[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
KLECZKA, GERALD D. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported
perishable agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 1232), H10353
[9OC]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins, (see H.R. 864), H2318
[23AP]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1445 [24MR]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H578 [24FE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, (see H. Con. Res. 55), H679
[26FE]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
------ reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
2500), H1236 [17MR]
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), H1236 [17MR]
Chiapas, Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
347), H10352 [9OC]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H1299 [18MR]
------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666),
H2053 [1AP]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements
for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H3743 [21MY]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Courts: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
1283), H1550 [25MR]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H1337 [19MR]
------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 3601), H4629 [16JN], (see H.R.
4151), H5402 [25JN]
------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H100
[28JA]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
3584), H2237 [22AP]
------ provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries, (see H.R.
3511), H1336 [19MR]
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), H5494 [14JY]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 3948),
H4165 [4JN]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research,
(see H.R. 3517), H2237 [22AP]
Drugs: restrict disclosure of prescription information by pharmacy
owners, pharmacists, and other pharmacy employees, (see H.R.
3756), H2605 [29AP]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity,
strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain
assurances to local governments and individuals relative to
economic development efforts, (see H.R. 2351), H692 [2MR]
------ national objectives priority assignments, (see H.R. 1404),
H2055 [1AP]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H3972 [22MY]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see H.R. 4073), H4711
[17JN]
------ require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a
handgun by a firearms dealer, (see H.R. 2774), H330 [4FE]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H4835 [18JN]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H1112 [11MR]
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]
Government: require that recipients of payments have the option to
receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
(see H.R. 3099), H2931 [6MY]
Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see H.R. 1679),
H64 [27JA]
------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
managed care plans and other health plans, (see H.R. 4118),
H5064 [23JN]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
3342), H902 [5MR]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H3488 [19MY]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H1236 [17MR]
Income: ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
retirement benefits, (see H.R. 4152), H5594 [15JY]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1445 [24MR]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography, (see H.R. 617), H4165
[4JN]
------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
(see H.R. 4093), H4879 [19JN]
------ provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse,
and chemical dependency treatment services under group and
individual health coverage, (see H.R. 3568), H5859 [17JY]
------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H330 [4FE]
IRS: reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H5957 [20JY]
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]
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), H6880 [31JY]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H9722 [6OC]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1337 [19MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H5957
[20JY]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H5957 [20JY]
Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, (see H.R. 3471), H1550
[25MR]
------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H7289
[5AU]
------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H7915 [16SE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3567), H6880 [31JY]
------ documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims
for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H2423 [28AP]
------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
assure continuity of care, (see H.R. 3997), H4165 [4JN]
------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
plans, (see H.R. 4674), H9274 [1OC]
------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see H.R. 3284), H1112
[11MR]
------ graduate medical education payments, (see H.R. 4219), H5738
[16JY]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H5494 [14JY]
------ prohibit use of cold-call marketing of Medicare+Choice plans,
(see H.R. 4214), H5594 [15JY]
------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
for reimbursement, (see H.R. 3255), H1237 [17MR]
------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H9275 [1OC]
------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
facilities, (see H.R. 2754), H65 [27JA]
Minimum wage: level, (see H.R. 3100), H498 [12FE], (see H.R. 3510),
H1336 [19MR]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music, (see H. Con.
Res. 27), H4880 [19JN]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate
activities on cardiovascular diseases in women, (see H.R. 2130),
H3744 [21MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H851 [4MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: nullify certain
operational regulations, (see H.R. 3767), H2705 [30AP]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H904 [5MR]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H6697 [29JY]
------ issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW anniversary,
(see H. Con. Res. 203), H1299 [18MR]
Power resources: management of royalties from Federal and Outer
Continental Shelf oil production, (see H.R. 3932), H3743 [21MY]
Privacy: repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
citizens in order to create national medical history database,
(see H.R. 4281), H6187 [22JY]
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), H3970 [22MY]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the
surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
totally disabled in the line of duty, (see H.R. 2755), H447
[11FE]
Religion: permit revocation by members of the clergy of their
exemption from Social Security coverage, (see H.R. 939), H755
[3MR]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H909 [9MR]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4086), H5594
[15JY]
Social Security: establish the Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H1112
[11MR]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H8528 [23SE]
St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.: establish, (see H.R. 3147), H447 [11FE]
States: expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
(see H.R. 3697), H5064 [23JN]
Taxation: establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
and other qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R.
3815), H4056 [3JN]
------ extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain
collaborative research consortia, (see H.R. 3857), H3246 [13MY]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H2706 [30AP]
------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see H.R. 4314),
H6281 [23JY]
------ improve pension portability for defined benefit plans, (see
H.R. 3101), H4880 [19JN]
------ increase standard deduction for married couples, (see H.R.
3524), H1337 [19MR]
------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H4880
[19JN]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H1337
[19MR]
------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
(see H.R. 3127), H2744 [4MY]
------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
(see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
------ restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with
State legislation, (see H.R. 532), H5064 [23JN]
------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H6069 [21JY]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, (see H.R. 3102),
H678 [26FE]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3050), H65 [27JA], (see H.R. 3749), H3014 [7MY]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of
anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H678 [26FE]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5859
[17JY]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3105 [12MY]
------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H7584 [10SE]
------ extend priority health care to individuals who served during
the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3571), H2056 [1AP], (see
H.R. 3661), H7428 [7AU]
------ increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans,
(see H.R. 4708), H9722 [6OC]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see H. Con.
Res. 223), H578 [24FE]
Women: increase research and education on the drug DES, (see H.R.
1788), H2055 [1AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3145), H240 [3FE]
Medicare: restore the non-applicability of private contracts for
the provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H67 [28JA]
Remarks
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment (H.R. 3145), H109 [3FE], E68<bullet>
[3FE]
----- enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (H.R.
3211), H1392 [24MR]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), H11746<bullet> [17DE]
Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
establish (H.R. 3546), H2498 [29AP]
Braeger, Robert W.: Fraternal Order of Eagles Lance Sijan Award
recipient, E698<bullet> [29AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (H. Con.
Res. 311), H6478<bullet> [27JY]
Clinton, President: censure, H11853 [18DE], H11969 [19DE]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11853 [18DE], H11969 [19DE]
Crime: identity fraud (H.R. 4151), H9997<bullet> [7OC]
Cudahy, WI: anniversary of Cudahy High School band, E664<bullet>
[23AP]
Financial institutions: allow retention of ``Federal'' in name of
depository institutions converted to a national or State bank,
H3219 [13MY]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), H3219 [13MY], H3220 [13MY]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621),
H8800<bullet> [25SE]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J.
Res. 78), H4099<bullet> [4JN]
Harley-Davidson, Inc.: tribute, E736<bullet> [1MY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
(H.R. 4250), H6397 [24JY]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11746<bullet> [17DE]
Janiszewski, Casimir S.: Pulaski Council of Milwaukee, WI, Polish
Heritage Award recipient, E667<bullet> [23AP]
Law enforcement: require better reporting of unidentified persons
(H.R. 2850), E978<bullet> [22MY]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
H3052<bullet> [12MY]
Medicare: restore the non-applicability of private contracts for
the provision of benefits (H.R. 3126), H67 [28JA]
Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Polish Falcons of America
(organization) Nest 725, E487<bullet> [26MR]
------ anniversary of Polish Legion of American Veterans, USA
Woodrow Wilson Post No. 11, E1920<bullet> [6OC]
------ anniversary of St. Adalbert Church, E1784<bullet> [23SE]
------ Thomas More High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue
Ribbon Schools award, E1861<bullet> [1OC]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive
sponsorship, E663<bullet> [23AP]
National Missing Children's Day: observance, E978<bullet> [22MY]
Ohly, Steve: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health
Leadership Program honoree, E1182<bullet> [19JN]
Richmond, Michael: Oak Creek, WI, Citizen of the Year award
recipient, E995<bullet> [3JN]
Seeley, Dorothy: Council of South Side Advancement Associations of
Milwaukee, WI, Woman of the Year award recipient, E136<bullet>
[11FE]
Sharrard, Thomas E.: American Jewish Committee Institute for Human
Relations Award recipient, E2203<bullet> [15OC]
Skwierawski, Michael J.: National Polish Alliance Milwaukee Society
Polish-American Heritage Appreciation Award recipient,
E1918<bullet> [6OC]
Superior Die Set Corp.: anniversary, E1575<bullet> [7AU]
Taxation: provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
4579), H8946<bullet> [26SE]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4660 [17JN]
Teerlink, Richard F.: State of Israel Bonds (organization) Israel
50th Anniversary Award recipient, E1214<bullet> [24JN]
Vernon, WI: anniversary of Reformed Presbyterian Church,
E2206<bullet> [15OC]
Votes: position on missed, H5934 [20JY], E495<bullet> [26MR]
Wasielewski, Francis T.: National Polish Alliance Milwaukee Society
Polish American of the Year award recipient, E1800<bullet>
[24SE]
West Allis, WI: anniversary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
E843<bullet> [13MY]
------ tribute to Heritage Christian High School for participation
in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution
competition, E212<bullet> [24FE]
Ziolkowski, Leonard W.: Council of South Side Advancement
Associations of Milwaukee, WI, Man of the Year award recipient,
E135<bullet> [11FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1546 [25MR]
Tributes
Breier, Harold A., E1701<bullet> [11SE]
Brown, Janet, E2250<bullet> [20OC]
Lane, Barbara, E1803<bullet> [24SE]
Stys, Lawrence W., E1655<bullet> [9SE]
Wright, James O., E1663<bullet> [9SE]
Yankovic, Frank, E1136<bullet> [16JN]