[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
WHITFIELD, ED (a Representative from Kentucky)
Amendments
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H4634 [16JN], H4635 [16JN], H4636 [16JN], H4722 [17JN],
H5831 [17JY], H5842 [17JY], H5944 [20JY], H6844 [30JY], H6846
[30JY], H6862 [31JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1112 [11MR]
CERCLA: Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Clean Air Act: proposed rulemaking relative to the transport, in
the eastern U.S., of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen,
(see H.R. 3690), H3014 [7MY], (see H.R. 4136), H5297 [24JN]
------ provide 2-year period prior to statutory reclassification of
areas that fail to attain clean air standards, (see H.R. 4136),
H5297 [24JN]
Computers: require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
H.R. 3783), H2705 [30AP]
Crime: prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
4446), H7411 [6AU]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R. 3682),
H2054 [1AP]
Dept. of Energy: employment and economic assistance to workers and
communities at the Piketon, OH, and Paducah, KY, uranium
enrichment plants, (see H.R. 3923), H3624 [20MY]
------ purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads,
(see H.R. 3941), H3743 [21MY]
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),
H6186 [22JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H10353 [9OC]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H6070 [21JY]
FCC: authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H498 [12FE]
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), H6186 [22JY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H1335 [19MR]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4056 [3JN]
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY:
designate, (see H.R. 4385), H6999 [3AU]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H2606
[29AP]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H1550 [25MR]
Iron and steel industry: 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]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
H6453 [24JY]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
(see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1643 [26MR]
Medicaid: exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
with a managed care entity, (see H.R. 3281), H1699 [27MR]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
------ delay implementation of changes in coverage of venipuncture
services under home health services, (see H.R. 2912), H65 [27JA]
Naval Armed Guard Service: appreciation to veterans for service
during World War I and World War II, (see H.J. Res. 99), H1700
[27MR]
NRC: authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3532), H2056 [1AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see
H.R. 3632), H4835 [18JN]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H3312 [14MY]
Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H6070 [21JY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
SEC: require the improved disclosure of tax effects of portfolio
transactions on mutual fund performance, (see H.R. 4822), H10832
[13OC]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H904 [5MR]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2606 [29AP]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H1299 [18MR]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in
satellite communications, (see H.R. 1872), H678 [26FE]
Telephones: reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3625 [20MY]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H7495 [9SE]
Tobacco products: provide crop insurance, extension services, and
administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3744 [21MY]
Veterans: improve access to health care services for certain
Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H6071 [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Energy: ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride, (see H.R. 4215),
H5492 [14JY], (see H.R. 4234), H5593 [15JY]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 4024),
H4325 [9JN]
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area: transfer
administrative jurisdiction to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see
H.R. 3689), H2055 [1AP]
Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate,
(see H.R. 3864), H3246 [13MY]
Excerpts
``Years of Upheaval,'' Henry Kissinger, E1610<bullet> [7AU]
Remarks
Budget: payment for highways and transit programs by using CBO
estimates, H3720 [21MY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11823 [18DE],
H11960<bullet> [18DE]
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1610<bullet> [7AU]
Dept. of Energy: ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride (S. 2316), H5915
[20JY]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H2079 [21AP]
------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
(H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 409), H2450 [29AP]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), H4457 [10JN], H4460 [10JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
E1226<bullet> [25JN]
National security: U.S. military response to the terrorist bombing
of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, H8508 [23SE]
Parliamentary inquiry, H5463 [14JY]
Political campaigns: application of term ``express advocacy''
relative to communications providing voting records or positions
taken by candidates for public office, H4871 [19JN], H5456
[14JY], H5461 [14JY], H5463 [14JY], H5464 [14JY], H5466 [14JY],
H6846 [30JY], H6847 [30JY]
------ clarify that certain communications from citizen groups are
exempt from express advocacy requirements, H6800 [30JY], H6801
[30JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits, H4696 [17JN]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H3783
[22MY], H3941 [22MY], H4685 [17JN], H4690 [17JN], H4691 [17JN],
H4788 [18JN], H4799 [18JN], H4809 [18JN], H4810 [18JN], H4815
[18JN], H4816 [18JN], H4823 [18JN], H4871 [19JN], H5456 [14JY],
H5461 [14JY], H5463 [14JY], H5464 [14JY], H5466 [14JY], H5944
[20JY], H5945 [20JY], H6800 [30JY], H6801 [30JY], H6844 [30JY],
H6845 [30JY], H6846 [30JY], H6847 [30JY] ethics reform and
contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res. 458),
H4777 [18JN]
------ increase contribution limits to candidates by persons other
than political action committees, H6844 [30JY], H6845 [30JY]
------ influence and legality of foreign contributions, H4788
[18JN], H4809 [18JN]
------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
citizens (H.R. 34), H1746 [30MR]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4788
[18JN], H4799 [18JN]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by presidential candidates
receiving public financing, H5944 [20JY], H5945 [20JY]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
(H.J. Res. 107), consideration (H. Res. 345), H283 [4FE]
Roads and highways: highway demonstration projects funding, H3720
[21MY]
Russia: proposed sale of missiles to Greek Cypriots, E2347<bullet>
[18DE]
Taxation: rates, H10673 [13OC]
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in
satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2828 [6MY]
Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate
(H.R. 3864), E1944<bullet> [8OC]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2035
[1AP], H2079 [21AP], H2214 [22AP], H4809 [18JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct
conferees, H3720 [21MY]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, H1243 [18MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2049 [1AP], H2112 [21AP], H3968 [22MY],
H4710 [17JN], H8522 [23SE]
Tributes
Boyd, Richard K., Jr., E1949<bullet> [8OC]