H5333 [25JN], H5340 [25JN], H5341 [25JN], H5342 [25JN],
H5348 [25JN], H5349 [25JN], H5351 [25JN]
----- making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration (H. Res.
489), H5325 [25JN], H5327 [25JN], H5328 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), conference report, H8546
[24SE]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 550), H8541 [24SE]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4112), motion to instruct
conferees, H7711 [15SE]
Maine, NY: anniversary, E739<bullet> [1MY]
Myrtle Beach, SC: tribute to Bill Jackson and Bob Lewis Golf
Tournament, E409<bullet> [18MR]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal, H5007 [23JN]
Northstars (dance ensemble): tribute, E759<bullet> [5MY]
Onondaga, NY: anniversary, E496<bullet> [26MR], E505<bullet> [27MR]
Pan American World Airways: tribute to victims of flight 103 from
Syracuse University, E1864<bullet> [1OC]
Postal Service: rates, E1586<bullet> [7AU]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
H3768 [22MY]
Schiff, Steven: tribute (H. Res. 395), H1507 [25MR]
Smith, Corinne Roth: National Council of Jewish Women Hannah G.
Solomon Award recipient, E90<bullet> [4FE]
Syracuse, NY: tribute to Syracuse Children's Choir, E1068<bullet>
[9JN]
Thunderstorms: disaster assistance to New York, H7610 [11SE]
------ tribute to recovery efforts in New York, E1898<bullet> [2OC]
Westhill, NY: tribute to Westhill High School recipients of North
American Music Festival awards, E889<bullet> [19MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4477 [10JN]
Reports filed
Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on
Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4112) (H. Rept. 105-595), H5063
[23JN]
------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 4112) (H. Rept. 105-734), H8461
[22SE]
Summaries
Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations (H.R. 4112),
H5334 [25JN]
Tables
Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 4112),
H8549-H8552 [24SE]
Texts of
H.R. 4112, legislative branch of the Government appropriations,
H5342-H5347 [25JN]
Tributes
Emory, Alan, H4611 [16JN]
Fazio, Representative, H8541 [24SE]
McDade, Representative, H9250 [1OC]
Simmons, Roy, Jr., H4248 [9JN]
Smith, Nancy S., E776<bullet> [6MY]
Solomon, Representative, H9609 [6OC]