[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BAKER, RICHARD H. (a Representative from Louisiana)
Amendments
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3192 [13MY], H3195 [13MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility
requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H3105 [12MY]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H2931 [6MY]
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see H.R. 3637),
H2052 [1AP]
China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization,
(see H. Con. Res. 219), H3015 [7MY]
------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
4717), H10010 [7OC]
Community Reinvestment Act: exempt certain depository institutions
from requirements, (see H.R. 4445), H7411 [6AU]
Computers: develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
not disrupted, (see H.R. 3968), H3971 [22MY]
------ installation of filtering or blocking programs in schools and
libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177), H2237 [22AP]
------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, (see H.R. 2380), H241
[3FE]
Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H578 [24FE]
Credit: repeal pending changes in the interest rates applicable to
Federal family education loans, (see H.R. 3291), H692 [2MR]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H679 [26FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6698 [29JY]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H7495 [9SE]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
H2052 [1AP]
------ modernize requirements and establish consensus process for
development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards
for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634), H3247
[13MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
H4240 [5JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H10353 [9OC]
Drugs: conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2236 [22AP]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
Fair Housing Act: amend, (see H.R. 3206), H678 [26FE]
FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H5957
[20JY]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H631 [25FE]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration, (see H.R. 3116), H99 [28JA]
------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
H11695 [20OC]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
groups of health care professionals with HMO's, (see H.R. 4277),
H7690 [14SE]
------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H631 [25FE]
------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
(see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
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]
Minerals Management Service: grant Louisiana and its lessees a
credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
(see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
Mining and mineral resources: ratification of payments made under
preexisting onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs, (see
H.R. 3962), H7584 [10SE]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H2119 [21AP]
Postal Service: prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
452), H4165 [4JN]
Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry
cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H100 [28JA]
Taxation: allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators,
(see H.R. 1242), H64 [27JA]
------ change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil
depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
H4629 [16JN]
------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
(see H.R. 2613), H4325 [9JN]
------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
[11JN]
------ 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]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
H1298 [18MR]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3749), H4056 [3JN], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3624 [20MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Credit unions: continuance of membership in Federal credit unions,
(see H.R. 3413), H1020 [10MR]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to
protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H850 [4MR]
Securities: judicial review of adoption of accounting principles
applicable to issuers of federally-registered securities, (see
H.R. 3165), H385 [5FE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5084 [24JN]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11941 [18DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of
sugarcane and sugar beets, H5084 [24JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5817 [17JY]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), H3197 [13MY], H3201 [13MY], H3213
[13MY]
------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3213
[13MY]
------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
H3197 [13MY], H3201 [13MY]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to
protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
excavation damage (H.R. 3318), E283<bullet> [4MR]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
and increase community control over such programs, H5817 [17JY]
Minerals Management Service: grant Louisiana and its lessees a
credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field
(H.R. 4604), E1805<bullet> [25SE]
Securities: judicial review of adoption of accounting principles
applicable to issuers of federally-registered securities (H.R.
3165), E120<bullet> [5FE]
Senegal: tribute to delegation visiting Baker, LA, E83<bullet>
[3FE]
Tributes
Moak, David M., E947<bullet> [22MY]
Ndong, Paul, E83<bullet> [3FE]