[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
WEXLER, ROBERT (a Representative from Florida)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, (see H.
Res. 523), H9346 [2OC]
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory
cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, (see H.R. 453),
H385 [5FE]
Algeria: human rights violations, (see H. Res. 374), H2424 [28AP]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H7428 [7AU]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
Arms sales: establish international code of conduct with all
Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
Arts and humanities: encourage the identification and return of
stolen artwork, (see H.R. 4138), H5594 [15JY]
Bounty hunters: establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
industry, (see H.R. 3168), H385 [5FE]
Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care
programs, (see H.R. 1515), H578 [24FE]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H5493 [14JY]
------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H630 [25FE]
China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization,
(see H. Con. Res. 219), H851 [4MR]
------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
Colleges and universities: disclosure of criminal incidents
relative to prejudice based on race, ethnicity, gender,
religion, sexual orientation, or disability, (see H.R. 3043),
H330 [4FE]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
services under health insurance plans, (see H.R. 2174), H4241
[5JN]
Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implement and establish
support program for victims of torture, (see H.R. 3161), H851
[4MR]
Courts: appointment of additional Federal judges in the middle and
southern districts of Florida, (see H.R. 3154), H755 [3MR]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H498 [12FE]
------ prevent money laundering, (see H.R. 3745), H4712 [17JN]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
Dante B. Fascell North-South Center: designate, (see H.R. 4757),
H10352 [9OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H101 [28JA]
Dept. of Defense: classification of surplus military material, (see
H.R. 2602), H241 [3FE]
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), H1021 [10MR]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H7428 [7AU]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4070),
H10077 [8OC]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of
motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H447
[11FE]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests, (see H.R. 2870), H241 [3FE]
------ national objectives priority assignments, (see H.R. 1404),
H2055 [1AP]
------ negotiation of an international climate change agreement,
(see H. Con. Res. 106), H386 [5FE]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
4009), H5494 [14JY]
------ establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963), H678
[26FE]
Employment: provide for retirement savings and security, (see H.R.
1130), H64 [27JA]
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, (see H.R. 4030), H4478 [10JN]
------ recognize the importance of children and families, (see H.
Con. Res. 302), H5956 [20JY]
FDA: require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see
H.R. 3462), H2056 [1AP]
Federal employees: modify the conditions that must be met before
certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
President, (see H.R. 3251), H4835 [18JN]
Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the
electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H64 [27JA]
----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H64
[27JA]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
[17JN]
------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see H.R. 3833), H4629
[16JN]
------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
(see H.R. 4233), H6880 [31JY]
------ requirements for dealers and owners relative to gun safety
devices to prevent access by children, (see H.R. 814), H2606
[29AP]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 1432), H241 [3FE]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4325 [9JN], (see H.R.
4283), H6069 [21JY]
Foreign trade: ban importation of certain large capacity military
magazine rifles, (see H. Con. Res. 275), H3105 [12MY]
------ eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions, (see H.R.
2509), H5493 [14JY]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
communities dependent on the Federal logging program, (see H.R.
2789), H8932 [25SE]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4019),
H7494 [9SE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H5064 [23JN]
Health: prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
3342), H1643 [26MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
[19MR]
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), H4629
[16JN]
Housing: provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
H579 [24FE]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H4550 [11JN]
------ trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for
forced prostitution, (see H. Con. Res. 114), H498 [12FE]
------ trafficking of women and girls for forced prostitution, (see
H. Con. Res. 239), H2120 [21AP]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
(see H.R. 2955), H7178 [4AU]
Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
Res. 258), H7915 [16SE]
Insurance: prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business
in the U.S. unless they disclose any financial dealings they had
with individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust, (see
H.R. 3143), H240 [3FE]
------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H579 [24FE]
International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold voluntary proportional
assistance relative to the development and completion of the
Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, (see H.R. 3743), H2605
[29AP]
Israel: resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
Res. 122), H4550 [11JN]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered
during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the
President, (see H.R. 2090), H2706 [30AP]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H1777
[30MR]
Kosovo: NATO military intervention relative to human rights
violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, (see H.
Res. 561), H9274 [1OC]
Law enforcement: require better reporting of unidentified persons,
(see H.R. 2850), H330 [4FE]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Gainesville, FL: designate, (see H.R. 3336), H1237 [17MR]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H579 [24FE]
Mauritania: human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H2056
[1AP]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
[20JY]
Medicaid: prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
facilities, (see H.R. 4046), H4549 [11JN]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H578 [24FE]
------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
H.R. 3570), H4550 [11JN]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
H9083 [26SE]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H4479 [10JN]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H579 [24FE]
------ restrictions on changes in benefits under Medicare+Choice
plans, (see H.R. 3128), H99 [28JA]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H498 [12FE], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
Motor vehicles: prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or
importation of school buses without seatbelts, (see H.R. 1605),
H497 [12FE]
National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at
veterans' funerals, (see H.R. 1601), H64 [27JA]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate
activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
H1337 [19MR]
Nazi Party--World War II: require disclosure of information
relative to the investigation and prosecution of war criminals,
(see H.R. 4007), H4479 [10JN]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H7803 [15SE]
Northern Ireland: encourage all parties involved in peace talks to
condemn violence and address human rights violations, (see H.
Con. Res. 152), H448 [11FE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H1112 [11MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
Postal Service: designate buildings in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka,
Carol City, and Miami, FL, (see H.R. 4052), H4549 [11JN]
Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal
information, (see H.R. 1813), H1112 [11MR]
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: establish national medal for those who act
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
H.R. 4090), H4879 [19JN]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
(see H.R. 2154), H678 [26FE]
Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
provide with information that will help them protect themselves,
(see H.R. 3134), H100 [28JA]
Sequoia National Forest: increase recreational opportunities and
establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia
ecosystem, (see H.R. 2077), H4567 [15JN]
Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal,
(see H. Con. Res. 19), H2237 [22AP]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to
computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or
after 1982, (see H.R. 3008), H755 [3MR]
------ earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R. 612), H1445
[24MR]
------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
program, (see H. Res. 340), H631 [25FE]
------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H101 [28JA]
Space policy: encourage exploration, development, and use of space,
(see H. Con. Res. 267), H2932 [6MY]
Sudan: human rights violations, (see H. Con. Res. 234), H2056 [1AP]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2056 [1AP]
------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
(see H.R. 2695), H755 [3MR]
------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
H.R. 1382), H3972 [22MY]
------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H1550
[25MR]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H3105 [12MY]
------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H6511 [28JY]
------ provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a
State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for
property, (see H.R. 4361), H6819 [30JY]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
(see H.R. 4563), H8627 [24SE]
Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate
the placement, construction, and modification of certain
facilities, (see H.R. 3016), H579 [24FE]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H755 [3MR]
Terrorism: relief for American victims of terrorism, (see H. Con.
Res. 220), H497 [12FE]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
[17MR], (see H.R. 3474), H1378 [23MR]
------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H3311 [14MY]
Transportation: continue certain preclearance and inspection
activities to enhance the safety of air transit and vessel
passengers, (see H.R. 4819), H10832 [13OC]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
[12FE]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet: appreciation to veterans for service, (see
H.J. Res. 100), H579 [24FE]
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), H6820
[30JY]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H1445 [24MR]
------ determination of active military service for certain merchant
mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 1126), H1777
[30MR]
Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
3243), H497 [12FE]
Wildfires: express condolences and support to victims and commend
efforts of firefighters in Florida, (see H. Con. Res. 298),
H5737 [16JY]
Women: increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
1788), H1236 [17MR]
------ protection of reproductive rights, (see H.R. 2525), H4550
[11JN]
World War II: encourage identification of Holocaust-era assets and
restitution of individual and communal property, (see H. Res.
557), H9178 [28SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Courts: independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1159
[12MR]
Remarks
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11732 [17DE]
China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, H3554 [20MY]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10019 [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11796 [18DE]
------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
Square during visit to the People's Republic of China (H. Con.
Res. 285), H4118 [4JN]
Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H638
[26FE], H644 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
H3554 [20MY]
Drug abuse: prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
programs (H.R. 3717), H2471 [29AP]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
H3043 [12MY]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4082 [4JN]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11732 [17DE]
------ U.N. agreement relative to weapons inspections, E238<bullet>
[26FE]
------ U.S. policy, E238<bullet> [26FE]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
H3047 [12MY]
Philippines: commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
relations (H. Res. 404), H4274 [9JN]
Political campaigns: investigate campaign fundraising practices
relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
People's Republic of China, H3554 [20MY]
Votes: position on missed, E1101<bullet> [10JN]