[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
ALLEN, THOMAS H. (a Representative from Maine)
Amendments
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2424 [28AP], H2425
[28AP], H2573 [29AP]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H4548 [11JN]
------ establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of
certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
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]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H5493 [14JY]
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see H.R. 3637),
H2052 [1AP]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional
empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H10077 [8OC]
Computers: restore freedom of speech to the Internet and protect
children from unsuitable online material, (see H.R. 774), H5297
[24JN]
Courts: allow suits against the Federal Government for gross
negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas, (see
H.R. 1334), H100 [28JA]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H904 [5MR]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H7584 [10SE]
------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3551), H4479 [10JN], (see H.R.
4151), H5402 [25JN]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H2424 [28AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide
greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
(see H.R. 3086), H678 [26FE]
------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9537 [5OC]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to States and businesses to improve the
quality of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
H2052 [1AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allocation of substantial tobacco
industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
Res. 249), H4165 [4JN]
------ conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that
will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State, (see
H.R. 4362), H7415 [6AU]
------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R. 4036), H4548 [11JN]
------ extend authority to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf Conflict
veterans and illnesses due to future combat service, and revise
research priorities relative to certain service-related health
consequences, (see H.R. 3980), H4712 [17JN]
------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H7290 [5AU]
------ use portion of any national tobacco settlement to establish
trust fund for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine
dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4188), H5957
[20JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3488 [19MY]
Education: establish a youth mentoring program, (see H.R. 2963),
H1643 [26MR]
------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
[14MY]
Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to
adoptive and foster parents, (see H.R. 1573), H851 [4MR]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
4242), H5736 [16JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
[10JN]
----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care during periods outside school hours, (see H.R. 3400), H1021
[10MR]
Firearms: treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
(see H.R. 3140), H4550 [11JN]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to
certain countries, (see H.R. 4545), H7584 [10SE]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H4629
[16JN], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
Health: prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
3342), H3488 [19MY]
------ 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]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
H.R. 3435), H10077 [8OC]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H1236 [17MR]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
(see H.R. 2481), H64 [27JA], (see H.R. 2955), H4241 [5JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, (see H. Res.
399), H2056 [1AP]
Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
Res. 258), H7915 [16SE]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see H. Con. Res.
210), H448 [11FE]
------ prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence,
(see H.R. 1117), H904 [5MR]
------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H2706 [30AP]
------ treatment of prescription drugs, (see H.R. 1525), H6820
[30JY]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H5859
[17JY]
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: Federal land acquisitions
funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H9537
[5OC]
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), H1777 [30MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H5405 [25JN]
------ coverage of community-based attendant services, (see H.R.
2020), H1236 [17MR]
Medicare: delay implementation of changes in coverage of
venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
2912), H1237 [17MR]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H2931 [6MY]
------ graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219), H5593
[15JY]
------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see H.R.
4092), H7178 [4AU]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see H.R. 3814), H6697 [29JY]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see H.R. 3835), H6487 [27JY]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H1237 [17MR]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
4567), H8528 [23SE]
------ revise certain payment limits for health services,
cosponsorship withdrawn, (see H.R. 4567), H10077 [8OC]
National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish, (see H.R.
1524), H329 [4FE]
National Child Protection Act: allow for interstate background
checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
4659), H9273 [1OC]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H7178 [4AU]
National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee: establish,
(see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see H.R. 4203), H9346 [2OC]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal, (see
H.R. 1505), H2813 [5MY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4479 [10JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H6820 [30JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H1337 [19MR]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H64 [27JA]
------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
(see H. Con. Res. 203), H2814 [5MY]
Prescription Drug Price Monitoring Commission: establish, (see H.R.
3925), H3742 [21MY]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see H.R. 2849), H2706 [30AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H7428 [7AU]
Senior citizens: establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for
elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage, (see H.R.
2681), H3105 [12MY]
Social Security: investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses
into program, (see H. Res. 340), H1021 [10MR]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H10011 [7OC]
------ restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to
certain individuals, (see H.R. 2549), H8932 [25SE]
Taxation: disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in
applying limits on certain bonds, (see H.R. 2714), H2814 [5MY]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H7415 [6AU]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H7803 [15SE]
------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
individuals, (see H.R. 18), H7915 [16SE]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H579 [24FE]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4241
[5JN]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H1643 [26MR]
------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
(see H.R. 3774), H7584 [10SE]
------ treatment of scholarships received under the National Health
Corps Scholarship Program, (see H.R. 2951), H6511 [28JY]
Telecommunications: require accurate billing by carriers relative
to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
(see H.R. 4018), H5405 [25JN]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3625 [20MY]
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), H5405 [25JN]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2424 [28AP]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see H.R. 3236), H496
[12FE]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H7584 [10SE]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H5957 [20JY]
------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H10077 [8OC]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H5494 [14JY]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the
National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H3312 [14MY]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs
funding, (see H.R. 2670), H7415 [6AU]
Women: support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H3972
[22MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colleges and universities: improve and strengthen recruitment and
training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
[5MR]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of school-based child care, (see H.R.
3768), H2705 [30AP]
Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and
incinerators to reduce mercury emissions, (see H.R. 3791), H2813
[5MY]
Maine: deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project, (see
H.R. 3737), H2423 [28AP]
Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H8931 [25SE]
Ships and vessels: reform process for dismantling and disposing of
ships no longer in use, (see H.R. 4156), H5403 [25JN]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1814<bullet> [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, H11649<bullet> [20OC]
Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act: invalidate entire legislation if
any provision is declared unconstitutional by courts, H4806
[18JN]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10024 [8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H12010<bullet> [19DE]
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation
of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
practices, H3092 [12MY], H3093 [12MY], H3094 [12MY]
------ release of confidential information relative to investigation
of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure
practices, H2935 [7MY], H3092 [12MY], H3093 [12MY]
Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10672 [13OC]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
H5534 [15JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
motion to instruct conferees, H6124 [22JY]
------ theater missile defense programs funding, H6124 [22JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), conference report, H11649<bullet> [20OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reallocation of certain veteran health
care resources relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY]
------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H6558
[29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6254 [23JY], H6255 [23JY],
H6259 [23JY], H6558 [29JY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
(S. 1502), H2656 [30AP]
Ecology and environment: exempt certain regulations and initiatives
from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
limitations, H6254 [23JY], H6255 [23JY]
Education: direct funding and control to local educational
agencies, H10837 [14OC]
------ increase number of teachers, H10837 [14OC]
------ liability for owners of for-profit higher education
institutions who misappropriate financial aid funds, H2573
[29AP], H2574 [29AP]
------ national policy to improve system, H701 [3MR], H10672 [13OC],
H10837 [14OC]
------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
H1434 [24MR]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H7813 [16SE]
Elections: constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures
(H.J. Res. 119), H4447 [10JN], H4456 [10JN]
----- constitutional amendment to limit campaign expenditures (H.J.
Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 442), H3727 [21MY]
------ require that a majority of congressional campaign
contributions come from State residents, H5947 [20JY], H5948
[20JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of school-based child care (H.R.
3768), H3077 [12MY], H3078 [12MY], E726<bullet> [30AP]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
small businesses (H.R. 3310), H1571<bullet> [26MR], H1575 [26MR]
------ treatment of fines for first-time violations of paperwork
requirements by small businesses, H1575 [26MR]
Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and
incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (H.R. 3791),
E797<bullet> [7MY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
H1025 [11MR], H5967 [21JY]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
3605), H5070 [24JN] protection of enrollees in managed care
plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), H6411<bullet> [24JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2573 [29AP], H2574
[29AP]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H2981 [7MY], H5369
[25JN], H5370 [25JN]
Ice storms: disaster assistance to Northeast States, H78 [28JA],
H657 [26FE], H658 [26FE], H659 [26FE], H660 [26FE], H661 [26FE],
H1814<bullet> [31MR], H1821 [31MR]
Medicare: delay implementation of interim payment system to home
health agencies for home health services (H.R. 3205), H5279
[24JN]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4627),
E2060<bullet> [11OC]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4646), H9196
[1OC]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), H4263 [9JN]
Political campaigns: clarify that certain communications from
citizen groups are exempt from express advocacy requirements,
H6802 [30JY]
------ clarify the prohibition on use of Federal property for
fundraising activities, H5921 [20JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits, H1454 [25MR], H2981
[7MY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H390
[11FE], H1174 [17MR], H1522 [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR],
H1526 [25MR], H1527 [25MR], H1528 [25MR], H3492 [20MY], H3781
[22MY], H3782 [22MY], H4456 [10JN], H4688 [17JN], H4806 [18JN],
H4816 [18JN], H4818 [18JN], H5921 [20JY], H5947 [20JY], H5948
[20JY], H6802 [30JY], H7309 [6AU], H7326 [6AU] ethics reform and
contribution limits (H.R. 2183), consideration (H. Res. 442),
H3727 [21MY] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3485),
H1522 [25MR], H1524 [25MR], H1525 [25MR], H1526 [25MR], H1527
[25MR], H1528 [25MR] ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
3581), H1734 [30MR]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4806 [18JN]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority
on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 111),
H2151 [22AP]
------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
(H.R. 2695), H1434 [24MR]
------ incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality
child care, H22 [27JA]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
H8939 [26SE]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R.
629), motion to appoint conferees, H3071 [12MY]
------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
H6527 [29JY] grant congressional consent (H.R. 629),
consideration of conference report (H. Res. 511), H6519 [29JY]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H2064
[21AP]
UNUM Corp.: anniversary, E1344<bullet> [17JY]
Votes: position on missed, H7781<bullet> [15SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H36 [27JA], H98 [28JA], H381 [5FE], H626
[25FE], H1156 [12MR], H2704 [30AP], H3102 [12MY]
Tributes
Dellums, Representative, H376 [5FE]