[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ABERCROMBIE, NEIL (a Representative from Hawaii)
  Appointments
    Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
  Articles and editorials
    State Without Snakes Keeps a Wary Eye Out for an Alien Invader, Anne
        Rillero, National Wildlife (publication), E952<bullet> [22MY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see H.R. 1032),
        H678 [26FE]
    ------ protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see H.
        Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
    Agriculture:  require labeling of country of origin of imported
        perishable agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 1232), H10353
        [9OC]
    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), H1445 [24MR]
    Armed Forces:  administration of certain drugs without informed
        consent, (see H.R. 4035), H5494 [14JY]
    ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
        Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
        CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H578 [24FE]
    Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see H.R.
        2094), H4325 [9JN]
    Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
        training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        H.R. 2733), H4629 [16JN]
    ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 3262), H2424 [28AP]
    Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
        diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
        H.R. 2923), H101 [28JA]
    Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
        for Hmong refugees, (see H.R. 371), H4165 [4JN]
    Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
        payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H3488 [19MY]
    Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
        empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H6282 [23JY]
    Conservation of energy:  development and implementation of a
        comprehensive energy conservation plan for the Congress, (see H.
        Con. Res. 280), H3743 [21MY]
    Contracts:  provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal
        contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in
        its subcontracting plan, (see H.R. 3701), H4056 [3JN]
    Courts:  applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
        the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
        H10010 [7OC]
    Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
        H9275 [1OC]
    ------ identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H7290 [5AU]
    ------ prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336 [19MR]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  reform agricultural credit programs, (see
        H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing certain construction at military
        installations, (see H.R. 3695), H2119 [21AP]
    Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
        the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see H.R.
        3584), H2814 [5MY]
    Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
        for drilling on public lands, (see H.R. 3820), H3106 [12MY]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  allocation of substantial tobacco
        industry settlement funds for veterans programs, (see H. Con.
        Res. 249), H2932 [6MY]
    ------ 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), H676 [26FE]
    ------ establish a chiropractic services division, (see H.R. 4421),
        H7410 [6AU]
    ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
        nicotine dependence developed during service, (see H.R. 4374),
        H9188 [29SE]
    ------ 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), H6999 [3AU]
    Education:  encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R.
        4009), H9345 [2OC]
    ------ improve teacher quality, (see H.R. 2228), H64 [27JA]
    Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
        energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
        acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H4055 [3JN]
    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]
    Federal employees:  equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R.
        3956), H10353 [9OC]
    ------ extend authority under which comparability allowances may be
        paid to Government physicians, (see H.R. 2541), H579 [24FE]
    ------ modify the conditions that must be met before certain
        alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the President,
        (see H.R. 3251), H4835 [18JN]
    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), H2814 [5MY],
        (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
    Germany:  discrimination against members of minority religious
        groups, (see H. Con. Res. 325), H10012 [7OC]
    Government:  procurement access for women-owned businesses, (see H.
        Res. 313), H1777 [30MR]
    Guam:  commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
        determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
    Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
        workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
        3342), H1159 [12MR]
    ------ 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), H2931
        [6MY]
    House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
        local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H2814 [5MY]
    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), H3744 [21MY]
    Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
        relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
        H.R. 2635), H2423 [28AP]
    Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see H.R.
        3033), H65 [27JA]
    ------ eliminate restrictions which render alien battered spouses
        and their children ineligible to apply for adjustments,
        suspensions, or cancellation of deportation, (see H.R. 4291),
        H7415 [6AU]
    ------ strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341), H10833
        [13OC]
    Indonesia:  support for peace process in East Timor, (see H. Con.
        Res. 258), H2606 [29AP]
    Insurance:  provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
        treatment services under private group and individual health
        coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H1643 [26MR]
    ------ require health plans to provide adequate access to services
        provided by obstetrician-gynecologists, (see H.R. 1737), H1445
        [24MR]
    International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
        Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H3971
        [22MY]
    International Whaling Commission:  U.S. policy, (see H. Res. 425),
        H4835 [18JN]
    Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
        (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
    Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
        disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
        of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6070 [21JY]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H692 [2MR]
    ------ resolve cases of missing in action soldiers, (see H. Con.
        Res. 122), H6454 [24JY]
    Kate Mullany National Historic Site:  establish, (see H.R. 4206),
        H5492 [14JY]
    Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  condemn launching of
        ballistic missile in Japanese air space, (see H. Res. 554),
        H11023 [15OC]
    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), H5493 [14JY]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
        2560), H8528 [23SE]
    Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
        3156), H1159 [12MR]
    McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
        sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H2236
        [22AP]
    Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
        for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
        H.R. 3779), H3014 [7MY]
    ------ treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry
        liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H10011 [7OC]
    Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
        health agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7428
        [7AU]
    ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
        the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see
        H.R. 3570), H2120 [21AP]
    ------ extend health care coverage, (see H.R. 4177), H5403 [25JN]
    ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
        individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H2237 [22AP]
    ------ limit penalty for late enrollment, (see H.R. 676), H64 [27JA]
    ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H4550 [11JN]
    ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
        H8931 [25SE]
    ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
        4370), H7415 [6AU]
    ------ reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing
        birth centers, (see H.R. 4872), H11695 [20OC]
    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), H7915
        [16SE]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
        Con. Res. 274), H8084 [18SE]
    National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
        (see H.R. 4722), H10011 [7OC]
    National security:  national missile defense system, (see H.R.
        4402), H7289 [5AU]
    National Weather Service:  overtime pay for forecasters performing
        essential services during severe weather events, (see H.R.
        2987), H579 [24FE]
    Native American Veterans' Memorial:  establish, (see H.R. 4064),
        H7915 [16SE]
    Naval Armed Guard Service:  appreciation to veterans for service
        during World War I and World War II, (see H.J. Res. 99), H3744
        [21MY]
    Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
        certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
        status, (see H.R. 3553), H6282 [23JY]
    Nigeria:  promote democracy and good governance, (see H.R. 3890),
        H5297 [24JN]
    NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
        control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
        H.R. 4235), H6820 [30JY]
    Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
        tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H6187 [22JY]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
        2431), H1699 [27MR]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H6697 [29JY]
    Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations, (see H.
        Res. 505), H7585 [10SE]
    Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
        relations, (see H. Res. 404), H4165 [4JN]
    Postal Service:  issue commemorative postage stamp honoring VFW
        anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 203), H3744 [21MY]
    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:  eligibility of certain emergency management
        and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
        benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H1854 [31MR]
    Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
        (see H.R. 2849), H5405 [25JN]
    ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, (see H.R. 2154),
        H2055 [1AP]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see H.R. 4275), H7415 [6AU]
    Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
        operators, (see H.R. 3572), H8084 [18SE]
    Rokhlin, Lev Y.:  express sympathy to family and colleagues and urge
        prompt investigation into death, (see H. Res. 571), H10353 [9OC]
    SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4078), H6454
        [24JY]
    Schools:  ensure safety by increasing police presence, (see H.R.
        4224), H5957 [20JY]
    Scott, Hunter:  tribute, (see H. Res. 590), H10353 [9OC]
    Senior citizens:  establish a consumer price index for elderly
        consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social
        Security and Medicare benefits, (see H.R. 4084), H4834 [18JN]
    ------ warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and provide with
        information that will help them protect themselves, (see H.R.
        3134), H3247 [13MY]
    Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
        assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see H.R. 4179), H7415 [6AU]
    Social Security:  prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064
        [23JN]
    Taxation:  allow deduction for long-term care services for
        individuals not eligible for employer-provided long-term health
        coverage, (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
    ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
        charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H904 [5MR]
    ------ employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care
        services to employees, (see H.R. 1706), H64 [27JA]
    ------ extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any
        extension of fuel tax rates, (see H.R. 2489), H1699 [27MR]
    ------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
        (see H.R. 1401), H1021 [10MR]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
        H101 [28JA]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
        H4629 [16JN]
    ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
    ------ treatment of dependent care expenses, (see H.R. 3135), H2120
        [21AP]
    ------ treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security
        benefits, (see H.R. 372), H578 [24FE]
    ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
        (see H.R. 3667), H2054 [1AP]
    Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
        to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
        (see H.R. 4018), H4712 [17JN]
    Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
        research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
        H3311 [14MY]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
        people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
    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), H7415
        [6AU]
    Veterans:  authorize certain disabled veterans to use Dept. of
        Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges, (see H.R.
        2050), H1299 [18MR]
    ------ determine the amount of certain benefits relative to the
        accrual period prior to death, (see H.R. 4027), H5594 [15JY]
    ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6697 [29JY]
    ------ expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with
        respect to radiation-exposed veterans, (see H.R. 4368), H6879
        [31JY]
    ------ extend priority health care to those who received
        nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
        Forces, (see H.R. 4367), H6879 [31JY]
    ------ presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain
        veterans, (see H.R. 4751), H10076 [8OC]
    Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
        Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
        Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
    Women:  ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child on Federal
        property under certain conditions, (see H.R. 4628), H9346 [2OC]
    ------ improve access to higher education opportunities, (see H.R.
        3293), H2237 [22AP]
    World War II:  require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese
        war crimes, (see H. Con. Res. 126), H7415 [6AU]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
        technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H5402
        [25JN]
    Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage, (see
        H.R. 3118), H99 [28JA]
    ------ relief, (see H.R. 4809), H10667 [12OC]
    Medicare:  increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see
        H.R. 4092), H4879 [19JN]
    Taxation:  restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's
        spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel, (see
        H.R. 4390), H7177 [4AU]
    ------ treatment of meals furnished to employees at a place of
        business, (see H.R. 4106), H4961 [22JN]
  Essays: Voice of Democracy
    Hicks, Zachary, E916<bullet> [20MY]
  Letters
    IMF funding relative to Asian financial crisis:  by, H2777 [5MY]
  Remarks
    Agriculture:  impact of the market price of crops and disasters on
        family farms, H7560 [10SE]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5083 [24JN]
    Budget:  balance, H2298 [23AP]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
        E1467<bullet> [30JY]
    Clinton, President:  censure, H11864 [18DE]
    ------ congressional response to charges of perjury, obstruction of
        justice, and improper sexual conduct, H10644 [12OC]
    ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11864 [18DE]
    Colombia:  provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
        enforcement efforts (H. Res. 398), H1717 [30MR]
    Commission on Civil Rights:  funding, E1591<bullet> [7AU]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1880<bullet> [1AP]
    Crime:  consumer fraud (H.R. 1847), H4594 [16JN]
    Customs Service:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3809),
        H3416<bullet> [19MY]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  regulate loans to certain processors of
        sugarcane and sugar beets, H5083 [24JN]
    Dept. of Defense:  assess the impact of the Micropurchase Program
        and the advisability of increasing the purchase threshold, H3708
        [21MY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), H2786 [5MY], H3708
        [21MY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
        prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
        H8567 [24SE]
    ------ ballistic missile program funding, H2786 [5MY]
    Dept. of Energy:  Hydrogen From Renewable Resources Program funding,
        H4929<bullet> [22JN]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4193), H6192 [23JY]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
        illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
        service, H3590<bullet> [20MY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), E1591<bullet>
        [7AU]
    Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
        on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8056 [18SE]
    ------ terminate funding for Native Hawaiian Education Act programs,
        H8056 [18SE]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
        H4929<bullet> [22JN]
    Energy Conservation and Production Act:  extend certain programs
        (H.R. 4017), H9102<bullet> [28SE]
    Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
        4017), H9102<bullet> [28SE]
    ------ extend certain programs (S. 417), H10954<bullet> [15OC]
    Hawaii:  brown tree snake research and eradication funding, H6192
        [23JY], E952<bullet> [22MY]
    ------ economic recession, H4695 [17JN]
    ------ increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R.
        3118), E42<bullet> [28JA]
    IMF:  funding, H2776 [5MY]
    Immigration:  extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data
        relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (H.R.
        2578), H1488 [25MR], H1489 [25MR]
    National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927), H405
        [11FE], H406 [11FE]
    National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, H2786 [5MY]
    Native Americans:  health care status of native Hawaiians,
        H3297<bullet> [14MY]
    Petroleum:  purchases from the strategic petroleum reserve by
        entities in the insular areas of the U.S., H10954<bullet> [15OC]
    Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
        relations (H. Res. 404), H4279<bullet> [9JN]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, H1687
        [27MR], H1706 [30MR]
    ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H5474
        [14JY]
    ------ prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S.
        citizens, H5474 [14JY] prohibit contributions from individuals
        that are not U.S. citizens (H.R. 34), E575<bullet> [2AP]
    Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
        fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
        owners and operators, H9102<bullet> [28SE], H10954<bullet>
        [15OC]
    Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
        surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
        totally disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 3046), H10460 [10OC]
    Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
        statehood, H796 [4MR]
    ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H796 [4MR], E468<bullet>
        [25MR]
    Scott, Hunter:  tribute (H. Res. 590), H10472 [10OC]
    Senior citizens:  warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and
        provide with information that will help them protect themselves
        (H.R. 3134), H2696 [30AP]
    Taxation:  rates, H2298 [23AP]
    ------ restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse
        who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (H.R. 4390),
        E1541<bullet> [4AU]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), motion to instruct
        conferees, H3590<bullet> [20MY]
    Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
        forces of the Philippines (H.R. 836), H4279<bullet> [9JN]
    Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
        emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6776 [30JY]
    Votes:  correction, H2033 [1AP]
    ------ position on missed, H10130<bullet> [8OC]
  Remarks in House relative to
    Special order:  granted, H2704 [30AP], H2806 [5MY], H3310 [14MY],
        H3622 [20MY], H4237 [5JN], H4710 [17JN], H4876 [19JN], H10009
        [7OC], H10511 [10OC], H10559 [11OC], H10665 [12OC]